Totally agree.

I respect traditional Americans that believe in the former American republic but despise the US empire.


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.

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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.

I was born and raised here. Does that make me an expert on Hawaiian culture?

I was born and raised here. Does that make me an expert on Hawaiian culture?

Only aboriginal Hawaiians and those raised as Hawaiians can truly say that they are experts of Hawaiian culture by virtue of living that lifestyle on a daily basis.

Those who practice some elements of Hawaiian or any culture on a daily basis can realistically claim being familiar of the culture in-question to varying contextual degrees.

Those who do not practice on a daily basis any elements of Hawaiian or any culture for that matter are naturally outsiders whose personal views of that culture should generally be regarded as their own opinions.

Only aboriginal Hawaiians and those raised as Hawaiians can truly say that they are experts of Hawaiian culture by virtue of living that lifestyle on a daily basis.

Those who practice some elements of Hawaiian or any culture on a daily basis can realistically claim being familiar of the culture in-question to varying contextual degrees.

Those who do not practice on a daily basis any elements of Hawaiian or any culture for that matter are naturally outsiders whose personal views of that culture should generally be regarded as their own opinions.

Have you lived in China for any substantial period of time, learned and used Chinese language in order to deal with common Chinese people in daily life?

I have.   

The content creator of this video is a foreigner and although living and marrying a Chinese woman, he is still definitely anti-China.  He judges China using his own Western values and ignores 5,000 years of Chinese history and culture.

Chinese people generally do not care about personal freedoms as does Western people.  The only personal freedom Chinese people universally cherish is wealth acquisition.  The Chinese economy is not doing as well as it has in its recent past due to US imperial sanctions to its own country and countries that it does business.  Naturally, domestic problems will arise in China which is exactly what the sanctions imposed by the US empire was meant to do.

I have been and lived in China.

There have always been mass murders, mostly non-political in nature, that happen in China that do not get reported.

So, what's your point other than looking for an excuse to argue with me?

So, you're saying anyone calling themselves Hawaiian, and who meet your standard of "living that lifestyle on a daily basis", are not Americans?

You can't have it both ways, if culture is your boundary for national identity.

I bet the people living in America in Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Russian, etc. communities living the lifestyle of their ancestors would disagree.

I am talking about culture, not national identity.


Disagree with what?

I am uncertain what point you are trying to raise, as I was only talking about culture.