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Don’t apply malice where it can be explained by most Americans not paying attention to anything outside the US.



And it's not hugely different than Europeans. I mean, when I lived there how many told me that Tasmania wasn't a part of Australia or they were downright shocked that Christmas is in summer like they've never heard that before. You don't even need to follow anything to have a clue about that.


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Please keep partisan flamewar other places than on this site.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html


Hey, let's not get orangutans into this. They're pretty chill and tolerant, not really known for their antics-- Maher should apologize to them, since he was so unfair as to suggest that Trump might share any commonality with such remarkably peaceful and nature-loving creatures!




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