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.”
I think your name is Richard? Hi, Richard! I’ve actually been reading through everyone’s comments and noticed you’re only speaking when someone is bashing America. Tracey who takes offense at England’s views of America (VIEWS honey, views) I see you, yourself bashing away with her with that çráp Pop Idol thing/Emmerdale/Who wants to be a millionaire šhìt Britain’s managed to çráp out or the trashy trash of London. I think Stephen was pointing out the long term history and traditions of England that has clearly dated back way way way way way ago (god, I’m fûçkìng intelligent) different beliefs and views on culture, no taco bell in England, no Limp Bizkit in Bosnia, must you bite back every opinion and not agree with ANY of our views we’re spewing out, (I know you agree with us sometimes, but then it always follows up to an exhausted opinion of yours) I know you’re American but havn’t you been ALLLLLLLLLLLLLLL around the world? for fûçkš sake man. could you be any more american? (yea, i’m expecting many responses for that one)
To your first comment, the tax in the Americas amounted to about 12 pence per year, with British citizens paying around 26 times that much. The Stamp Act, the real reason for the American Revolution, would have increased the taxes paid by mainly the American rich, and was overall a well-balanced tax-cutting solution to the booming national debt of Britain. To your other “points”: manipulation and propaganda is a part of every government. If you’re personally telling ME to “experience other cultures”, I’m very well-traveled and have lived in both England and Germany myself, and am aware of the pros and cons of living in each. You think discrimination is limited to America?! Every argument can be applied to just about every other country in the world, yet America bashing continues. My point, as mentioned several times, is that I do not think it fair to criticize the general populace of any region for the acts of a few. If you don’t like and appreciate being here, no one is making you stay! Why participate and reap the benefits the culture provides and slam it at the same time?!
To your second, that’s called moderation. Since the topic is about misplaced America bashing, I find it prudent to respond to comments on that topic, when time permits. If someone is interested in Britain bashing (or for another country), I can open up a new topic. For now, I’ll keep everything on-topic. Oh, and I don’t “speak” every time someone bashes America. Your second comment confuses me: you claim that I don’t agree with any of your views, but immediately say that I do agree sometimes. Which is it? I’m also confused by your comment as to whether you are intending to insult me for being a well-traveled American or whether you think I have not traveled enough. And “an exhausted opinion”? Generally, my responses are much more succinct than the previous poster, and are you implying that I should not make a response to errant facts on my own website? Hehe! - RDL
that’s exactly what i mean, it seems to be you can’t take opinion and find it neccessary to talk back with any means possible, even the most uncomprehensible ramblings i see you doing run on sentences or even overlapping yourself at times. I know its YOUR website and you feel that people do not give enough a chance to America, all there views are wrong to you obviously and it seems to me you shut off completely when its critism over America, even going on about their OWN country which is a quick cheap way to retort and not even prove a point. If you notice, I mentioned that you are a well-travelled man and I used this fact to futher question you and your responses to only anti-america posts, proamerica you seem to just leave to ‘justify’ themselves, (and how you can even find time to respond to these posts each and every day with your busy life is beyond me) and if you notice I provoked critism to my own country and I have much to say about other nations, but of course, this is a forum dedicated to opinion on America. Racism is everywhere, I of course have not missed that, me being from many places, I have experienced and witnessed this šhìt many times, its not fun, but you learn how to quickly retalliate and put those Nazis back in their places, (unless they get violent, then I suggest smashing their balls) Your facts, I will take your word for it because you seem like such a lovely man despite your arrogance at times, but my sources are pretty realiable also, i do not pull çráp out of my ášš just to make myself sound intelligent, and I don’t think anyone else is either but you don’t just merely respond to facts you agonizingly twist everything around to completely crush one’s post that actually made sense and provoked thought into me. Just for the statement, I have not and ever chosen to live here, and next year I have the freedom to leave ah yeaaa im living it up next year my friend, its Canada for me!
I’m hoping that Canadian schools will help you in the many areas where the pathetic American educational system has dismally failed. Oooh, criticism of America, formed in a concise, simple sentence, with correct spelling, punctuation, grammar, and without the need for run-ons or epithets. All that and I still manage to pigeonhole you in the same sentence! You want to have a discussion on a specific pro- or anti-America issue, or one concerning another country? Let me know what that exact issue is and I’ll gladly research it and open up a whole new topic of discussion. Ya’ll come back now, hear?! - RDL
I have no grudges against the American people (my girlfriend is American, I am English, not that this means anything but i’m telling you anyway
however I heard a somewhat scary thing on the radio the other day. The BBC did a survey of the four main US networks (CBS, ABC, NBC and Fox) and found that in their main nightly news programmes (the U.S. equivalents of the 9/10 o’clock News here in the U.K.) they found there to be just two or three non-American news stories covered PER MONTH. These on the whole tended to have an American interest. Our news here is regurlarly dominated by international non-U.K. related stories. I find it a little worrying that the world’s most powerful and ‘advanced’ country seems to be so blissfully ignorant to the goings on in the rest of the world. The American media is a hugely powerful thing and if it is only feeding the American population with American facts and news, then its bound to breed ingorance and the lack of knowledge that can lead to hostility. What do the Americans think of this? Does it bother you that you don’t see much international news? Do the findings of this study seem correct?
Your sarcasm in failing miserably my friend. I’m not asking for any of those things, I’m asking for you not to BS your way into bring other peoples opinions down. I’m asking you to just accept views without snapping back like you do, and in a fairly obnoxious manner might I add.
-Sara
I am EXTREMELY bothered by the lack of international news in this country. In times of international dispute (especially when it is caused by the US- which, unfortunately is usually the case!) I thirst for information from an international perspective. It is VERY difficult to find. I would claim that Americans are stupid- myself included, not because we are generally unintelligent, or naive (well I haven’t decided on that one yet actually…) but because we do influence a large portion of the global cummunity, BUT we do it without consideration for the wishes of the affected nations. We do not consider the rammifications of our actions- we do what will benefit US (HA-sorry, bad joke), and expect (or more realistically- force) the opposition to comply. This is the American Foreign Policy in a nutshell. No wonder there is a general distaste for our “Nation”. I don’t approve of the sweeping generalization that has become “stupid american”, but I cannot ENTIRELY disagree with it either. No American could. Instead I look at the same generalization as an OBVIOUS implication that a change in foreign policy is necessary NOW.
The US is quite possibly “The Most Successful” nation (if economic prowess, liberty and military might is any indicator) but we are simply NOT GOOD ENOUGH to -ACT- like we are “the best”. If we are so hëll-bent on Amercanizing the globe, let us show everyone by example, what good can come of a government such as our own. The way we are acting now- is giving all the other nations of the world a VERY clear example of the unfortunate vulnerability of our Nations Government. Perhaps that is better- so they can fix that problem and clue us in. In all, I am feeling more and more, that our “Gung Ho” Foreign Policy, is the force behind our Nations corruption (which is historically the greatest danger of any democratic government…)
Oh- someone elluded to the idea that the repressive nature of American media is perhaps to blame for the “blinders” that Americans wear- BRAVO! And I don’t think it ends there- but I don’t have the energy to rag on the US anymore tonight. (maybe that is the media’s fault as well!) I’ll be back though.
Mateo
It is such a shame when Americans fail miserably in subjects such as history. One day I told one of my co-workers that America placed 27th in the world in student test scores. The person responded with, “Wow, that’s great!” It just shows how much social and intellectual apathy and lethargy has consumed the American psyche. I, like any other American, was shocked and appalled by the events of September 11th, but having a deep and astute knowledge of history, I considered 9/11 quite pale in comparison to other mass tragedies. For instance, every year in the Indian subcontinent, monsoons kill tens of thousands of people, every single year! Mother nature’s a bìtçh! In the Turkish region of Armenia after WW1, over 1 million Armenians were killed by the murderous Ottomans. That’s just a few terrible examples of how lucky we are to be living in America. And, just recently, the war in Iraq was a joke if I ever saw one. 99% of Americans never knew that during the 1980’s, the United States pumped millions of dollars into Saddam’s regime in order to help defeat the Ayatollah in Iran; we all remember him, don’t we? Those very weapons of mass destruction that G.W. so babbled over were actually given to Iraq by the U.S. during the 1980s. And guess what, the only country to be prosecuted for terrorism by the International World Court at the Hague? Libya? No. Iran? No. Afghanistan? No. El Salvador? No. I give up. The United States!!! And do you know how Israel was able to acheive status as a sovereign state in 1948? By terrorism, i.e. killing British officials who ruled the region of Palestine, which was then a mandated state under the British. So, every time that fat, greasy, twelve sandwich eatin’, overweight hater better known as Ariel Sharon wants to bìtçh about suicide attacks, he better realize in history what goes around, comes around!
I’m from Texas (the worse state EVER) and I have to say that if given the choice I would live in Europe. Though I dont hate America I think that our “leaders” have done a šhìt faced job trying to police the world…they make our public look SO BAD….not all of us are ášš holes….. Thats the problem with this country we try to police everthing! We cannot rule the world and take whats not ours…greed…a common word here? They arent in Iraq to help people they are there to take oil and protect their own interests. Bush cant even find those ‘weapons” he was looking for!…thanx Bush you have just spent millions on a lost cause when you should give the money to a more WORTHY cause maybe? Thats what happens when you let a wealthy redneck run our country, things just get ALOT worse. Yes a good majority of Americans are ignorant in their own way and light. When America started to boycott French goods that really pìššëd me off I took that as “Oh we are big bad America and if you wont help us kill whole families and little kids then you arent our friend!” I’m sorry but even though I am American I dont even feel partial to my own place of birth….Yes America MAKE France help you murder!:/ And thats kinda sad because as I get older I become more and more partial to Europe than anything….but then not sad europe seems like a cool open minded place. The courts just are now outlawing those laws forbidding homosexual relations! THAT SHOULDVE BEEN DONE A LONG ÃSS TIME AGO! HELLO its the 21st century! It also kinda disturbs me that it took America so long to make Civil Rights Laws (the 60s) That shouldve been done alot sooner….but thats what happens when your country is lead by stupid rich áššhølëš who are power hungry! Our government has done šhìt that they wont tell the public, we are left in the dark mostly as to why a good percentage of the world burns our flags and kills our vacationers. No one deserves to die, but dont act innocent and sad when someone is actually doing what you did to them….countless times….and sept 11th…we have been asking for that for a LONG time…not the deaths but just the event.
Thats all I have to say.