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re: What countries think the least of Americans?

Posted on 8/10/14 at 8:08 pm to
Posted by tooshea8
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Posted on 8/10/14 at 8:08 pm to
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I've always heard that the French hate us because "WERE" fat and stupid. One prime example is Americans loving French Fries and calling them French even though they were invented in Belgium.


Oh, the irony
This post was edited on 8/10/14 at 8:11 pm
Posted by lake2280
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Posted on 8/10/14 at 8:10 pm to
Iran is the obvious answer, I've never met one Iranian that remotely liked us.
Posted by rintintin
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Posted on 8/10/14 at 8:10 pm to
People are people no matter where they live. They usually respond to generosity in a likewise manner. In my humble opinion as long as you don't run around yelling "Merica frick yeah!", most people will treat you kindly or at worst indifferently.

There are assholes everywhere too.
Posted by redstick13
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Posted on 8/10/14 at 8:15 pm to
So the Philippines, Israel, and South Korea like the US more than we like ourselves?
This post was edited on 8/10/14 at 8:19 pm
Posted by LSU1NSEC
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Posted on 8/10/14 at 8:15 pm to
not sure how many americans can find france on a map
Posted by redstick13
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Posted on 8/10/14 at 8:16 pm to
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Iran is the obvious answer, I've never met one Iranian that remotely liked us.



I have a very close Iranian friend. He no longer lives in Iran though. So there is at least one.

Posted by Amazing Moves
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Posted on 8/10/14 at 8:17 pm to

to you Kafka. Great list.
Posted by TigerStripes06
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Posted on 8/10/14 at 8:19 pm to
I knew a kid in high school that was from Pakistan...used to go on and on about how much he and his family hated America and how when all the children graduated college the family was going back to Pakistan. We went to a private school. He did not have an enjoyable experience. "Bullying" wasn't a thing anyone worried about then. Him running his mouth probably didn't help much though.
Posted by biglego
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Posted on 8/10/14 at 8:33 pm to
We should bomb every country that hates us. Kill them with kindness. And bombs.
Posted by RedlandsTiger
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Posted on 8/10/14 at 8:39 pm to
The French have penis envy. No longer a world power.
Posted by SmackoverHawg
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Posted on 8/10/14 at 8:41 pm to
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who gives a frick

The only correct answer.
Posted by OMLandshark
Member since Apr 2009
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Posted on 8/10/14 at 8:42 pm to
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Iran is the obvious answer, I've never met one Iranian that remotely liked us.



I know a few. It is probably the Middle Eastern country that I've met the most of people that are ok. Maybe I just had a biased sample population, but Iranians tend to be more well educated compared to the majority of the region.
Posted by molsusports
Member since Jul 2004
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Posted on 8/10/14 at 8:44 pm to
I had a college friend from Iran. His family fled after the shah was deposed. They had very favorable feelings about the US even before they came. He was a bright guy and good people fwiw
Posted by OMLandshark
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Posted on 8/10/14 at 8:47 pm to
Yeah, I know they've got a fricked up nuclear program, but Iranians tend to be pretty sane for the most part. At least the ones I've run into. There were no major hostilities between the Iranians and Americans in Beijing, and about a million foreigners live in that city, so you tend to know pretty immediately what groups don't get along. Hell, I think the Russians were more hostile towards us than the Iranians.
Posted by soccerfüt
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Posted on 8/10/14 at 8:51 pm to
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Also, what counties do you think most Americans dislike?


Rich counties. Class envy is alive and well thanks to the Democrats.
Posted by rintintin
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Posted on 8/10/14 at 8:56 pm to
A client of mine is Iranian. Very nice and good hearted person. He says Iran is very different than what we perceive and is not like some of the other countries in the region. He hates hates Islam, although his wife is Muslim ironically.

He absolutely despises Saudi Arabia though
Posted by LoveThatMoney
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Posted on 8/10/14 at 8:57 pm to
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The French definitely hate us... no doubt. Traveled there and stayed with a french family in St Germain.


They really don't hate you if you don't act like a fat slob
Posted by lake2280
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Member since Nov 2012
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Posted on 8/10/14 at 8:57 pm to
I guess I'm partial because most I met tried to kill me. One of my best friends is Iraqi he is so nice it's sometimes scary. Sob's girlfriend is smoking like OT 8 and a RN at women's and children's.
Posted by cwil177
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Posted on 8/10/14 at 9:22 pm to
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Also, I'll mention this- I've traveled to 30+ countries and I've learned that most of the world acts as if they hate America but they are obsessed with everything we do. They fawn over our movies, fashion, restaurants, culture and know all our politicians, celebrities and public figures. They all want to tell you about the relative they have living here or the time they visited the US. Yet, they claim to hate us.

This hits the nail on the head.

The flag I saw the most in France was the American flag. It's on clothes, cell phone covers, purses, etc. I saw it more than I do here in the states.
Posted by Tigris
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Posted on 8/10/14 at 9:45 pm to
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Pakistan really hates us.

Greece doesn't like Americans.



Not in my experience but it's been a while.

The only anti-American sentiment I've come across was in Belgium, France, Germany, Netherlands. Some Europeans can be true condescending snots when they put their minds to it but fortunately it really is a small minority.
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