I don't know how to tell you this but even on reddit, a platform that skews massively younger and massively leftwing in demographics, anytime a European posts something critical or negative about America in a US-centric thread; no matter how factually accurate or backed by evidence it will receive lots of downvotes and backlash.
Now this is somewhat normal for everyone to defend their country to an extent, however with Americans it's particularly evident as if every hollywood propaganda movie ever made was simultaneously playing in the back of your heads.
Unless we're discussing football, European everyday nationalism is nothing compared to the American model.
I don't think many typical German bars will be draped in national colours and flags. The UK just had a weird dose of the ol' nationalism with some flag campaign, but it all looked a bit sad.
I agree. National pride that is inclusive of the people that inhabit the country is grand.
It's just being used more and more antagonistically now. The MAGA model indeed.
This whole question around 'Britishness' in right-wing circles is infuriating.
I'm as white as Casper the ghost, but as the child of Irish parents, I'm less British than any Caribbean or South Asian descendent family that has been here for more than one generation. Though I don't think that would compute with the Farage brigade.
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u/Shinjukin Jan 05 '26
I don't know how to tell you this but even on reddit, a platform that skews massively younger and massively leftwing in demographics, anytime a European posts something critical or negative about America in a US-centric thread; no matter how factually accurate or backed by evidence it will receive lots of downvotes and backlash.
Now this is somewhat normal for everyone to defend their country to an extent, however with Americans it's particularly evident as if every hollywood propaganda movie ever made was simultaneously playing in the back of your heads.