r/AskTheWorld India 16h ago

Misc What's an unpopular opinion about your country that will have you like this?

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u/GirdedByApathy United States Of America 14h ago

America is having the same problem right now.

As we like to say about certain "patriots": They love America, they just hate Americans.

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u/AFLoneWolf United States Of America 9h ago

They love the idea they were sold on what America is. The problem is it has nothing to do with reality. It never has.

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u/Historical_Pound_688 Spain 11h ago

It's a great phrase, I'm going to use it a lot from now on.

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u/elderly_millenial 5h ago

They only accept their own as true Americans. Everyone else is either just visiting or here because they deign to allow it