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In reply to the discussion: US role in Ukraine crisis is not an innocent one [View all]nikto
(3,284 posts)She is a nice person, and quite intelligent, except on matters of Cuba,
where her intense emotional involvement and lingering sense of trauma,
greatly reduces her ability to think clearly, and she responds irrationally, like the deeply-hurt child
she was at the time of her departure.
She is incapable of discussing Cuba calmly, or even hearing words like "socialism"
or "communism" without her blood-pressure rising sharply, and her "snake-brain" taking over.
It's a little creepy to see, so I stopped trying to talk to her about it.
But I can validate her profound sense of trauma ---- I don't belittle or deny it and I can partly understand it,
in the sense I can empathically "understand" the sometimes blinding hurt inside
a victim of childhood abuse, at least on some level, though I am not a victim myself.
So I discovered, coming from a certain country does not automatically imply a deep, or even rational understanding
of that country. Maybe you are different from my friend; Maybe you are not.
How could I know?
Also, maybe you have noticed how little many Americans know about their own country and its history,
and how close-minded and obstinate they can be about things like Separation of Church and State,
The Civil War, The Constitution, Labor Unions, The Progressive Era, etc.
I reiterate:
Coming from a country is not a guarantee a person will have accurate knowledge of
(or objectivity regarding) that country.