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Originally Posted by dong20  What?
If you think this is an 'America Bashing' thread when I went out of my way to illustrate it wasn't - you highlighted the relevant commentary yourself* ... wait you're joking, right?
*The 'does nobody read the news' jibe was an evidently too subtle attempt at sardonic humour - based on the 'timelag' I've seen in people posting topical items - an observation I have made here before.
before you jumped in the deep end making accusations you should have asked yourself; have I ever 'bashed' America as an end itself and/or in the vein of others here?
People will of course infer what they will, and the track record on the validity of said inferences is self evident. I do think there is an over sensitivity, as you have just demonstrated.  |
You said you were "hoping" someone from America would post this, but now you wonder, do any Americans read the news?
The implication (note how that's different from inference) is that Americans don't read the news or care about atrocities, etc.
What other point was there in you kicking off your post with such a statement? Would your post have suffered any without you saying that you had "hoped" an American would post this thread? I can't see a purpose in your stating that beyond taking a pot-shot at Americans here. But please explain what your point was in that statement if that's incorrect.
Also, I'm not talking about your history here. I bolded the part of your post that bugged me to make it clear to you. And evidently I'm not the only one here who took offense, so maybe instead of accusing us of interpretting you wrongly, you ought to look at what you said and try to see how it comes across to some people and why a few people are reading it that way. And yes, keeping in mind that a lot of people on the forum will go out of there way to bash America at every chance they get might be a smart idea.