u/lowdown202

On various social media (Instagram, Facebook, etc), I've been seeing a lot of posts about the World Cup (examples: Bosnian parade in St. Louis, Scots putting a cone on statues of Paul Revere, Bobby Orr, Samuel Adams, etc; Aussies singing "we're getting deported", etc.) and I think these are beautiful scenes; I love these people coming to America and giving us a taste of what they're about.

Meanwhile, the same people we thought we were laughing with are in the comments blittering about how sensitive Americans are. When I decide to scroll through the comments, I have to scroll for minutes (multiple 60-second intervals) before I see a single one.

Is this what's on their minds 24/7; hating Americans, spiting Americans, hating Americans? We're getting lectured by countries who arrest people for memes, song lyrics, a certain ideology, a certain religion, and they're gonna tell us we're too sensitive?

America is so great, we have so many problems and it's still the best country. We don't have free healthcare because we understand good shit comes at a cost (the free healthcare other countries brag about is inferior and peasant-like; privatized care allows a company to expand upon what is needed). Because of our right to bear arms, we have school and church shootings, yes, but that's the cost of protecting our homes with guns because we Americans recognize home is out ultimate safe-haven. There is a catch to everything one may say is good.

America is so great, before this World Cup, we barely acknowledged other countries' existence, and it's gonna be like that when they leave. That's another stereotype; "Americans don't know geography." We don't have to. What does your country offer that we don't? Mountains? Got it. Deserts? Got it. Beer? Got it. Sometimes, people will go as far to say a lot of our culture is derived from other cultures. Thanks for that, by the way; we don't have to go to your country to experience it.

Maybe I, as an American, find these comments annoying, but there are a lot of people out there that find our existence annoying; so in reality, the Americans have the last laugh.

Now finish your soccer tournament, and get out.