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I think of Independence Hall, Bill of Rights, National Parks, North Dakota (family farm), and Rodeo. But point taken. It was pretty sad seeing so many people gang up on @Rational Poster and hate on NYC the other day along partisan political lines and talk about how it isn't worth shit despite the fact that - aside from being the financial capital of the world - it arguably holds a lion's share of America's best man-made attractions, landmarks, cultural institutions, and culinary diversity.
It's always cordial if not productive. I have a pretty robust sense of patriotism for a lot of different reasons, some of them probably subconscious. But I accept that not everyone shares my enthusiasm (and might even scoff at it). I understand why -- or at the least, I'm willing to hear it out. I wish nothing but the best for you and yours, bruv. We came damn close to running into each other at the Vegas convention center a couple weeks ago. Wtf was up with the wind that weekend? A bunch of outdoor concerts and events got canceled.
It seems to me that a lot of people on both sides of the political spectrum are being absolutely mind fucked by foreign internet propagandists and just cannot handle it.
There is a very strong effort from foreign actors to promote anti-Americanism in both the populist right and progressive left.
American politicians seem to be waking up to this fact, ie TikTok, but obviously that's just one fragment of the issue. The propaganda is pervasive throughout all social media and even gaming communities and smaller web forums like this.
It's very deliberate and targeted, and a lot of the people are so consumed by it they'll be offended by the very suggestion even when we have incredibly strong evidence of these foreign influence campaigns and who is doing it.