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Like how some on this forum characterizes and often expresses dislike of what is Hawaiian culture as it has been generally portrayed?
I agree with your take, but it depends on cultural context.
Living in China, most people I dealt with don't care about the protection of personal liberties in the Western context. However, perhaps the acquisition of wealth makes that issue a moot point as those with money are better able to enjoy life, which I suppose can be equated to personal liberty.
When you talk about culture, that's a mile away from talking about the people in general.
Not everyone espouses or adheres to a culture, but the culture exists. Therefore, the culture is fair game for critique and criticism. You're not lumping everyone in a demographic into that group -- just the ones who embrace that culture or some specific part of it.
There can be more than one culture within a race, population or other demographic. Most people choose the cultures they embrace, such as guns and the Second Amendment, art, recreational drugs, religions, unlawful vices, etc.
You can be a practitioner of the Hawaiian culture and also be involved in the US gun culture.
I'm sure there are many of Hawaiian descent who don't embrace Hawaiian culture, especially if they moved away from the islands and like the culture where they are living. Hard to maintain a culture when you and the people in your house are the only ones in 2,500 miles practicing it.