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Originally Posted by superleeds
I’m in suzzers camp re if the risk of leaving your zip code is worth taking.
The ignorance that Americans demonstrate when it comes to countries that aren't theirs is breathtaking.
From an American perspective, travelling to a place in Europe that isn't Paris, London, or Rome is adventurous.
It was so weird listening to people in America call me brave for going to places like Czech Republic and Hungary and I'm thinking, "They're in the EU mother****er. They're not war zones! Millions of tourists go there every year ffs!" These aren't necessarily stupid people either. They're well-educated, young people telling me this.
When I was teaching in China, relatives were asking me if I was nervous about living in a straw hut. I thought they were just taking the piss out of me but they were dead serious. Some of them are that stupid.
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It's frustrating watching the Pod Save America crew not getting Trump and deplorables at all. Their line of thought is so infuriatingly establishment that they really have no credibility when it comes to political discourse. They seem to think that Trump is somehow being deceived by these wily dictators and their extraordinary power. The reality is that Trump is a bully and is responding the way a bully does when facing actual power: with subservience and cowardice.
Last edited by SuperUberBob; 03-01-2019 at 08:30 PM.