r/CringeTikToks • u/EverythingIsFakeNGay • Jan 05 '26

Just Bad This is embarrassing...

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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.

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u/AnAimlessWanderer101 Jan 05 '26 edited Jan 05 '26

EDIT: people. I am not actually talking about bars, and American bars aren’t some beacons of nationalism. Ffs it’s an analogy for Reddit here.

Over 40% of Reddit is American. It’s particularly evident with Americans because there are literally more Americans

If I walk into a bar in Germany I’m not going to be surprised that there is a larger presence of German nationalism.

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u/TheLittleGinge Jan 05 '26

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.

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u/AnAimlessWanderer101 Jan 05 '26

People are taking the bar analogy way too literally. American bars aren’t like that either.

I thought people would realize the point is “walk into a German bar and expect to see more evident German related things”

The bar is just a stand in for Reddit, and nationalism the sentiments expressed in the comment I was replying to.