Do you find it annoying how American political correctness tends to get imported to the rest of the world?

[Pajeet123]

The word negro used to be a neutral term to refer to blacks here until recently as American pop culture became more popular. The lgbtq stuff also counts, as zoomers went from freely using gay as insult to acting high and mighty about how tolerant they are. I heard this happens to some European countries too, like that Zwarte Piet controversy. One guy online said that Irish zoomers even deem cunt to be offensive these days. What I think is the most retarded are those blm protests in places with like 5 blacks at best. Weren't there outright riots over some negro in Ireland getting shot after the police exhausted all peaceful methods a while back?

 

[Pierre D'Olnique]

That's just consequences of widespread internet access and every retard being given a platform to spread their brainrot on.
I was infinitely more happy when my perception of 'murica was only fueled by Police Academy and the GTA2 intro.

 

[Garnet123]

It´s particularly annoying because it´s so painfully obvious that many are just thoughtlessly repeating stuff they have seen or heard Americans say.

They are not wasting a nanosecond´s thought on the fact that they live on a different continent, in a different country that has its own history and social structure, and is an entirely different culture (in spite of all common elements that there may be) so whatever is being discussed about American society can´t be applied 1:1 to their own. Maybe not at all.

It´s not a bad thing to take an issue that is being discussed somewhere else (in America or wherever) and evaluate how the situation is in one´s own country in that respect, but that is not what is happening. We just get the braindead goody two shoes of the world pretending everywhere is America and regurgitating the shouting points of the American Left.
It´s on the same level as someone expecting police in their own country to give the proper Miranda Warning or issue an Amber Alert, because that´s what they have seen police in American serials set in America do.

 

[Raw Onion Enjoyer]

"Why do you care about american politics? You're not american"

But yeah, a lot of people around europe are like weebs but instead of Japan it's USA. Over last decade in eastern eu they brought BLM bullshit despite us having like 5 blacks in whole country, the trannies despite not seeing ONE in my life, ghetto nigger rap is common to hear now as well.

Anything is imported to here with a few years delay. If I try to watch even a single video in my language it's now crying about -phobias and -isms. They literally repeat english words 1:1 because there's no local equalevement, it's so obvious they're just midlessly repeating it all. All the bigger creators became political activists despite us not having any of the issues they cry about solely, because the american side of the internet repeats it 24/7.

 

[Am I Very Wrong]

As part of the rest of the world, yes
I hardly browse any internet in my native language, but i'm starting to see poorly translated terms like "social construct" way too often.
Some can't even hold a short conversation without throwing in english terms that lack any kind of translation and it's not like their english is the best either.

Nigger was a commonly used word until it wasn't anymore and it's not like the few niggers we have would take offense; they hardly speak our language!
We also have forced diversity even though, again, there arent' many to begin with.

 

[Gender: Xenomorph]

Hearing people translate leftist word (patriarcy, misoginy, genderqueer) in my native language is weird. And feels forced.

You know they are weird ideology/cult word by the way they stand out.

"Why do you care about american politics? You're not american"

But yeah, a lot of people around europe are like weebs but instead of Japan it's USA. Over last decade in eastern eu they brought BLM bullshit despite us having like 5 blacks in whole country, the trannies despite not seeing ONE in my life, ghetto nigger rap is common to hear now as well.

Anything is imported to here with a few years delay. If I try to watch even a single video in my language it's now crying about -phobias and -isms. They literally repeat english words 1:1 because there's no local equalevement, it's so obvious they're just midlessly repeating it all. All the bigger creators became political activists despite us not having any of the issues they cry about solely, because the american side of the internet repeats it 24/7.

You know it's a cult when any backlash is -isms and -phobias.

 

[teriyakiburns]

Yes. The worst part is, unlike some other places, because we both speak the same language, it's a lot harder to argue that it's not just a "natural development". American culture has become the dominant culture of the entire British Isles, at this point, because cretins are incapable of differentiating between what they see on the flickery magic picture screen and the place where they actually live.

 

[SpergioLeonne]

Oddly enough, as an American I was under the impression that we got this shit from Europe.

 

[User names must be unique]

Oddly enough, as an American I was under the impression that we got this shit from Europe.

because all the fart huffing academics that push this shit are anti-nationalist no matter what country they are in.

 

[Gender: Xenomorph]

Oddly enough, as an American I was under the impression that we got this shit from Europe.

Hahaha nope.

Pretty sure gender bs and -phobia/-misia is a product of genderbender/black history academia.

 

[SpergioLeonne]

Hahaha nope.

Pretty sure gender bs and -phobia/-misia is a product of genderbender/black history academia.

But don’t they all read Foucault?

 

[AgendaPoster]

Oddly enough, as an American I was under the impression that we got this shit from Europe.

Maybe
Both continents share some... thing, that's promoting these ideas in both places. Some sort of core of intellectuals and thinkers.

 

[SpergioLeonne]

Maybe
Both continents share some... thing, that's promoting these ideas in both places. Some sort of core of intellectuals and thinkers.

I think there are differences in the particular flavors, but I remember hearing about how England was turning into a dystopian nightmare over 20 years ago.

A friends’ dad had a business trip, and he was telling us about having lunch with a guy in outdoor seating, and that the guy was letting pigeons pick food off his plate with the explanation that chasing them off might count as some sort of animal cruelty thing. Obviously I wasn’t there and can’t speak to the truth of it, but that’s the kind of stuff I heard when I was a teenager.

And everyone knows that in France, rioting for some bullshit cause or another is a rite of passage.

 

[RybenZ999]

Yes. The worst part is, unlike some other places, because we both speak the same language, it's a lot harder to argue that it's not just a "natural development". American culture has become the dominant culture of the entire British Isles, at this point, because cretins are incapable of differentiating between what they see on the flickery magic picture screen and the place where they actually live.

I heard even American politics bleeds out into British culture. Is that true?

 

[teriyakiburns]

I heard even American politics bleeds out into British culture. Is that true?

Yes. We've imported American political divisions wholesale. We have BLM chapters all over the country.

 

[AgendaPoster]

I think there are differences in the particular flavors, but I remember hearing about how England was turning into a dystopian nightmare over 20 years ago.

A friends’ dad had a business trip, and he was telling us about having lunch with a guy in outdoor seating, and that the guy was letting pigeons pick food off his plate with the explanation that chasing them off might count as some sort of animal cruelty thing. Obviously I wasn’t there and can’t speak to the truth of it, but that’s the kind of stuff I heard when I was a teenager.

And everyone knows that in France, rioting for some bullshit cause or another is a rite of passage.

I'm generally quite unpreoccupied with particular events and happenings. I'm preoccupied with the ideas.
So, basically, we are dealing with the idea that minorities should be protected and that they are vulnerable, including to harmful speech. Such speech can be and is often criminalized across Europe, and in the US the corporate medium serves a similar purpose.
These are anti-majoritarian, anti-democratic ideas - as there is no guarantee that a demos will vote for progressive or liberal ideas, and democracy is socially neutral, it can result in anything, basically. It's a complete myth that democracy is liberal. It's not a myth that in the US and the EU, policies do NOT represent the masses, but elite interests, in like 90% proportion, so these entities are not democratic, but oligarchic in nature.
We should simply dig up all the people that generated these ideas, see who they are. After that, there is only one way to get rid of these ideas (which might also have some good points), and that is reaction. There is no other way.

 

[Vect]

Well, American culture and media dominates the English speaking Internet - and it's not unfair to say that what happens in America loosely has a domino effect/is indicative of trends throughout the world. Certainly Americans themselves have a habit of forgetting other countries exist, which also has a knockdown effect through social media and journalism.

The standout examples would be after 9/11, where other countries contributed troops to the Iraq invasion, or when Trump got elected amidst a broader trend of isolationism or conservative populism. People get the sense, rightly or wrongly, that America is the place where all the important stuff happens.

 

[ShooterOfCum]

Not strictly related to OP, but still very much in the same vein.

The heavy importing of US culture in Norway is making Norwegians illiterate. Not to go too deep into linguistics, but we have different sounds that to an English speaker might sound the same, but are readily distinguishable by many people in continental Europe, not just in Norway. Those two sounds are the voiceless alveolo-palatal fricative (marked by ɕ) and voiceless postalveolar fricative (marked by ʃ). You can hear audio samples in the links, although they are a bit poor in quality. In summary:

• ʃ is the sound in 'sheep' in English.
• ɕ is not spoken in English, except a few small dialectical regions, which is the sound in words like 'kjekk' in Norwegian, or 'Hiroshima' in Japanese.

Because of how much US media Norwegian kids are exposed to, kids are simply starting to not notice the difference, since English speakers use only the ʃ sound. This results in them saying words like 'Kina' or 'kino' using the ʃ sound when you are supposed to say it with the ɕ sound. US culture is making our people illiterate, but of course I also blame parents for not correcting their kids when they cannot pronounce words correctly.

 

[Waifu Denier]

Oddly enough, as an American I was under the impression that we got this shit from Europe.

It's more like a cancer, the whole thing metastasized to America and evolved from there into a true abomination. You had theorists in Europe such as the Frankfurt School, Foucault, Deleuze, etc who put forth critiques of capitalism, certain aspects of the culture (the prevailing social norms), and the like, but really their adherents put forth even more bastardized evolutions of their ideas. Like when Foucault's biopower/biopoltiics transmogrifies into "black bodies" and other such tripe, Or Gramsci's notion of cultural hegemony applied very poorly and selectively and in ignorance of their own position as the cultural hegemons.

 

[Squawking Macaw]

They literally repeat english words 1:1 because there's no local equalevement

Some can't even hold a short conversation without throwing in english terms that lack any kind of translation and it's not like their english is the best either.

This is something I immediately noticed when I went to college. It's extremely common for people in college, especially white girls for some reason, to just randomly insert English words while speaking. Some even hold entire conversations in English when they don't even need to and their accent makes my skin crawl.

The heavy importing of US culture in Norway is making Norwegians illiterate.

This isn't related to (North) America, but a similar thing is happening in Portugal. Most of our internet is in Brazillian Portuguese, so many Portuguese kids nowadays use Brazillian words and accents, and any parent that attempts to correct this gets called a racist and xenophobe for wanting their kids to learn the local dialect instead of a Tiktoker's. That's what they deserve for using the phone as a nanny.