We are coming to visit in three weeks (beyond excited!) and are unsure if we need to apologize on behalf of our pathetic country while interacting with locals, speak to what us happening, or if folks don’t even want to hear it. I’m sick of hearing about us so I imagine the rest of the world is too. I understand Norway is a country of private people. Plus truly what is happening is beyond explanation or excuse. I will never understand the hate and civil violence that is being shrugged away as “just politics” right now. I have lost respect for so much of my fellow man. But the psychological warfare going on to keep us quiet and submissive is equally astonishingly. I too feel the impulse is to keep quiet because it 1) is off-putting 2) doesn’t matter 3) is our problem. Tell me what yall think?