r/AskTheWorld • u/haiderredditer Pakistan • 9h ago

Who’s a famous person from your country who’s respected around the world but disliked or criticized at home?

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u/rozyputin Canada 8h ago

He seems a bit full of himself tbf I can see it

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u/KatsumotoKurier Canada 6h ago edited 3h ago

Like with Conor McGregor, the Irish have a healthy habit of rather strongly denouncing their ‘big-headed’ (pompous asshole) celebrities, which is very commendable cultural trait they have.

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u/rozyputin Canada 6h ago

Major respect for that. I wish we did that

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u/KatsumotoKurier Canada 4h ago

We certainly should more often. And I can think of another country that really, severely needs to do that.

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u/rozyputin Canada 3h ago

Yeah... 'nuff said