Douchebags who think it's the USG's job to save them (Ukraine Edition)

[WDR]

It seems profoundly stupid to wear a "Russia" shirt in Ukraine right now... but that was his only "crime" ?

[randyho]

I am effortlessly not wearing a russian-themed shirt in Ukraine, not enjoying my airbnb in Kabul, while also not touring the North and South Korean border.

I am crushing it, apparently.

[okie john]

Those Ukranian cops showed admirable restraint, especially when Russian Flag Man made the universal admission of guilt.

Seriously, he’s lucky to have teeth.



Okie John

[Joe in PNG]

I usually don't volunteer the info that I'm American, but being whiter and a foot taller than the inhabitants of the nation I'm in does tend to give the game away.

But one can usually tell where the white expats are from at a glance. Germans usually wear 'tropical' travel shirts & shorts with black socks and dress shoes. Aussies tend to favor short shorts and button up work shirts. And so it goes.

[Lost River]

I was seriously hoping they would turn Mr. Mouthy into an Asphalt Angel. He needed a lesson in shut the fuck up.

[Caballoflaco]

It seems profoundly stupid to wear a "Russia" shirt in Ukraine right now... but that was his only "crime" ?

For all we know they might have just been trying to avoid him getting a public beat down when they first approached him. If he had quietly explained his situation and apologized for being an idiot American they might possibly have just escorted him back to his hotel so he could change.

But nope, he had to get handsy and then attempt one of the poorer escapes I’ve recently seen on the internets.

ETA: just noticed the dude with the Ukrainian flag at the beginning of the video. As usual I’m guessing that just wearing the shirt isn’t the only thing that happened, we just didn’t get to see the earlier part where he was probably having a kerfuffle with flag dude.

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Anybody that stupid deserves a beatdown. Too bad he didnt get it. Everything he did was intentional.

[Coyotesfan97]

He made the almost universal statement of I’m going to jail shortly. I don’t know how many times “Don’t touch me” was the prelude to a fight and a trip to jail. The attempted flight for freedom sealed his fate.

[wvincent]

Ahh, the "Ugly American" in all his glory.
Wearing a Russia shirt in Ukraine, pure genius! And fighting with local LE.
Thankfully for him, I don't work at the embassy. I would be too tempted to negotiate his release by asking "How much if you just keep him?"

[Maple Syrup Actual]

You know, back when I was in university we had a visiting professor from the university of Pennsylvania teaching a course on US domestic politics at the 400 level so naturally I took the class, which was excellent.

Partway through the semester he had to book a lecture hall for some reason or other, I forget why, but I remember it went sideways due to some administrative issue and he was apologizing to the class (well, by his standards at least; naturally we judged his apology by Canadian standards but he was doing his best) and explaining that he'd tried to get the hall but couldn't, and he had always been able to do it by XYZ at Penn but here there was some other process and even though he really tried to convince them, he just couldn't get it in time.

"Well hang on," I said, "did you try standing up really straight, pointing your finger in the person's face and shouting 'I'm an American citizen!'?"

And everybody laughed, including him, because that is so common in movies etc, you end up seeing people seriously do it in real life. He obviously wasn't that type but you know, I've seen it done.

I'm not saying there aren't clueless Canadians as well, there totally are, maybe in equal or greater proportion. But there's a specific sense of entitlement that's very common in Americans, this "I don't need to know your bullshit rules, I'm protected by the god damn CONSTITUTION!" thing that is far from universal, of course, but it is definitely something you really see when that type of American goes abroad.

I could list many faults with my own countrymen as well, it's not a slight on America. But the same way obnoxious french people are obnoxious in a really french way, obnoxious Americans are obnoxious in a very American way.