@mchill saidAll one normally needs is one person (foreign or domestic) who does not fit the stereotype.
I suppose some of this is true, but stereotypes are not very important. Once 2 people from different countries meet and get to know each other stereotypes usually fade away.
Unless one is also bigoted to begin with.
@suzianne saidBut I would not describe him as an "ass hole", as you have done. The particular brand of "bad manners" he exhibited can be found in someone of any nationality, I suppose, but while I have encountered it a few times with Americans over the years, I can't remember any Belgians, or Malaysians or Brazilians or Canadians or Japanese who were like that. That's why I suggested it was an American "template" as opposed to a general stereotype.
He was impolite, to be kind. Normal people know enough to show some empathy for their fellow humans, especially face-to-face. To talk about oneself endlessly while giving no equal time to their conversation partner is bad manners, at the very least.
@suzianne saidI "need professional help"?
How so? How is this ironic? Isn't you saying "Oh, the irony" just more gaslighting? Aren't you (again) lying just to advance your own agenda of getting others to believe that somehow, I am the gaslighter here?
PSA: If you find you cannot stop, even in the face of being told to stop what you're doing because everyone sees you doing it, then maybe you need professional help.
@suzianne saidYou said this... Once someone understands that you're gaslighting them, it's time to stop the gaslighting. You're busted. Continuing to gaslight in the face of being sussed out is just stupid ... to someone ELSE and thought it did not apply to you yourself. That struck me as ironic.
How so? How is this ironic?
@mchill saidIf what you mean by "once two people from different countries meet and get to know each other, stereotypes usually fade away" is that those two people can get along despite their different backgrounds, then of course that's true.
I suppose some of this is true, but stereotypes are not very important. Once 2 people from different countries meet and get to know each other stereotypes usually fade away.
But, if by "stereotypes usually fade away", you mean that the traits and traces of various stereotypical mindsets rooted in different backgrounds fade away and cease to exist, then I don't agree.
And while it is interesting to realize that seemingly-diverse people have more in common than differentiates them, travelling the world and engaging people from different cultural backgrounds would be considerably less interesting if the fascinating gaps caused by those "various stereotypical mindsets" faded away and did not exist.
@great-big-stees saidThat's a very monotypical view.
Most nations have what other nations consider stereotypes.🤔👍