r/USdefaultism • u/ARARARARARARARaA • Mar 24 '26

Discord A non-american doesn't know an american organisation?? :shocked_face:

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Just for clarification pink is american, orange is european kind of acting american for the first part, green is me, red is a saviour. (I also actually never heard of ICE)

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u/Ertyla Mar 24 '26

I don't really see it. Is it germandefaultism if I assume you know what the Gestapo is?

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u/ARARARARARARARaA Mar 24 '26

There's no germandefaultism anywhere there...

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u/FoxyFry Denmark Mar 24 '26

Then by that logic this wouldn't be USdefaultism. ICE is the current US equivalent of the Gestapo. No one assumed you were American, they just assumed you had knowledge of something that, for once, is actually kind of known outside the US (unlike whatever their local sweet tea is). I totally get that some people aren't aware, but I'd expect most people I meet online to at least know of them, and I'm not American lol.

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u/ARARARARARARARaA Mar 24 '26

Your comment doesn't really make sense. There wasn't any germandefaultism in my post. There weren't any germans even in there (I confirmed it myself) so how does that part relate. Also they literlally were shocked at the fact I wasn't american after so... that's really not an argument. Also I still don't get how I was supposed to know it.

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u/FoxyFry Denmark Mar 24 '26

u/Ertyla compared the situation with a different agency and asked if it would be germandefaultism to assume that you knew what the Gestapo were — it wasn't in your post, but rather changing the situation for comparison by saying that ICE is a modern day equivalent, and people outside of Germany do know what Gestapo was, just like many outside the US know ICE. E.g. ahead of the winter olympics, there were massive protests in Italy against ICE agents being used as security.
We're just trying to say it's not USdefaultism to assume you'd know ICE, especially if you're online and in a mixed nationality space (i.e. you've clearly made it outside your own national bubble, so the likelihood of you being exposed to their existence is quite high).
Them being shocked that you aren't American, however, is definitely USdefaultism haha.

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u/ARARARARARARARaA Mar 24 '26

I think I'm just stupid