Talk:Macne Nana/@comment-17827197-20140111142542/@comment-53539-20140119192549

I've countered "idiot American" with "idiot Brit" so this is how I deal with it. I don't let bad experiences completely put me off, otherwise I'd have stayed off the net.

But the trouble is the brain simplifies things down to handle them. Stereotyping is part of human nature. People who claim they don't succumb to it are lying, because everyone does it in some way, shape or form. And even if they hide it, like humans have the potential to kill another human being, just because someone has never done it doesn't mean they don't have potential to kill... Even if its in self defence or by accident, everyone has the potential to do wrong things because we're not a perfect species.

So stereotyping is something you can't help. Even if you avoid it, its all around you thanks to the wonders of modern advertising and technology. :-/