Do the french hate America?

Question

Well i was talking about wanting to visit Paris one day and some of my family memebers where like good luck they hate us over there. Is that true? And why?

Answer 1

I've never heard any french speaking about americans.You are non existent to them On the other hand....americans love to "hate" the french

Answer 2

Who don't the French hate? I try not to take it personally. The French traditionally are rude to anyone who isn't a native of France. Some people argue that it's American foreign policy, but that's mostly untrue. The French are just kind of nationalistic.

Answer 3

Well this much I know, the French hate the French more than the Americans hate the French. just a self loathing people I guess. shrug. You just get a vibe of bitter and unhappiness around some.. others are nice htough.

Answer 4

Yep.

All cos of a guy named Charles DeGaulle. He was the French hero from WWII. Basically Churchill and FDR supported this clown and assisted him in regaining control of his country, meanwhile he made off color comments like how France had more in common with the Nazis then the 'Anglos' of England and the US. When he took control after WWII, he began a massive brainwash campaign similar to what Hitler did in Germany in the 30s. He emphasized the wars between England and France, and made Napoleon look like a grand old guy.

The legacy survives to this day... The French identify themselves as 'Gauls', more like Germans than the Anglo Saxon English or Moorish Spain.

Answer 5

Your question reminds me of a story from a girl I met at an English youth hostel. She was American, her boyfriend was English and they went to a French café. She ordered, then he ordered.. then the French threw them out of the café. I'm telling the truth here.. she couldn't understand it she was saying "but we had money".

I on the other hand had no problems in France (expect getting hit on every 10 minutes I went out in public). But I look Asian and I have a very unusual accent (I've only met one person who can place it exactly).

I have heard that a lot of Americans say they're Canadians when they go to France though.

Answer 6

It would seem so. After bailing them out in two world wars, and other developments since, it seems like the French would lay down for anyone that could intimidate them with words. They seem to be afraid of any body that is willing to show them a little resolve.
They're just a bunch of wussies.Keep in mind that the French are responsible for the U.S. going into Vietnam to bail them out in 1955. With friends like that who needs enemies?

Answer 7

That's what many Americans think, but it's not true. Europeans enjoy American movies and certain cultural icons, but become annoyed when Americans come up with statements such as "the world is jealous of us" or "everybody wants to be like us". Avoid those statements, and most important of all: they have their culture and way of doing things, you have yours. there is no "right" or "wrong" culture.
Tip: if a French person is criticizing America, remind yourself that he/she is criticizing the government, not YOU.
Europeans tend to be self-critical, and a person who does not criticize authority is viewed as somewhat dim and gullible.

acyla: there must've been something that the couple said to get thrown out.

Answer 8

The french people are very friendly people, I have been there many times. For some reason our government has foreign polices that are force on other governments. They don't hate us as people they hate our leaders. Some thing to think about.

Answer 9

ALL of Europe hates America. France mostly because America made them wait 3 years to liberate them from the Germans back in WWII, and besides they hate Anglo phone Canadians, too. As long as you don't speak French, they don't like you.

Answer 10

Most of the tourists are paranoid when they're abroad because they don't speak fluently the language, so they don't understand everything, and they tend to be to too sensitive to body language and facial expressions. when u're home, u go to a coffee-shop, the waitress is tired, she doesn't smile, u don't pay attention to it. U're abroad, u go to a coffee-shop, u meet the foreign version of this waitress, and then u think like "oh she doesn't like me, she's heard i'm foreign, she's recognized my american accent". If u almost don't speak the language, local people will concentrate to try and understand what u say - so maybe they'll frown with their eyebrows and then u'll think "oh he doesn't like me because i'm a foreigner". And this is even worse, because in france, like in eastern europe, we're not very "smiling" people, but it's just the way we are, there's no offence in that. So don't expect to be well welcomed in shops, or in the administration: we're not smiling, we don't always greet people. Nothing personal again, it's just the way we are, between us too. There's just one thing u should avoid, and i've seen too many english-speaking tourists doing it: it's to speak english directly, in a shop, a coffee-shop and everywhere. U have to say first something like "bonjour, excusez-moi, parlez-vous anglais?" and then u can switch to english, otherwise it will be considered as very rude. But please, forget about this stupid piece of advice "tell them u're canadian"