I firmly maintain that true global travel will turn anyone into a raging conservative. It did me.
https://twitter.com/RenOfMen/status/1764481648304026021
A world traveller on X is commenting on the case of a white couple who were assaulted while visiting India.
He points out uncomfortable truths like:
... Liberal Americans have this view of the rest of the melanated world as one big song of Kumbaya, crying out against the oppression of the white West.
This could not be further from the truth.
Violence, bigotry, and hatred are standard operating practice of the residents of many countries. Members of foreign nations express racism to and about each other that make our “micro aggressions” look like a sneeze. Such people laugh at our naive ignorance of the way the world really is, which is why Westerners are often such easy marks. (Not suggesting this couple.)
America, Aus/NZ and Europe are the safest regions on Earth in part because the Christian West regards each human being as made in the image of God. We are not mere fantasies suffering through the illusion of Samsara, as in Hinduism and Buddhism.
Human rights came from the Christian tradition for this reason.
For all their whining about how they want to be free from the "oppressive" nature of Christianity, Leftists fail to even be aware that the peaceful, stable, caring, and charitable society they long-for is actually a UNIQUE product of the same Christian tradition they hate with a passion.
Even just traveling through southern europe; Spain, Portugal, Gibraltar... these are NOT 1st world countries. They are arguably 2nd at MOST.
The beautiful multi-cultural day dream in these places is insane. Each group is at each others' throats. You should see the small local facebook groups. They all start with the language of "well, this obviously isn't everyone, but..." and then go on to say the worst things.
As an American abroad, most in these countries were polite to my face, but I can understand more of the languages than I can speak, and I know what they were saying when they thought I was oblivious.