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Yes, and 100 million regular American terrorists still support this. Some of them travel abroad unarmed too.
I can guarantee you that the ones who travel abroad are not the ones who support this.
Not the majority.
But I've found myself surprised at seemingly educated, well-traveled, sensible US Americans suddenly dropping the most obviously, embarrassingly unreflected nationalist supremacist bullshit as purported fact. While paying lip service to supposed US-specific virtues which they completely go against in everything else they say.
Nationalism is a poison on the brain. The privilege of travelling only affords you the opportunity to see it clearly for what it is. Most people subjected to its propaganda still stick with what they were taught rather than rebuilding their whole worldview.
There's definitely a media bubble, early childhood conditioning, social pressure, and other forms of brainwashing going on that can take a lot to break through and unlearn, not to mention relearning newer, healthier patterns. And even then there might be lingering assumptions and biases that just haven't come up yet to be examined in the light of reason.
Traveling for a week or two at a time can only do so much. And then they go back to the US where people treat them like they're weird if they don't conform to the USian ignorance. A person really has to live outside the US for months or even years to fully recover from it.
Rebuilding one's whole worldview takes time and effort, and it can be really uncomfortable. Also, without strong social support with a healthier worldview to emulate, it can be really disorienting and difficult to find the way forward. Basically having to build one from scratch, whereas most people learn theirs from growing up interacting with peers and role models.
Yup. The ones supporting this don't even have passports, because they legitimately believe there is nothing they need to see / learn / understand anywhere else in the world. They were told the US is the best and they firmly and blindly believe it.
They never even give thought to anything outside the US other than hate and disgust (which is actually fear, ignorance and stupidity).
They barely give thought to other states in the US, which is very obvious by just being online. Americans not remembering that timezones are a thing is so damn common, and it's so weird since the US is one of the few countries that have several. They also think all laws in their state are objective and often fight others about it.
The patriotism that's used to brainwash kids in the US goes so far that it even destroys their ability to think of differences withing their own country.
Are you forgetting about the business class that has been backing trump the entire time? Or how about the embarrassed "Libertarians" (conservatives too cowardly to admit their own beliefs) that don't admit that voted for Trump but agree with his views on immigration and support the tariffs beyond all economic reason.
They all go overseas. Ken Paxton is in London right now.
Those are a small minority of travelers, and the business class likely travel with an entourage of armed guards, not "unarmed" like the other commenter said (which we can only assume implies he wants people to attack them at random).
As for the "libertarians", I don't know how many of them actually travel but if they do it's probably to tourist trap locations, which I don't consider actual travel. The average European isn't likely to encounter them in their day-to-day lives.
Barely 15% of Americans ever travel outside of North America.
And most of those are not okay with what's happening in the US right now.
Haven't left the country last couple years. Do people know at this point? Or do they still hate all of us anyway?
People generally know that if you're traveling you're probably not one of them. Unless you fit the stereotype or you're the obnoxious loud american tourist or whatever.
That being said, a lot of places are dealing with their own issues right now. People are stressed about the cost of living rising while wages stagnate, jobs are scarce and so are homes. Fascism is making a resurgence in many places too. People are on edge.
Not everyone wants to talk to tourists but some people are open to it, especially if you hang out in hostels, and if you actually talk to people they'll probably be able to tell you're not a magat. There's still genuine human connection to be had.
Thx. Pretty much my expectations.