PLEASE CHECK THIS OUT. Our own Aeronmelon is going through some shit at the moment and could use some help. Check it out here and consider an upvote or a comment to push it into activity. Sorry, not something I do often or will be spamming. But I care about my friend and if I can get a couple more eyes on his situation then I’m going to try to do what I can. (Last one I promise. Just twice. Not going to spam but dude is a big part of the Lemmy community, especially with Trek, and he deserves the help. And to the mods, if this doesn’t fit and you want to remove? Go for it. I completely understand it and I am sorry)
Edit: Oh wait I’m the mod here. Well, I say it is fine
Yeah, that always blew my mind. I guess it because Americans dont care to educate themselves on European culture, so Europeans just kinda have free reign to be racist and generally not be judged online as long as the Americans don’t know ehat they’re talking about. Thats just my guess though, im a stupid american who doesnt know european culture lol
A lot of it is the language barrier. Your idiots speak English. Ours often don’t or not well enough for you to understand their stupid comments. The idea that everyone in Europe speaks good english is a myth. Our idiots can often barely speak one language let alone two.
However, racism and bigotry in Europe is often different to US racism, so you can end up looking like a fool if you wade in to the discussion without knowing the details. There’s no point arguing with pigeons anyway, you may win the argument, but you’ll still end up with shit in your hair.
Also: even if you did have a phD in European bigotry, as an American you’re not going to win hearts and minds lecturing non-Americans on racism, democracy or free speech. Especially now when the boil of American predjudice has been popped and poured into a seat behind the Resolute desk.