"America can't be attacked. Our military and oceans protect us" Americans, before 9/11
"Straight Americans can't get AIDS, that's a fags disease" Americans before straight people started getting AIDS
"America will never become an authoritarian country. Our constitution will protect us" Americans before the covid hysteria.
"America will never be for the niggers. We live in a civilized society where we have our space and they have theirs" Americans before the 1960s
Et cetera, et cetera, et cetera.
You'll have to forgive me because sometimes my Australian upbringing makes me forget that nobody has a knack for burying their heads in the fucking sand as something bad is happening and ignoring it until it's stage 4 and terminal like Americans do.
I bet you never would have thought some fucking muslim would be the mayor of nyc a mere 25 years after September 11th, but here we are fella.