Stereotypes About Americans

I have traveled the world and in most places that I have been to, I have been criticised or stereotyped. I have even been criticised by my fellow Americans. By no means is America the only one who does the stereotyping, although I can admit that we do a lot. I can accept remarks that are true, but I will obviously direct them towards the group where they would accurately fit. What if a non-English person criticised your nation and it inhabitants for all being a bunch of binge-drinking, football-obsessed, socialist, arrogant, posh *****? Now, I have been to England many times; enough to say that most English are not all like that, but there certainly are those who would fit the description. Wouldn't you like point that out to the person who is stereotyping your country?

Whenever I've met any Americans they always seem like *****. Sorry it's true. They think they walk on air and are so much better than everyone else and will actually try and prove it.


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I have traveled the world and in most places that I have been to, I have been criticised or stereotyped. I have even been criticised by my fellow Americans. By no means is America the only one who does the stereotyping, although I can admit that we do a lot. I can accept remarks that are true, but I will obviously direct them towards the group where they would accurately fit. What if a non-English person criticised your nation and it inhabitants for all being a bunch of binge-drinking, football-obsessed, socialist, arrogant, posh *****? Now, I have been to England many times; enough to say that most English are not all like that, but there certainly are those who would fit the description. Wouldn't you like point that out to the person who is stereotyping your country?

I live in the United States and i want to give people insight as to how the US is. Americans are very often stereotyped and i want to help people understand us better. No, i am not a blindly patriotic American; i will adress all input from a neutral, truthful perspective.

The US are poor losers, you have to admit that.

It also annoys how they must get involved with EVERYTHING across the globe. Thewy cause more problems than they solve.

I'm going to give you my bugbear about Americans. Not so much the ones you see here or elsewhere in Europe as the ones you see in the States.

I think that Americans don't travel abroad enough, in general. I think that that leaves them with insufficient exposure to cultures besides their own, and that they have excessive pride in their own nation and intolerance of other cultures which stems at least partly from that insularity.

Thoughts?

We are poor losers. See I can admit flaws. As for the agressive foreign policy of America, do you think I personally had anything to do with it? Of course not; neither did most people. America has arguably the most vocal anti-war sentiment in the entire world. We do get involved a lot, but only because of the idiots in Washington. Do I blame all the British for things like maybe hmm say....conquering most of the known world and killing millions of people? Of course not; it was the King or Queen at the time. The poor decisions of one man cannot reflect 300 million people. Also, if America did not spend trillions of dollars on aid for poor nations, millions would be dead. The US and UK were not wanted in Afghanistan, but we got rid of the Taliban and saved the entire country. Sometimes our foreign policy is unwelcome, but it needs to be sometimes, as we are the world's only superpower. Britain has arguably the worst foreign policy historically; look at Northern Ireland. If the British never took the land from the natives, no terrorism would ever have emerged.

The hunting, shooting, incestuous, unintelligent, racist, obese, ignorant, and poor image of Americans that most Europeans see is only relative to the South.

I don't think the American people are to blame here. I think it's the government's fault and arrogance.

Aid should be left for NGOs and charities. They know what they are doing, and do not involve themselves in unnecessary conflict.

From Philadelphia to Rome it is like at least $1000.

Right. Good thing they never met the elitist, stuck-up, manipulative, lobbying, Republican-supporting big-corporation lot of the north-east.
Or the boring, impoverished, frequently berzerk-running crowds of the north-middle. Or the corn farmers of the north-west (nothing to say
about them, their states are mainly empty anyway).

Nah, just pulling your leg. The North is definitely more worthwhile but I'd pick Western Europe over it any day. Except for maybe California...

True; after all, getting a new flat screen and the latest Apple gadgets is much,
much more important than broading your horizons!

I'm going to give you my bugbear about Americans. Not so much the ones you see here or elsewhere in Europe as the ones you see in the States.

I think that Americans don't travel abroad enough, in general. I think that that leaves them with insufficient exposure to cultures besides their own, and that they have excessive pride in their own nation and intolerance of other cultures which stems at least partly from that insularity.

Thoughts?

In a nation with well over 300,000,000 citizens, you will need to generalise about groups; there are too many individuals. I suggest you go to the south and see that. Not all but the vast majority will be as I said. In England, chavs are stereotyped ALL the time. Why you ask. Because the vast majority are dumb, poor, thuglike, and dodgy. I have never seen a chav who didnt fit the stereotype.

In a nation with well over 300,000,000 citizens, you will need to generalise about groups; there are too many individuals. I suggest you go to the south and see that. Not all but the vast majority will be as I said. In England, chavs are stereotyped ALL the time. Why you ask. Because the vast majority are dumb, poor, thuglike, and dodgy. I have never seen a chav who didnt fit the stereotype.