Yes. I know. I was there. Are you implying that none of these things I said happened in the USA happened in the USA? Because, they did happen, and it was there. Kind of like what I said and you helpfully quoted.
My turn. Here’s what you actually said:
I’m always amazed that people seem to think the USA is a monolith.
Feel free to point where I said the USA is a monolith. Because while I did say that these horrible thing did happen in the USA, and that the USA is known to be “land of the free, home of the brave”, at no point I said, implied, or subtly hinted at that this was representative of the USA as a whole.
Yes. I know. I was there. Are you implying that none of these things I said happened in the USA happened in the USA? Because, they did happen, and it was there. Kind of like what I said and you helpfully quoted.
My turn. Here’s what you actually said:
Feel free to point where I said the USA is a monolith. Because while I did say that these horrible thing did happen in the USA, and that the USA is known to be “land of the free, home of the brave”, at no point I said, implied, or subtly hinted at that this was representative of the USA as a whole.
Your phrasing does in fact imply that it’s commonplace and widespread. For example:
and
These phrasings can only refer to the country as a whole.
Your interpretation is yours, and yours only, don’t push it onto others.