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The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Ask/Tell > Non US Goons: Tell me what you and your friends/family think about the USA
 
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Xequecal
Jun 14, 2005

GRINDCORE MEGGIDO posted:

The general opinion of my friends would be: That's it's big, exciting, thoroughly right wing, very shallow socially, has an absolutely hosed up idea about what Christianity is, an overly fascist police system, and that people will work themselves to death. Also the healthcare system is legit evil, so is socialised healthcare not existing, and that people are very rude. They also think Hershey's bars are redolant of hangover vomit and that Trump is a dangerous, self serving lunatic.

I love America, a ton, and had an absolute blast there. The people there were way more polite then here (UK), happier, /much/ less repressed socially, and people just seem more individual. They didn't seem shallow to me. Also tons of v8's. I want to go back.

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(Non sweet, hot) Tea sucks balls there though, holy gently caress you guys make lovely Tea.

I'm a German immigrant to the US and calling US cops "fascist" compared to European cops is utterly hilarious. Carrying a gun around doesn't make you a fascist. European cops have far, far more official power than US cops do.

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Xequecal
Jun 14, 2005

GRINDCORE MEGGIDO posted:

I'm glad it's hilarious to you, really.

I've never been scared of police in my life, across Europe, except once in DC, when we were stopped in traffic and asked to provide driving licenses.

I mean the dude just wanted somewhere to rest his hands, and they happened to be on a gun.

If you aren't aware of how police brutality in the USA is sensationalised to the rest of the world, you're living under a rock.

Police brutality is sensationalized in the US because it's illegal, and because it often has a racial aspect not present in Europe. If you mouth off to an Italian cop you'll be lucky to escape that encounter without broken bones, and if you try to go to court afterwards the court will punish you for wasting its time.

Furthermore, fascism =/= violence. German cops will do random, warrantless searches of entire neighborhoods looking for guns or drugs. This blatant invasion of privacy is completely legal there.

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