this is a question for american and non-american people. why do most non americans???

Question

why do most non americans not like american people???
im english and i cant see nothing wrong with american people. in fact i think they are one of the kindest nations in the world. ok u get some idots but dont we all!!!!
i got american friends and i go over there a least once a year and i never had any problems with them at all.
it is not true most people judge america though the press and its wrong!!!!
just because bush is an bit of an idot that does not mean other americans are to.
i been to many places in the world and i have to say there no better place in the would then america.

Answer 1

Thank you!!

I think America, (like everywhere) has its share of jerks, creeps and weirdos. But you can't make a judgement on everyone in a certain country or culture by the few facts that you know or see. I was once robbed by a black man, that doesn't mean that ALL black men are thieves.....

btw....the people here are made up of so many different races and cultures that it is difficult to be able to make judgements on "Americans"

Answer 2

I am English tho I don't live in England. I have visited USA more than once, and I have probably seen more of America than most Americans. I once worked there for seven weeks, right over Christmas and New Year: I was glad when finally I was able to leave.
The main trouble with America is that it is so big that it doesn't have to worry about what the rest of the world is doing. Most Ameraicans live their entire lives in America and never set foot inside another country. How many countries had Bush visited before he became president? It is just like a gigantic cocoon.
It is difficult for a foreigner to find anything about America which would make him PRO-American!

Answer 3

Well there are separate reasons for such feelings in brits and others.

I dont know for now but in earlier days British considered themselves above all due to their rich historical background and centuries old traditions.They considerd the americans to be people with no culture or respectable roots.Then there has always been a certain recognized and some unrecognized sense of compitition between the two.The same feelings have creeped into todays british generations as well.

For some people it is the american govt. foreign policies which are unfortunately unjust in many cases as we know.

And for the rest of them it is a case of sour grapes...if u cant have them they surely are sour.They would love to be americans but cant be them so theyd just tell themselves that the americans arnt good enough.

Well i just wish that we all could one day rise above these discriminations not just brits or americans for that matter ...but everyone and make the world a better place for everyone.

Answer 4

I think a lot of people judge Americans by what we see and hear on TV and through the media. I don't know many Americans, but the ones I do know are perfectly nice. The problem is that with SOME (not all) Americans, as soon as you start to criticise Bush and the current foreign policy, they get all definsive and think you are criticising them personally. Just my observations.

Answer 5

I think for many people all they know of Americans is what they see on TV, through the biased, sensationalizing media. That would make anybody look like nut-jobs.
Of course it's wrong, on MANY levels. If I believed everything I saw in the media I would be scared to talk to ANYBODY with a different national origin.

Answer 6

Not that I personally agree with this point of view, but it has to be the foreign policy and the right wing insular ultra conservative fundamental christian American tourists they meet, the gun culture, the excesses of Hollywood and the domination of American culture.

When it all gets put together it can be irritating and overpowering as a stereotype and there are not enough positive interactions to counterbalance this

Answer 7

I don't think it is a case of English not liking Americans as such I just think that most English do not like the American attitude of we are the greatest and most powerful and the rest of the world will bow down.
It stems from their attitude of them saving us in WW2. I mean they would never have been so helpful if it hadn't have had the pearl harbour attack. Plus we owe them loads of money so we have to get involved in wars we don't really want to.
That's my theory anyway!

Answer 8

I have the same opinion, but I have not become aware of americans being disliked. Most people I know, do like the yanks, as I do myself.

They are perhaps feeling a bit defensive lately, but that's to be understood.

Answer 9

USA is like everywhere else, you get a mix of good and bad.
The only yanks that do really scare me are the hard nose christians, or what are known as the Christian right wing.
They really are obnoxious with their holier than thou attitude and absolute devotion to the bible.
They are more frightening long term than anything that Islam can throw at us.

Answer 10

because they mostly only see TVs view of America. they think all Yanks are either like the cast of Friends or the people on Jerry Springer.
Oh and, more legitimate reason, they keep voting for a man who can't put two words together to run their whole country!