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Americans and I say this as an American. Are first and foremost retarded beyond all releasing when it comes to understanding that empty empathy and apologies are worse then saying nothing at all.
As much as it's the stereotype to say Canadians say sorry all the time, in reality it's Americans.
Americans will apologize for ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING. Because we are taught that sorry fixes everything. Words are cheap and actions are hard.
And if you tell them sorry won't cut it, then it's straight to being pissed and blaming everyone else. Not fixing it, not admitting empty platitudes are insulting. No no, it's your fault for not expecting the sorry with no action to back it up.
It's the most annoying fucking thing.
Americans need to learn to shut up, sit down, and realize if our leadership fucks up. We all fuck up. That's the entire point of democracy. We are in this together for better or worse. If we don't like it then we need to shut the fuck up and go actually do something about it. Words are cheap.
Yeah idk, do they not realise that what they are doing is a classic "thoughts and prayers"? With more words for sure, more polite yes but... In terms of actions, that's it.
It was appalling to read the live reaction of so many people, the most upvoted ones ofc because American presence in Lemmy is a supermajority. Anyway, good luck.