Those Stupid Americans…
I was reminded the other day of how hated we Americans are. An admittedly stupid website was reporting that Pippi Longstocking is a Satanic character, and the visiting Swedes (Sweden being the country of Pippi’s origin) let their opinions fly:
- Another stupid American; the world is full of them!
- You’re probably a stupid American áššhølë!
- I wipe my ášš with the American flag and spit in your face.
Being an American myself, I was curious as the sentiment of others. So I decided to find some additional opinions by searching the Internet with Google, spelling (or lack thereof) intact:
- “The only thing Americans can teach is how to corrupt countries and take their money. All Americans are is greety báštárdš.” - I think countries have been corrupting themselves for centuries without the help of the United States. Also, most people worldwide work hard to better themselves and provide as much as possible for their families. Americans included.
- “[The] US is the laughing stock of the world. American cars suck, American people are stupid, fat and ignorant, your technology sucks.” - Yes, spoken out of prejudice and ignorance, Americans can be conceived as being the laughing stock of the world. So would whichever country happens to be in the economic and military lead at the time. Some American cars do suck, but the Yugo hasn’t won too many awards that I’m aware of. Oddly, the fantasy car of choice when I lived in Germany as a child was a Pontiac. Yes, some Americans are stupid, fat and ignorant. So are some members of any other country in the world. If Microsoft products are a measurement of our technology, then, yes, it sucks. But I haven’t seen any other countries that provide the number of major innovations that have stemmed from America in the last hundred years.
- “Americans are full of šhìt. ignorant, yet stuppied people. they are bvery norrow minded and veyr materiolistic.” - I already agreed that sum Amurikanz ar bvery stuppied. But not all — the first spell checking software was invented at UC Berkeley in 1972 by an American.
- “You have a handful of smart and educated people who drive the country, and then you have this humongous blob of utterly clueless people who are hardly able to make a living.” - Can’t really argue with that. But the same can be said for just about every other nation in the world.
- “You are all non-sensical inbred morons.” - Actually I don’t personally know anyone who can be accused of resulting from inbreeding, although it may be common in certain areas of the country such as Tennessee (pronounced “Ken-tuck-ee”, if you’re from Tennesee). You think inbreeding didn’t occur within the European and Asian royals of the past?
- “Americans are generally loud and stupid.” - Yeah, I hate American tourists, too. Again, I’d qualify that as “some”, rather than generalizing the population as a whole.
- “U.S.A is the biggest šhìt hole.” - Seems that lots of people on the Internet are calling every other country on the planet the “biggest šhìt hole”, too, based on results from Google. I say we just all take a vote and decide once and for all. After all, that is the democratic way.
- “I thank God that I’m not a stupid ášš-fûçkìng American.” - I’m glad I’m not a stupid ášš-fûçkìng American, too! I’m just a plain American of average intelligence, eking out a living, trying to live my dreams.
I’d rather be considered a stupid American than have to resort to pointless name-calling in a vain attempt to gain national stature. I am hardly a Bible-toting born-again Christian, but I find it difficult to disagree with: “The proud and haughty man, ’scoffer’ is his name; He works in the arrogance of pride… When pride comes, then comes shame, But with humility comes wisdom.”
We Americans need to stop bowing down and saying stuff like, “yes, I know most Americans are stupid, and I hate my government, and I didn’t vote for so and so, and I don’t agree with this, and I just want to make you feel better about me,” because it’s just making us look more like áššëš. Why should we need to make Europeans or anyone else in the world like us and think we are smart? As long as you’re American, and smart, who really cares what some idiots opinion on your country is? Oh no, some European has met and seen some Americans out of the 300 million Americans in our country and the American was acting stupid, so that must mean that all Americans are dumb. Look at how stupid that European is! Basically, it comes down to the ethnocentric nature of all these other cultures judging other countries to their own standards. If you look throughout the history books, alot of times the reasons that we went to war with certain countries wasn’t just because we wanted to create instability in the world, and alot of times it was because one side might have asked us for help, or because we were trying to stop communism, which alot of the world was paranoid of at the time. You all should know why we wanted to stop communism.
The opinion of Johny confirms once again (at least for me) that the US is not a “free” country, the americans are more influenced by ideological propaganda than were the guys in the Soviet Union. In the USSR people were at least free in their mind they could understand the reality, another thing that they could not speak out their opinions. Most americans are dump - they swallow every propaganda and believe it. If you ever read the book of Orwell “1984″, it is the book of what the US is now. They re-write books and history very easy. They pervet facts and the Americans fooled by the propaganda repeat as parrots after the mass media - we help othr nations, we struggle for peace, we struggle against terorristes…. ans stay hated by other nations.
Why did you (Americans) want to stop communism? Is this an American bashing board? Its a useless debate, as the problem is not how fûçkëd up Americans are, its the core values held in this western, and capitolist society. People, as a whole, are forced to live in a society that doesent cater for or reflect humanitarian values. Instead it caters for corporations and the desperate need to manipulate and degrade a populous to money-mad base-driven dogs( the term “dog” is used as a reference to metaphors?? ). The primary task of the media and corporations is to dumb down the populous therefore creating a population that will buy without (the corporations/government/…) having to expend energy/time/resources. Create a malleable populous, then you have control.
Blah, Blah, Blah, we still have no say in the way things are run ultimately as we are kept in the dark.
George: Condi! Nice to see you. What’s happening?
Condi: Sir, I have the report here about the new leader of China.
George: Great. Lay it on me.
Condi: Hu is the new leader of China.
George: That’s what I want to know.
Condi: That’s what I’m telling you.
George: That’s what I’m asking you. Who is the new leader of China?
Condi: Yes.
George: I mean the fellow’s name.
Condi: Hu.
George: The guy in China.
Condi: Hu.
George: The new leader of China.
Condi: Hu.
George: The Chinaman!
Condi: Hu is leading China.
George: Now whaddya’ asking me for?
Condi: I’m telling you Hu is leading China.
George: Well, I’m asking you. Who is leading China?
Condi: That’s the man’s name.
George: That’s who’s name?
Condi: Yes.
George: Will you or will you not tell me the name of the new leader of
China?
Condi: Yes, sir.
George: Yassir? Yassir Arafat is in China? I thought he was in the Middle
East.
Condi: That’s correct.
George: Then who is in China?
Condi: Yes, sir.
George: Yassir is in China?
Condi: No, sir.
George: Then who is?
Condi: Yes, sir.
George: Yassir?
Condi: No, sir.
George: Look, Condi. I need to know the name of the new leader of China.
Get me the Secretary General of the U.N. on the phone.
Condi: Kofi?
George: No, thanks.
Condi: You want Kofi?
George: No.
Condi: You don’t want Kofi.
George: No. But now that you mention it, I could use a glass of milk. And
then get me the U.N.
Condi: Yes, sir.
George: Not Yassir! The guy at the U.N.
Condi: Kofi?
George: Milk! Will you please make the call?
Condi: And call who?
George: Who is the guy at the U.N?
Condi: Hu is the guy in China.
George: Will you stay out of China?!
Condi: Yes, sir.
George: And stay out of the Middle East! Just get me the guy at the U.N.
Condi: Kofi.
George: All right! With cream and two sugars. Now get on the phone. (Condi
picks up the phone.)
Condi: Rice, here.
George: Rice? Good idea. And a couple of egg rolls, too. Maybe we should
send some to the guy in China. And the Middle East. Can you get Chinese
food in the Middle East?
Oh, Ben. Oh, “Valentine”. Shame on you! Don’t you dare say anyone is forced to live in America. And when you write about the country and say “THEY” and “IT” you are speaking about me.
What you say we are influenced by is a Soviet originated term, collectively. Now stop. At least let us be influenced by our own propaganda please.
Why do you think it so great to be free in the mind with a forced reality? Actually - that makes it worse.
And PLEASE continue to complain about the darkness of media… ON A MESSAGE BOARD… ON THE INTERNET. I suggest you shut your computers off so that you are not subjected to the world’s evils… Maybe then you will not be so tempted to participate.
This entire discussion has proven my own point — at least to me. It has proven that there are stupid Americans and smart Americans, stupid Canadians and smart Canadians, stupid Swedes and smart Swedes, etc., etc., etc. It has proven that you can’t judge an entire country of individuals based on the actions of a single individual or of its government. It has proven that stupidity has nothing to do with a race of people or the citizens of any particular nation, but everything to do with individuals. I stand by one of my earliest points: “I’d rather be considered a stupid American than have to resort to pointless name-calling in a vain attempt to gain national stature.” I admit that I am an American and that I am not ashamed to be considered an American, no matter what the official policies (or lack thereof) are. Merry Christmas! Peace to you all. - RDL
MOVE then
And another example that proves his point. Thanks, Terri!