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Idek but I travel all over the world and I find people who are openly hostile to me when I tell them I'm an American- and/or from a red state- is a huge red flag. This kind of bigotry is so inane and ubiquitous that I just seek out people who don't judge me no matter where I'm from. I've met people from all kinds of places that are openly hostile to Americans or the American empire and never would I consider judging them based on the country they're from rather than by the things they say or the actions they take. To treat someone poorly based on their nationality is always a bad sign no matter what part of the world you're in. (This pattern matches similarly to people in blue states who are begging to hear some trump denouncement/land acknowledgment from you as soon as you're identified as being from a red state. If you're someone who sees half of your countrymen with such contempt I'll just find somebody else to talk to rather than grovel) And this comment probably makes me sound like I am a rude person but I should specify that I am extremely polite when I sus out that someone is judging me and am tactful enough to disengage with them gracefully. I have had multiple instances where I was traveling abroad with other men- one a very liberal German, another a jew from NYC, and had locals harass and yell at them specifically while in the same breath were kind and apologetic to me. I think the defining factor is the level of respect you show toward others, which I make a habit of being conscious of, and others often are not.
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