#bali discourse had me boiling over

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Hey guys I almost never post Southeast Asian discourse and politics here because, let's be honest, I feel so much better sympathising and laughing at other (read; American) politics because it carries the same amount of impact for me as my favourite fiction.

But then the Bali discourse happened on twitter. Sir. What the fuck?

Poppin in here to remind my American followers that Racism, Religious bias, Colonialism and Queer history and connotations carry COMPLETELY differently in A WHOLE OTHER GODDMANED CONTINENT with mixmeshed cultures history. Leave it. You do not know it. Unless you were born, raised and LIVED here, you probably do not know what you are talking about and coming off as just completely condescending and stupid.....as almost ALL Americans sound like. We do not care that you are black. We do not care that you are white. Some of us here don't even know what the fuck that even means. Worse comes to worst? You sound like a Karen. The phrase Orang Barat (westerners) literally carry the same kind of weight you put into the Karen term. Pls respect the culture, the natives, and the country. Were all having a bad enough time as is

#bali discourse had me boiling over #bitch really came here #illegally #to live in luxury in a third world country #gentrifying us #victimising HERSELF #classic Karen move #glad i missed the worst of it #god damn it