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[-] qooqie@lemmy.world 39 points 2 years ago

The first panel is exactly why Japan has been super isolationist. Outside of tourist areas I’ve heard foreigners are never fully welcomed no matter how long they stay

[-] optissima@lemmy.world 73 points 2 years ago

Japan has been isolationist since way before weebs existed...

[-] qooqie@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago

Yeah that’s what I meant, I suppose I could’ve made it more clear

[-] d4f0@lemmy.world 54 points 2 years ago
[-] ArmokGoB@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 points 2 years ago

It's really in this year

[-] ech@lemm.ee 8 points 2 years ago

Not to suggest that this isn't xenophobia, nor that the subject can be summed up this succinctly, but there is something to be said for a culture not wanting to be swept away or squashed by others. As with pretty much everything else, there's middle ground.

[-] best_username_ever@sh.itjust.works 23 points 2 years ago

but

No "but," it's plain xenophobia, no debate about it.

[-] ech@lemm.ee 17 points 2 years ago

Not to suggest that this isn’t xenophobia

Miss that part, did you? Also, nothing is "plain" anything. Expand your view one bit and see the world for the complex place it is.

[-] dubyakay@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 years ago

Only a Sith deals in absolutes.

[-] frezik@midwest.social 2 points 2 years ago

Obi-wan declaring himself a Sith was the weirdest part of the prequels.

[-] d4f0@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago

I think there's no middle ground when the answer is isolation instead of trying to integrate foreigners into the local culture.

[-] ech@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago

Of course not. "Middle ground" necessitates effort on both sides. I just think it's worth bringing up when that word starts getting tossed around. It's easy to create hard lines when it gets used.

[-] Rooskie91@discuss.online 17 points 2 years ago

TBH the same could be said for some areas of Boston....

[-] tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 years ago

That's mostly overstated and you usually hear it from people who don't speak Japanese who lived somewhere for a couple years teaching English after graduating college.

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