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Originally Posted by nik-
Sorry but why should criticizing cultures from the outside be avoided?
A person doesn't have to grow up in something to point out bad things about it. This is just another form of dismissal. The vast majority of us didn't grow up in the gun culture of the US, but we have no hesitation justly criticizing it.
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It shouldn't be. However, when you have the opportunity, you should listen to a person within that culture to get their perspective to both get a better understanding of the culture and to make sure your criticism is targeted as accurately as possible.
Your brought up gun culture. I will use that as an example. Perhaps you make the criticism that failing to routinely lock up your guns and ammo is an accident waiting to happen. However, if you ask someone who lives within such a gun culture why they leave their guns loaded an accessible, they might say that they feel the threat to their person by accidental or deliberate use of such a gun is far less than the threat they won't be able to defend themselves or their property from burglars should they be robbed so they leave it out. If that's the case for the majority of these people, then you could re target your message to these feelings instead of the failure to lock up the gun. You might even have an advertising campaign that says, install an alarm, lock up your guns, live safer and sleep better.