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| From: (Anonymous) |
Date: August 8th, 2006 05:08 pm (UTC) |
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Re: I understand justified anti-Americanism
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I live in the south, were everyone is dumb and prejudice. My family is originally from Boston, and I have two sets of grandfathers who LOVE George Bush. I just don't understand why some Americans have this mentality, "America is the greatest country in the world. Jesus loves us and no one else!" I was raised to love this country, but now that I enter my late teens, I realize what a lie it all was. George Bush is a pig and deserves to die like one. I'm sorry, but if he's going to invade a nation that had NOTHING to do with Sep. 11 and while innocent women and children die, he's living a life of luxury with his fat daughters and the his wife (I assume if she were to ever start thinking for herself, he beat her into submission and show her that men are dominant) He's the same as Hitler or Saddam Hussein: He has no regard for human life, it seems, and he lies and tries to gradually take away our freedom (a womans right to choose?) and his opinions are to be opposed on everyone. The country is in a horrible state. Education sucks, healthcare sucks, and then Fox News. Sometimes I wish, hope and pray that it was the Fox News building and not the twin towers that went down. They're nothing but Pro-Conservative/Christian/Rebublican etc. Propaganda Network. It's disgusting to realize our leaders are lying, corrupted pigs and there's nothing intelligent or compassionate people can really do about because Bush WILL NOT listen to other opinions. I'm a Christian, but not a fanatical one, and it utterly repulses me that this man would guise himself under the vail of Christianity. This country IS NOT a Christian nation, and I just want to beat people who think America is defined to one religion. I mean, that is what makes us different from everyone else.
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| From: (Anonymous) |
Date: August 8th, 2006 05:28 pm (UTC) |
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Re: USA
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Our president is evil, yes. He is possibly a closeted homosexual, but I think that is his father, since Georgie's mother seems to have very masculinised facial features. The American military is killing innocent people, just like the British monarchs who had British soldiers killed for their personal wealth. Buckingham palace was paid for in blood money. Keep that in mind when you try and criticize USA, Europeans, because the US is a young nation, (but the oldest nation in the Americas, that's why we're referred to as Americans) and we are going to make mistakes. Just like Great Britain did. Just like France did. Just like Russia, just like Germany, just like Italy. Then, we China or Japan become the world power, we can all hate them for no reason, too! Keep in mind that when your country fucked up and was killing innocent American Indians and other natives of Australia and New Zealand and Canada you killed their wasn't any TV cameras or reporters to propagate any anti or pro bias.
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| From: (Anonymous) |
Date: August 8th, 2006 05:55 pm (UTC) |
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America doesn't think itself better than ANYONE. It's these Europeans saying, "America has no history or culture. The people are ignorant." That is the most ignorant thing anyone could ever say. American culture is undefinable. We are not bound to one creed, race, national heritage or background. We're black, white, hispanic, Native-American, Indian, Jewish, Catholic and everything else. Besides, Intelligence comes from the mixing of races, as to further evolve the human race. Europe is were white people originated. Everyone in Europe is mainly Catholic, Anglican and white, no?
American history is that we fought for our independence from Great Britain, and our founding fathers who were English immigrants, wrote the FIRST NATIONAL CONSTITUTION WHICH DECLARED freedom of speech, religion, press, etc. Great Britain, France, and all the other free, Western nations of today didn't change their constitutions until after America was created.
Just because America's constitution is arguably the greatest constitution ever divised, doesn't mean we think we're better than anyone. We just like to think we were the first Western nation to declare those kinds of priveledges. At the time, the English and French were sending people to the guillotine left and right for diagreeing with the government or even speaking out against the government.
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From: ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) melodyclark |
Date: April 30th, 2006 06:34 am (UTC) |
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The EU against the US
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Thanks for your nice word about 'us poor bedraggled Yanks'. Not only are we forced to have the Idiot King as President for two terms (and no, as our Former President Carter has himself recently said, Bush was NOT the elected President), but we have to be told that we're hated 24/7. I am like most Americans I know -- I hate Bush, against the Iraqi war crime he calls a "war", I suspect Bush had a greater roll in 9/11 than any Arab country did, and I have a deep affection for Europe (and hope that, someday, it may be returned) because it's the land of my ancestors. Also like most Americans, I'm deeply concerned with the environment. Here's the bad news: the country isn't run by the people now. It's run by the Carlisle Group, which is an international corporation. Americans are as much an enemy to them as the Iranians are (we may even be more feared than the Iranians). In short, your average American has *nobody* on his side -- not even our own government.
Beyond that, I think what we are seeing now is a many-year process of the more extreme ends of European society seeking to promote hatred toward Americans, just as we have the Fox News cadre in the US promoting the "cheese-eating surrender monkey" idiocy. We're all victims of shepherds at war. They each want to destroy the other. As long as we're all conscious of the indoctrination we're being given, we can keep them on a leash (can one leash a shepherd?). They're using very primitive primate dynamics on us.
If we don't watch out, we'll be at war with each other before we know it. You guys keep the Yankophobes in check and we'll try to curb the "freedom fry" morons, okay? :)
To the remarks made, I'd like to suggest the following considerations.
This is a big one -- my people no more "left the UK" (as in "abandoned it") than someone moving from California to Hawaii sees himself as leaving the US. One would hope we could get past this ancient history, but I've had this pitched at me so many times, it's unreal. In fact, many members of my family were brought over by force during the Scots-Irish peasantry/plantation era. One of my family surnames originally meant "property of the lord".
Also, the English language was brought over here during the time of Shakespeare, when spellings varied greatly. Our spellings are no more "misspellings" than yours are. We merely took one variation while you have another. Just as you have the right to the culture of your own ancestors, I have the right to that of mine. It just so happens they were the same people. No, we don't speak "American English", we speak as viable a form of English as my British friends do. Only if we call the UK flavor "British English" may I begin to see the point of "American English" and "Australian English".
Incidentally, I live in a tiny home, I compost and recycle. I only know two people who own large houses such as those you describe -- and they're both from Australia. I am fat, but we all have our cross to bear. However, I'm an agnostic with an excellent education, so perhaps (given my fat Yankeeness), this might redeem my humanity a little.
Peace and a time beyond Bush to all of us...
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| From: (Anonymous) |
Date: August 22nd, 2006 11:05 am (UTC) |
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EUROPEANS KNOW EVERYTHING
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I ask my father, "Why do people hate America?" He says to me, "Because we are arrogant, because we think people should love America and not their own countries." This is not true, I think it is the other way around. Everyone hates America because we don't live by European, mainly French, standards. Because we realize their are more important things than knowing were every country is, on a map.
Believe it or not, there are poor Americans who are more concerned with feeding their families than teaching their children how to speak French, even if that child will never go to France or interact with French-speakers.
The English are the only Europeans who don't "fancy" themselves no it alls. While I have met Russians, French, Italians who think of themselves as walking dictionaries, I have never met an Englishman who is that ARROGANT.
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| From: (Anonymous) |
Date: April 27th, 2009 10:56 am (UTC) |
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american
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i am an american in britain. i find not only do people not hate americans but they are fascinated by us. id say about half the brits tell me they want to live in usa. everywhere i go in britain, i am treated like a celebrity. i find americans are very popular in the english speaking world. i have met people from all over the world, and havent really met too many people that dislike americans. most people will say they dislike the american govt but like american people. i have talked to many arab, and muslim people and they have been very kind to me. the thing i find strange is that even the victims of america will be nice to americans, often times even defending the ignorant actions of americans. i got a haircut in sweden by an iraqi barber, and i thought for sure he was going to try to stab me with the sizors, but he was cool, and didnt. the more muslims and arabs i had met, the more i realised how cool these people are. i find the most hateful, and discriminating people to be americans... with jews coming in second. i dont know what it is about them, but i am seeing a pattern of them trying to convince me why muslims are bad, and why i should hate them. i also see the same pattern with americans. they will try to convince you to hate a certain group of people, whether it's china, north korea, cuba, or venezuela. i find this to be a very annoying characteristic. it's bad enough they are hating anyone at all, but then they gotta get others to join in on their hate. i wont disagree that muslims also hate jews, but it isnt the centre point of their conversations, and they will rarely bring it up. while not all americans are hateful, i find the nastiest ones usually are american. even though i am american myself, i find myself most cautious around americans. i feel that i need to sus them out first before i open up to them. on the other hand, when i am associating with arabs, indians, orientals, africans, etc, i don't particularly feel the need to put up a defence. also i would like to say that i am an atheist, so i dont have any religious biases.
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| From: (Anonymous) |
Date: April 27th, 2009 12:01 pm (UTC) |
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Re: american
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i have traveled all over, and been treated very well as an american. i was waiting for the bus in france at 3:00, and was talking to a guy. he only knew a few words in english, but basically he said that the next time i go to france i can stay at his place for free. if you think thats a joke then get this. i met a french man at a beach in scandinavia who invited me to his house in france and germany i stayed there. i also stayed at his friends house in france for free, and his friend didnt know me from howard the coward. and no, none of them were gay.
now you talk about american imperialism as something that people hate, but i can tell you american imperialism is something that people love, and respect. america is a leader and when america talks, others listen. when america says jump, they say how high. look at all the alies america picked up after the viet nam war. you would think that since america needlessly invaded a country and slaughtered a few million people for no reason that people would be disgusted by america. wrong. this also goes back to what i was saying before about america convincing others to hate a group. that time it was communism. now it's muslims.
the respect for american imperialism is everywhere and widespread. in asia, we have japan, a long time right wing country, and pupet of the usa. it is no secret that japan loves everything american and will support every policy america ever makes.
australia supported and fought in the viet nam war, and iraq war. they also host numerous military exercises in queensland. american aircraft carriers dock there all the time and are welcomed with open arms.
canada. it used to be that americans would tell liberals to go to canada. if we examine canada a little closely, we will see that canada is in fact the 51st state, and stephen harper's views are very much aligned with george bush. canada has been very supportive and vocal about americas war on teror.
america has sparked a right wing movement accross the globe. it has paved a road for racism across europe. before you disagree, ask yourself this. have you ever seen so much hatred towards muslims in europe prior to americas little crusade? country after country, we are seeing traditionally left wing countries move to the right. the netherlands, like canada has jumped in on this war on teror. the netherlands used to be liberal, but now they are as fascist as anyone else. they have changed their immigration laws to keep foreigners out. who would have ever thought danmark would become socially conservative. they used to be the biggest recipients of refugees. now they have troops in iraq. the danish govt has changed its marriage laws to keep foreigners from marrying in. even sweden has gone to the right. france is another place americans used to tell liberals to go to , but their leader sarkozy is a right wing man who is americas lap dog, along with tony blair and gordon brown. we don't even need to get into americas influence on britain, because we can safely call it the 51st state as well. in italy, the roma are fingerprinted, despite being citizens. this is no surprise as italy is led by berlusconi, right wing extremist, and america lover. now my question is, if everyone hates america so much, why elect all these leaders that are in love with america, such as chancelor merkel of germany.
now you can complain about america all you want, but at the end of the day, america is being rewarded for its imperialism, not punished. no matter how many innocent people america kills, people will continue to love america. maybe the world is twisted and it's not americas fault.
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