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You don’t tend to see this behaviour in other OECD nations which is why its so weird.
It is a uniquely American thing to harp on about their culture… that they’ve never lived in.
That's actually pretty ignorant and judgemental. That statement sounds so MAGA.
Setting aside the U.S.'s current political disposition for the moment.
The U.S. has always been a huge melting pot of different peoples of the world. A lot of those people would stay together, creating little islands of culture all over.
They would celebrate their culture and often celebrate other people's culture along with them. (I have been told that the U.S. celebrates Cinco De Mayo way more than Mexico ever did.)
A lot of it comes from asserting your own culture identity against this broad mixing pot. Or even asserting it against active suppression. Some of it is evolved tradition over the generations.
Many people value their ancestral roots and like to celebrate it.
Saying America has no history is so ethnocentric.
The U.S. is made up of immigrants from the entire globe. The U.S.'s history shares its history with every other nation of the world.
I love that there are so many different festivals, from different cultures, all the time. Houston is in Texas, but it is a massively diverse city. We named a highway after a Sikh policeman who had been murdered in the line of duty. The city (county maybe) even lets us sell fireworks for Diwali. There are Greek festivals all over. (Yes it has a terribly racist past, and it is considered the human trafficking capital of the U.S., fuck you big oil.)
I have never had someone introduce themselves to me as a -American. But plenty of people will talk about their ancestral culture if you ask.
I guess if you live in a monoculture, then you may not value that culture identity as strongly as you might when your ancestral culture is just one of a thousand.
Diversity is king. If someone wants to let their cultural freak flag fly, who the hell are you to judge?
Not a statement, it’s an observation.
Do you always start out by straw manning a persons political beliefs? What an oddly blue haired ring nose wearing gay anarchist thing to do.
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Its a joke, not a dig at blue haired nose ring wearing gays. Anarchists though…The US is not unique in its diversity amongst OECD nations and this behaviour stands out.
Who the fuck are you to stop people from commenting on this uniquely American oddity?
Judges others
Gets mad when others do the same to them
What an astrology karen thing to say
But it isn't uniquely American.