I love Japan, but what if everybody around me hates it?
I am a Chinese, I love many countries, I think I have the right to love whatever country I like.
However, Chinese censorship is so harsh that we are not only blocked from fb,twitter and YouTube but we are also instilled the revenge on Japan from elementary school. Everything that school taught us is how bad japenese are and how they killed chinese in history.. So almost everybody in china has the idea that japenese are terrible, and that we should take revenge on them.(there are even some anti-japan activities occurred, where so-called 'patriotic' chinese dameged japanese corporations in china).
Today, I heard 5 guys (my school mates) talking about japan and they were saying how bad japanese are and they said that we should be a patriot to take revenge on japan.. then I just can't help saying I love japan.. of course the five guys are all mad at me, thinking I am not patriotic and they insulted me... I just too weak to argue(they are 5 and I am only 1).. I just thought Chinese government is worse than Japan is. And how stupid the 5 guys are to buy the propaganda the chinese government made(even though it's true for sure)..
In a sentence... I don't want to be hated(because I am just through a trauma where I used to think everybody hates me)... so what is the smart move when this happens? Just ignore them ? Or express my ideas even though they stupid guys would probably hate me.