Only a complete idiot would blame all muslims for what happened 9/11, or all germans for the holocaust, or the british for what happend prior to 1776, or all japanese for Pearl Harbour, or all americans for slavery.
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But what about radical muslims or ultra-nationalist japanese who say the americans had it coming and got what they deserved, or germans who deny the holocaust and think of 4/5 of the world as sub-humans, or americans who relativize slavery and racism, and who deny the fact that it still strongly influences the american society?
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Can we still call those people assholes?
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I left out the british because none of them would rather have back america as a colony. And because the american revolution was maybe not _that_ much about getting rid of a brutal colonial power... at least when you look at what the british did to people, who - coincidently - got a much darker tan. Which is probably why there isn't really a strong anti-british resentment in america.
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But what about radical muslims or ultra-nationalist japanese who say the americans had it coming and got what they deserved, or germans who deny the holocaust and think of 4/5 of the world as sub-humans, or americans who relativize slavery and racism, and who deny the fact that it still strongly influences the american society?
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Can we still call those people assholes?
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I left out the british because none of them would rather have back america as a colony. And because the american revolution was maybe not _that_ much about getting rid of a brutal colonial power... at least when you look at what the british did to people, who - coincidently - got a much darker tan. Which is probably why there isn't really a strong anti-british resentment in america.