That is correct, of course, but "incessant fads and hysteria" and "a society that is totally dysfunctional" are hardly curious expositions of cultural difference.
Sharp-and-shallow putdowns of other countries are nationalistic flamebait. If it doesn't seem that way to you, it might help to imagine the same thing being said about a country (or some other group) that you feel strongly about.
That is correct, of course, but "incessant fads and hysteria" and "a society that is totally dysfunctional" are hardly curious expositions of cultural difference.
Sharp-and-shallow putdowns of other countries are nationalistic flamebait. If it doesn't seem that way to you, it might help to imagine the same thing being said about a country (or some other group) that you feel strongly about.