[lostalex]

Originally Posted by Zee

It'd be like claiming everyone from France is a pervert because they're French or everyone from Norway is a psychopath because they're from Norway. I don't understand why you would believe in that logic.

as an American i'm used to being generalized about, and guess what, all of the generalizations, although not true for ME, still have some truth to them and most of the topics are to do with things that are worth having conversations aout in america...

American stereotypes... obesity, gun laws, foreign policy, all things that are worth talking about. there are ways of talking about things in a general sense in a respectful way,. just because every American doesn't own a gun doesn't mean that we can't tok about America's gun laws.

I could just shut down every conversation by saying,. NOT ALL AMERICANS OWN GUNS! i don't own a gun, i've never seen someone use a gun or threaten anyone with a gun, but i can still have a conversation with someone about gun laws in America without immediately shutting them down screaming about how dare you generalize about me!

IT's okay to talk about issues and use generalizations if you do it in a respectful way/