Could be Pakistani. The most Indian-hating person I ever met was a Pakistani guy.
this post was submitted on 19 Nov 2023
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India and Pakistan have a bit of a history
Understatement of the century ☝️
Hahahaha that’s akin to “Israelites and Palestinians have been in a bit of a disagreement for a few years now.”
They haven't always seen eye to eye, let's put it that way
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Honestly it's either or. I knew a couple of guys back in uni, one Indian the other Pakistani and they were really tight. Maybe it's just the narrow minded bigots who blindly hate another because of political history rather than treat them as an individual.
Also knew an Israeli and a Palestinian (weren't tight as such but were friendly with each other).
Honestly, it's a love-hate relationship. There's nobody they hate more than the other, at the same time there's nobody who understands them better than the other.
Even then, the hate is mostly political. It's politically beneficial to both countries to keep the hate flowing.
Source: am Pakistani.
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Anon actually so racist can't tell Indians apart from Pakistanis
Which, the British Empire didn't particularly give a shit about telling them apart when they drew the new "independent" borders in South Asia either. Tons of current problems in the region can be traced back to British colonialism and their divide and conquer strategy, surprise surprise.
Same story for Africa and the Middle East
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Pakistan -> Muslim Indians
Found the Indian.
Nah bro but they both got great food and Im a programmer so I basically am
I dont think that applies only to racist people
When you don't know that they are ethnically the same people....
I used to work with this lifted-truck literally red-necked red neck. He kept going on about how hot his girl was, and how white she was.
One day he shows me her picture, and she was indeed a very hot dark skinned Latina. Some people are just in denial.
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I mean, we're on Lemmy, every American here hates America
America the country though. Which is quite different from hating an ethnic group.
Didn't occur to me right away but you're right. On the other hand, if they live in India then most of the people who ever wronged them would also be from India (which is also not an ethnic group as pointed out)
Why did you bold the "a" at the end of America?
Probably to emphasize the difference with "Americans".
I don't, but I'm not very popular around here either. My country is far from ideal, but I still mostly like it.
I don't hate America, I just wish we could be better. Hate takes too much energy
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I have an Asian buddy that rages over how bad Asian drivers are and even gives them the fingers pulling his eyes even more closed move while passing them. I don't go anywhere in a car with him anymore... Come to think of it I rarely see him now...
Is it because you're pulling your eyes closed?
nah he just blends into the background of other asians he hangs out with
Sounds like a great guy lmao
Asian driver roadrages over other Asian drivers driving around
Ah I see your friend is a man of culture congrats
I feel like this phenomenon should have a catchy name, like: "No one hates Scotsmen more than Scotsmen."
Damn Scots! They ruined Scotland!
It's called "uncle ruckus" In my circles.
Omg, I forgot about that character 😅
Or possibly Pakistani. That whole hate your neighbour thing.
Have you met Americans?
Source: I'm an American.
It's like Americans on lemmy!
It's okay to hate your own culture. Plenty of reasons for Indians to hate India, just like there are plenty of reasons for Russians to hate Russia.
Familiarity breeds contempt
As mentioned in the thread, self-hatred or the guy being Pakistani are two likely explanations. Maybe a third scenario could be he was testing if Anon was racist against Indians as well before presenting himself.
I'm not a fan of the british...
Am british...
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