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Posted: February 06 2008 at 21:55

Actually, America is two continents.

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Posted: February 09 2008 at 14:33

I think most people hate the US government. And I hate all the huge corporations as well: Coca-cola, Nike, Pepsi, Disney etc.

Don't have a problem with American people though, and I know there are some beautiful places in America.

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Posted: February 09 2008 at 14:46

rileydog22 wrote:

I suppose that the illusion of democracy facilitates blaming a bad government on a people as a whole.

That would be true except there is no illusion that America is a democracy. We were founded as a democratic republic and continue to be one. Unfortunately some politicians prefer to label things as a democracy which we clearly are not. And considering we do not get to represent ourselves in government we can't really be blamed for anything since the representative that is elected can do anything they want within the law (although they certainly like to bend or break it quite often).

A democratic republic is a pretty good setup I think, its just that many people that wish to lead are not good leaders.

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Posted: February 09 2008 at 17:52

el böthy wrote:

I´m more of an anti-republican jejeje. But yes, as somebody said, I am by no means anti-USA but anti - USA current goverment.

...Ah, and America is a continent, not a country Wink

Out of respect for my fellow hemisphere'ers, I refer to my country as the US rather than America. America of course has north, south, and central regions. Maybe those of us on this side of the globe should all unite and turn against those of you on the opposite side just for fun. Tongue

Damned old worlders. Angry

Edited by Slartibartfast - February 09 2008 at 17:53

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Posted: February 10 2008 at 08:12

I should point out the difference between the 'dislike' of the US government, and the hatred and suspicion so many people, in the UK, have of Muslims. Anti US sentiment, to my knowledge, doesn't manifest itself in hate campaigns, and xenophobic slurs against US citizens, in my country.

For myself, I like America and American people, and I'm relying on the US electorate to do the whole world a favour, and vote a Democrat into the Whitehouse. I dont care if it's Clinton or Obama. Personally I think Larry David should be president, but that's another story..

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Posted: February 10 2008 at 10:02

One thing disturbs me, and maybe some of you see it as well. I am myself a moderate, politically speaking. I have friends on both sides of the political scope. I get political emails regularly from both sides and well as the standard jokes. I rarely see any of my liberal friends sending questionable or attack emails. On the flip side, I get Muslim/gay/black/liberal bash mail from my conservative friends. Does this coincide with any Anti-American government sentiment? I don't know. It may not be definitive but one thing I take away from it is that my conservative friends are not tolerant. They have sent a message loud and clear to me. And it bothers me.

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Posted: February 10 2008 at 10:34

Slartibartfast wrote:

Damned old worlders. Angry

"The US" isn't accurate either. It's "The United States of America", and ironically this phrase makes the same mistake you're complaining about. Perhaps we should say "USofNA"? Wink

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Posted: February 11 2008 at 21:37

StyLaZyn wrote:

One thing disturbs me, and maybe some of you see it as well. I am myself a moderate, politically speaking. I have friends on both sides of the political scope. I get political emails regularly from both sides and well as the standard jokes. I rarely see any of my liberal friends sending questionable or attack emails. On the flip side, I get Muslim/gay/black/liberal bash mail from my conservative friends. Does this coincide with any Anti-American government sentiment? I don't know. It may not be definitive but one thing I take away from it is that my conservative friends are not tolerant. They have sent a message loud and clear to me. And it bothers me.

It may be for completely different reasons. It may be for fear of a defeat. I remember the same was going on in '92 when Clinton got in the lead. Last time it was the other way around. I was getting tons of liberal junk as Kerry began making his funny statements one after the other. So it's seasonal. BTW, I don't get any gay/black bashing mail, thouigh abundance of muslim and liberal

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Posted: February 12 2008 at 05:41

MikeEnRegalia wrote:

Slartibartfast wrote:

Damned old worlders. Angry

"The US" isn't accurate either. It's "The United States of America", and ironically this phrase makes the same mistake you're complaining about. Perhaps we should say "USofNA"? Wink

Resolved then, we are now officially the USofNA. Big%20smile

We've all gone, all gone, all gone, all gone, to look for the USofNA.

Edited by Slartibartfast - February 12 2008 at 05:42

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Posted: February 12 2008 at 16:35

I'm an American citizen. I hate the government, hate what our nations come to stand for, and what we do to other countries. I think the fact that the majority of us don't believe in evolution, would never elect an atheist president, and have an FCC that never shuts it's mouth dosn't help either. But America has done a lot in the area of free speech and i'm proud of my country for that.

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Posted: February 13 2008 at 07:38

I don't think the expression "Anti-American Sentiment" could ever truly refer to the entire nation, only to its government; it's an unfortunate reality, though, that a country's government & foreign policy is usually the yardstick by which other nations define its inhabitants. Individuals are individuals, no matter where they hail from & I do my best to treat others as I'd want to be treated myself and not to generalise depending upon where they're from...

...unless they're from the north of England though...

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Posted: February 13 2008 at 09:27

The Wizard wrote:

I'm an American citizen. I hate the government, hate what our nations come to stand for, and what we do to other countries.

I love sweeping generalizations. Could you be more specific on your last two statements?

The Wizard wrote:

I think the fact that the majority of us don't believe in evolution, would never elect an atheist president, and have an FCC that never shuts it's mouth dosn't help either. But America has done a lot in the area of free speech and i'm proud of my country for that.

It is the most confusing mix of ideas ever spoken at once. Free speach is a blessing indeed.

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Posted: February 13 2008 at 15:02

Slartibartfast wrote:

Well, certain people love to paint those who are critical of what the US government is doing as being critical of the citizens. It's a shame that too many people (sheeple?) buy in to this...

It's also a shame that people believe those guys who burn American flags and attack fast food franchises because they are associated with America when they claim that some of their best friends are Americans....

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Posted: February 13 2008 at 15:04

Blacksword wrote:

I should point out the difference between the 'dislike' of the US government, and the hatred and suspicion so many people, in the UK, have of Muslims. Anti US sentiment, to my knowledge, doesn't manifest itself in hate campaigns, and xenophobic slurs against US citizens, in my country.

Perhaps not. It does in many others....

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Posted: February 18 2008 at 05:38

I doin't think Anti-US sentiments are on the rise since the Irak war (that's pretty constant since), but they definitely grew since Bush got to power. The resentment was lesser during the Clinton era.

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prefer the sink to the gutter
keep our sand-castle virtues
content to be a doer
as well as a thinker,
prefer lifting our pen
rather than un-sheath our sword

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Posted: February 21 2008 at 13:53

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,331695,00.html

Protesters Storm U.S. Embassy in Serbia and Set Fire Over Kosovo Independence

Rioters stormed the U.S. embassy in Belgrade, Serbia, on Thursday and started a fire in protest of Kosovo's declaration of independence earlier this week.

Masked attackers broke into the building, which has been closed this week, and tried to throw furniture from an office. A blaze broke out inside one of the offices. The neighboring Croatian Embassy also was attacked by the same group.

Crowds outside cheered and chanted, egging the demonstrators on as they stormed the embassy, which was closed at the time and had no police guarding it, Reuters reported.

Riot police drove armored jeeps down the street and fired tear gas to clear the crowd.

U.S. State Department spokesman Sean McCormack on Thursday urged the Serbian government to protect the U.S. Embassy. He said the U.S. ambassador was at his home and was in contact with U.S. officials.

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Posted: February 23 2008 at 06:07

I have the feeling that this sentiment is rising continuously...

And we all know that it is against the US government, not the people
(I have never heard of anyone having an 'anti-US people' feeling... Stern%20Smile

)

back to the point, this trend might change (or not) depending on the coming US elections
but I believe that this sentiment is justified throughout the world, it can't be just a trend...

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Posted: March 07 2008 at 00:08

Its true,, normally many people hate the goverment of USA ,BUT dont hate the people..........................................

The people of the other countries normally or in general prefer presidents of democrat party..and hate presidents of republican party

In my country the people in general feel sympathy for USA people..we like the music,sports,culture etc...but not how are some politics ,specially republicans....

Hi progmaniacs of all the world

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Posted: March 07 2008 at 00:20

Getting tired of the term "America" being used to talk about just a part of it. Even if you are not at all thinking about American
countries of the south, ¿where, according to you, is Mexico? ¿This feeling is anti Mexico as well?.

Edited by cuncuna - March 07 2008 at 00:20

¡Beware of the Bee!

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Posted: March 07 2008 at 00:35

I'm ashamed by what I'm going to say, but many people in my country and other latin american countries thought it was just and fair what happened in 9/11, for example. Leftists hate america and, sadly, that sometimes extends to its people. Sad but true, and in that matter I know, I come from South America and I've been with young people in Universities.

Stupidity runs high in pro-farc, anti-yankee south american youth. And the love that Bush is able to provoke in everybody outside the US doesn't help matters...

Poll Question: How do you perceive Anti-United States sentiments?
Poll Choice	Votes	Poll Statistics
They are on the rise	16	[66.67%]
They are about the same	8	[33.33%]
They are declining	0	[0.00%]
This topic is closed, no new votes accepted