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My Filipino\Japanese wife loathes everything Japanese. I'm OK with that. (lemmy.world)

submitted 9 hours ago by shalafi@lemmy.world to c/unpopularopinion@lemmy.world

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She's Filipino by birth and culture, dad was Japanese. She won't say a single word against the Japanese unless you really drill into her opinions, simply won't talk about it. But JFC does she hate them, deep down. It's funny that her sisters live in Japan ATM. :) They don't seem to care.

But I get it, deep down. Japan raped her country in WWII, literally and figuratively, and while she's ignorant of modern Western politics, she know plenty about the Japanese using babies for bayonet practice. Have to admit, I wondered if her dad raped her mom.

My father died of mesothelioma sucking down asbestos while fighting in the Pacific Theatre. Watched him suffer to death for two years as a child. You might think I would hold a grudge. I do not, history to me.

All that to say, I don't blame her and I'm fine with her prejudice. OTOH, she refuses to do cute shit like wear a kimono or chops sticks in her hair. Fuck me, I signed up for an Asian chick! (That is an attempt at humor for the autistic among you.)

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[–] mienshao@lemm.ee 2 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Fucking stupid. I’m an American and have no problems with Germany/Germans or Japan/Japanese folks. I don’t give a shit that they did to Americans decades ago—war is hell. Like what a stupid fucking reason to hate a country. Were you around in WWII? No, so shut the fuck up.

Also, SHE’S Japanese, so she’s self-hating, which is beyond stupid. You don’t have to own every single little thing your country did decades ago. Also also, go look up Filipino history. You think Filipinos haven’t also done some fucked up shit during wartime? Gtfo.

Lastly, your last comment is weird as fuck. You married a woman so she could be your waifu? The hell is wrong with you?

Yalls are some pieces of work—stay married, yalls deserve each other.

[–] profgrumpypants@midwest.social 3 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

It's an older mindset, what you're referencing. But many Americans did actually have quite the problem with people they fought against. Some still do. Also, there can be many facets to ones identity. She may be ethnically one thing, but culturally she isn't. Everyone does fucked up shit during wartime, it's why we don't want wartime. This is true.

The last comment was weird, but I also have lived it so much that it's just...ugh.

*Look at how many Americans feel about Arabs.