John Smith wrote on Jul 19
th, 2025 at 5:39pm:
Frank wrote on Jul 19
th, 2025 at 5:19pm:
Cultural cringe which manifest itself in various ways: stupidity, naivete, ignorance,
that certainly explains why you cringe every single time a culture other then yours is mentioned
As with everything else you stick your beak into, you don't understand the meaning of cultural cringe, bozo.
A primer for you, thicko:
Cultural cringe" refers to the tendency for people in a nation to undervalue their own culture and arts in favor of those from other, often more dominant, cultures. This can manifest as a feeling of inferiority or a belief that one's own culture is not as sophisticated, valuable, or important as those of other nations, particularly those perceived as more powerful or established.
The term is most often associated with Australia, where it was famously described by A.A. Phillips in 1950. He used the term to explain the tendency of Australians to view their own cultural products, such as literature and art, as inferior to those from Britain and the United States. This often led to a preference for imported cultural content and a tendency for Australian artists and intellectuals to seek validation or careers overseas.
While the concept originated in Australia, it can be applied to other countries and contexts where a sense of cultural inferiority exists. It's important to note that the cultural cringe is not just about a simple preference for one culture over another. It's a more complex phenomenon that involves feelings of self-doubt, insecurity, and a lack of confidence in one's own cultural identity.
The tendency to view Britain or the US as preferable has been replaced by valorising of Aboriginal and immigrant
, especially third world and culturally distant/alien cultures, about which very little is actually understood.
Politics is downstream from culture. Multicultural policy is downstream from cultural cringe. Countries that are not cringey about their cultures and therefore do not have large scale 'diverse' immigration - Japan, Israel, some Eastern European countries - are routinely and reflexively called wacist. Any Western politician wanting to curb 'diverse' immigration - Farage, Le Pen, Wilders, Hanson - is instantly called wacist. And once someone is called wacist, no further discussin is possible.
That is why shouting 'wacist' by the likes of you, Bbwiyawn, the Greens, mothra, philperth, teapot kanga et al is your favourite response - is saves you from thinking and providing a coherent argument for multiculturalism, for demographic and cultural transformation. It is the battle cry of the lazy stupid. Your battle cry.
None of you have ever advanced any argument for demographic and cultural transformation through mass third world immigration. There isn't one.
nah ... dumbarse racists don't get to make up the definition of words. Just because another racist misused it in 1950 doesn't make it correct