"I don't hate the people, just the government" is something people say when they want to make prejudiced, often racist, comments about a country and its people based on zero evidence. For some reason that cannot yet be explained, the people who use this line almost always say stuff that would cause others to think they hate the people.
I don't hate the people, just the government. That's why we need to ban the Chinese from coming to our country until they become civi... I mean democratic. We'll call it the Chinese Ex... Anti-Communist Act.
by SeoyeonlovesDan December 21, 2020
A phrase used to initially infer the inclusion of everyone in the actions of the state before slowly admitting "oh, we didn't mean you" and then it is used to justify the actions of the state. Current examples include China (Central People's Government), a soviet backed occupation of Lithuania (People's Government of Lithuania) , soviet backed client state in northern Iran (Azerbaijan People's Government ) and the United Kingdom (People's Government)
My name is Boris. I am the leader of the People's Government of the United Kingdom. <coughs> I am the leader of the People's Government of Britain <coughs> I am the leader of the People's Government of England. It is the will of the people to rebuild hadrian's wall and Offa's Dyke and we are not paying for it.
by Grandfather Flump December 14, 2019