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And then of course you open your mouth and prove there are bigots in the northeast, too. Noble of you to make that sacrifice for your southern bretheren.
I've always found it rather interesting in my encounters with non-Americans how many of them are able to make derogatory generalizations about Americans without realizing or acknowledging that they are being predjudicial bigots. I'm talking about educated, intelligent people who would never make similar statements about Blacks, Jews, Russians, Chinese or any other subgroup of humanity as they are aware that to do so is at least bigotry, if not completely racist. So why do they have a blind spot where Americans are concerned? I have a theory. Two words: Inferiority complex.
You should see how enraged they get when I point this out. The backpeddling and tap dancing they do is a thing of beauty to behold.
Just sayin.
Like most countries, there is a difference between the 'people' and the way the government acts... meaning many that hate how Israel acts, or hate how the US acts... do not hate the PEOPLE, just the government and its policies.
Of course many an administration makes their interests out to be the people's interests (even when they are disparate).
I would bet the majority of the America bashers point their finger at Bush for example, more than at some random US family on vacation, or the regular people trying to make ends meet.
Just saying.
Fine.
I've never met anyone with this attitude either. Yet I've met many Americans that look down on the French, Canadians, etc...does that mean they have an inferiority complex?
On second thought, maybe it's your own attitude that makes them feel free to make derogatory generalizations about Americans, hmmm?
I live by the golden rule so maybe it isn't just luck.
You must have been staying in a lot.
That I'm lucky that non-Americans don't make derogatory generalizations about Americans around me? I don't think it has anything to do with luck at all. On the contrary, my charm, poise, and all around lovableness leads non-Americans to make complimentary generalizations about Americans.Actually, he's making a fair observation.
That I'm lucky that non-Americans don't make derogatory generalizations about Americans around me? I don't think it has anything to do with luck at all. On the contrary, my charm, poise, and all around lovableness leads non-Americans to make complimentary generalizations about Americans.
I've always found it rather interesting in my encounters with non-Americans how many of them are able to make derogatory generalizations about Americans without realizing or acknowledging that they are being predjudicial bigots.
That I'm lucky that non-Americans don't make derogatory generalizations about Americans around me? I don't think it has anything to do with luck at all. On the contrary, my charm, poise, and all around lovableness leads non-Americans to make complimentary generalizations about Americans.
You yourself claim you don't think Americans are the sum total of Bush and his idiocy, am I right? I've know non-Americans that have called Bush Little Hitler and questioned the wisdom of our foreign policy, but I've never known a non-American to make remarks that made me feel they thought they were superior to us.