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Why would anybody create such a thread?

Every country has weirdos. I live in the U.S. and I can guarantee that America has many weirdos, but I never post about them as depicting the American norm. In contrast, using weird minority groups to paint a picture of Japan is so rampant on the internet that people who don't know much about Japan actually end up believed this bull they read. Just a few weeks ago in line at a supermarket a stranger asked me what ethnicity I was. I answered I was Japanese. She asked me do I Cosplay! Lies will become the truth if one doesn't speak out.

There are so many negative factoids about Japan because no one fighting this propaganda. All the Japanese are on Japanese websites and Forums. There are so many anti-Japanese groups seeding these factoids that the internet is saturated with them. We need Japanese people to come into the English speaking internet and fight for their image!