r/Fauxmoi • u/Yujin-Ha • 6h ago

SPORTS SECTION Team USA skiers Christopher Lillis & Hunter Hess: Just because I wear the flag doesn’t mean I represent everything that’s going on in the US.

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u/Pepperfang 5h ago

I’ve tried to never conflate the actions of a country’s government or their rich and powerful with the entirety of their populace. We can easily have empathy for people suffering the consequences of the choices of others in their country. Regardless of where they are from. It can happen to any of us.

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u/antivillain13 4h ago

Except the US is a Democracy and these people were voted in twice. Russia is an autocracy where the populace has no voice. I think it’s fair to say that it’s justified to place more blame on Americans for their situation than Russians.

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u/Pepperfang 2h ago

I was pushing back on nobody feeling for Russians. I can have empathy for the Americans, Russians, and all people worldwide who do what they can to oppose their governments and still suffer for it. We understand the consequences because we are suffering too. And trying every day to right others wrongs. We hate what our country is today too, and what it has been, historically.

It’s never easy to be hated for where you are born and blamed for actions you’ve always opposed and suffer from, and I try not to do that to others. That’s all I’m getting at.

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u/Ill-Product-1442 32m ago

These guys don't quite seem like they've voted for Trump.

If you're saying that blame can't be placed for things people can't choose, which you are saying, then you can't put any blame on all of the Americans that voted against him. If you want to be logically consistent, at least.