Can we just get along?

I've seen alot of hate towards Americans here and I just want to say that I am an American but I vibe or I don't vibe, with people, individually, for who they are, not where they come from and I don't clump people together as Those Americans, or Those Europeans or Those Middle Easterners, or Those Native Americans, etc. Not everyone is 'typical' to where they're from. So let's be friends, or at least civil towards each other, mmkay? 🙂🤟🫂🌈

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Heartlander · 80-89, M

I don’t think there is such a thing as a typical American, or a typical Mexican, or Canadian, or …

The beauty of freedom is that we are free to just be ourselves, period. One of my favorite sayings: I’m unique, like everyone else :)

Tumbleweed · F

@Heartlander I agree, but that's the way it's always worded.

Heartlander · 80-89, M

@Tumbleweed It may have been before your time, but the term "ugly American" found its way into our language to characterize how Europeans saw American tourist flooding Europe in the 1960s. I don't know if that term was created by Europeans or came from within the US as way to confess and apologize for financial and personal freedom. Sort of like the White Privilege thing today.

But .... I'm a big fan of Andre Rieu and have probably seen far-far more than a few of his performances on YouTube, and on balance, what seems to be the best crowd-pleasing pieces are songs that came from the USA. So the freedom that lets us be ugly maybe goes along with the freedom to be beautiful.

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