Of course, if you clicked those links, you can see that their hatred has led Americans to view them as a joke. They flaunt around an untamable inferiority complex about how they test nukes, even though America has enough of those old things to blow North Korea to the stone age.
While we use the threats of a foe as comical fodder, we cannot forget the innocent citizens of North Korea who are forced to hate America because of their leaders, all while living under a harsh dictatorship.
Those poor North Koreans are subjected to propaganda, like this most recent brainwashing scheme from their government. The video depicts both American soldiers and Barack Obama behind flames and is hardly watchable — not because of its offensiveness but because the poor production quality.
While those poor North Koreans likely feel pride in these images degrading America, there are plenty of people in America who take the same pride in burning symbols.
They’re not even unique. Americans do anti-American things better than anyone. (Note on flag-burning: While many people become upset when flag-burning occurs, as expressed during comments on that YouTube video, I actually am very pro-flag-burning. Flag-burning is the epitome of freedom from fear of government, and I think everyone should burn a flag at some point in their lives because it’s our right to do so. Flag-burning is American).
I guess the North Koreans have every reason to hate America though. We’re quite materialistic, often focusing on things that really don’t matter. Take for example this write-up of First Lady Michelle Obama’s second-term portrait.
In the article, it seems more important to critique every little part of the President’s wife, from her bangs to her necklace to her makeup, instead of appreciating the fact that there’s a strong, empowered woman married to the Head of State.
