Poll: What do other country think of america

[Your Fearless Captain]

Well at least here in America we don't have riots at the drop of a hat. Like the U.K.

Edit:

European here. I think Americans are largely batshit-insane imbeciles.

Sure, plenty of normal folk in the US, but they're being vastly outnumbered by, quite frankly, a bunch of psychopaths.

I'm trying to figure out how you got that sentiment. That's like saying most Germans are Nazis or most British are racist, slave trading, exploitative sailors or most Mexicans are drug dealers.

 

[requisitename]

I'm not reading all the posts here because these threads always piss me off with their rampant xenophobia toward the U.S... I would like to throw a couple of things out there, though.

Those of you who're invariably saying something along the lines of, "I hate the government and those people elected them, so I hate the people, too.":

Our control over what our government does effectively ends when they're elected. All that's required for someone to get elected in the U.S. is a majority of the vote. That means that it's quite possible that nearly half the people in any given area did not vote for someone who got elected, so why in the hell should they be looked down on because of what other people did? Oh, right, they're from the United States. Being born on this chunk of land must mean they've done something to earn your ire. Which brings me to..

Those of you who get pissed off that some of us like our country and think we oughtn't because "it's just a patch of land you happened to be born on," etc? If you want us not to be happy about happening to be born on a certain chunk of land, how about you try not hating us for no other reason than we happened to be born on a certain chunk of land? Seriously, it makes you look stupid.

Finally, are you the exact same person as every other person in your country? No? We're the same as everyone else in the world - we're all different. We have our own hopes, dreams, opinions, etc. Our country has problems, just like every other country on the face of the earth. We, as citizens, can only do so much and it's pretty fucking stupid to try to hold ME responsible for what someone ELSE has done. If you don't want to be considered responsible for and judged on every single occurrence that happens where you live, don't do that to us. We're just people, too. People who're trying to get by in life the best we can.

Please be aware that if you quote me, I won't be reading it or responding. I'm not going to get dragged into the United States bashing BS that these posts always turn into.

 

[porpoise hork]

I am American. I would gladly move if I could. It's a country full of self absorbed religious fascists, hypocrites, morons and retards. Our government is forever sticking its nose where it doesn't belong, imposing the collective views of its people onto other nations and cultures. Too much time and money is spent worrying about what everyone else is doing out there and ignoring the fact that this country is rotting away from within.

It's pathetic...

Well at least here in America we don't have riots at the drop of a hat. Like the U.K.

give it time.. With the way America is going civil unrest is just around the corner.

 

[Barry93]

America is the worst, first world, country in the world. Overly religious, overly patriotic, retarded use of guns and backward health care. Worst of all is that Bill O'Reilly, someone who wouldn't be allowed on television in other countries for being a dick, is succesful and highly watched.

The United States is not overly religious and patriotic. Few people actually show any patriotism and religious people here aren't any different from religious people elsewhere.

O'Reilly and Fox News is successful because every other news network is left wing. Maybe one day there might actually be a news network with a neutral stance towards politics, but I doubt it.

 

[nathan-dts]

America is the worst, first world, country in the world. Overly religious, overly patriotic, retarded use of guns and backward health care. Worst of all is that Bill O'Reilly, someone who wouldn't be allowed on television in other countries for being a dick, is succesful and highly watched.

The United States is not overly religious and patriotic. Few people actually show any patriotism and religious people here aren't any different from religious people elsewhere.

O'Reilly and Fox News is successful because every other news network is left wing. Maybe one day there might actually be a news network with a neutral stance towards politics, but I doubt it.

Reading this thread, it seems that people agree with me, even if they're from the US.

 

[Lewg999]

As a people you seem okay ( excusing the occasional bigot or racist obviously)

But your Government mixes region with its policies far too much and the fact someone like Mr Santorum could come even close to power is disgusting

Also the general view over here in England is that you are nice people but you have a far too narrow world view as shown in this clip http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9INBcpcjkJY

Generally it's also thought that we get far too much of your culture over here than our own which worries a great many people.

Personally though , aside from the politics , you seem a nice enough bunch

 

[drisky]

Also the general view over here in England is that you are nice people but you have a far too narrow world view as shown in this clip http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9INBcpcjkJY

Its the Jay Leno gambit, interview a bunch of people, only show the ones that say stupid things.
If you take these videos as evidence of anything it isn't that smart.

 

[Taunta]

Oh boy, it's this time again. Time for sweeping generalizations about a country that's popular to hate.

But the biased poll options are new. Bonus points!

America is the worst, first world, country in the world. Overly religious, overly patriotic, retarded use of guns and backward health care. Worst of all is that Bill O'Reilly, someone who wouldn't be allowed on television in other countries for being a dick, is succesful and highly watched.

Out of curiosity, what is your definition of "highly watched"? Because it seems to me that given your other characteristics of Americans, you're overgeneralizing. Fox News is only watched by a minority demographic, indeed the same "overly religious, overly patriotic" minority that you seem to think represents the entire country, and is laughed at by the rest of us.

You guys are the most brazenly patriotic nation I can think of. It's incredibly annoying. Then again I dislike any nationalism. We live in a world where I can chat daily with people living anywhere in the world, for the price of an internet connection. Countries are fast becoming obsolete concepts and everytime I hear "God bless America!" I cringe at the idea that there are still people who sincerely think like that.

this is my number one reason why i dislike americans in general... you cant walk anywhere without getting the a flag shoved in your face. every country has idiots, religious mad men and assholes... but the US. is the only country i can think of that is so zealous about their national identity... save for north korea.

i too find nationalism disturbing. maybe its because the country is too young or because being european, we have been thoroughly educated in the dangers of patriotism.


as for the country itself... i dont find the callous way the government treats its citizens appealing at all. but that is an entirely different subject.

I wonder, have you actually been to the U.S? If so, where? Because I've lived here for a couple decades now and have never had "a flag shoved in my face". Secondly, what is your definition of "shoved in your face"?

 

[nathan-dts]

Oh boy, it's this time again. Time for sweeping generalizations about a country that's popular to hate.

But the biased poll options are new. Bonus points!

America is the worst, first world, country in the world. Overly religious, overly patriotic, retarded use of guns and backward health care. Worst of all is that Bill O'Reilly, someone who wouldn't be allowed on television in other countries for being a dick, is succesful and highly watched.

Out of curiosity, what is your definition of "highly watched"? Because it seems to me that given your other characteristics of Americans, you're overgeneralizing. Fox News is only watched by a minority demographic, indeed the same "overly religious, overly patriotic" minority that you seem to think represents the entire country, and is laughed at by the rest of us.

O'Reilly has won large numbers of awards for his raicst, homophobic and stupid work. To recieve awards more people have to like that work than other work. The fact is the United States loudest and most influential people fall under at least one of the attributes I mentioned.

 

[flames09]

I am choosing the fuck you all, not because I mean it, but because it made me literally fall onto the floor laughing XD

 

[Taunta]

Oh boy, it's this time again. Time for sweeping generalizations about a country that's popular to hate.

But the biased poll options are new. Bonus points!

America is the worst, first world, country in the world. Overly religious, overly patriotic, retarded use of guns and backward health care. Worst of all is that Bill O'Reilly, someone who wouldn't be allowed on television in other countries for being a dick, is succesful and highly watched.

Out of curiosity, what is your definition of "highly watched"? Because it seems to me that given your other characteristics of Americans, you're overgeneralizing. Fox News is only watched by a minority demographic, indeed the same "overly religious, overly patriotic" minority that you seem to think represents the entire country, and is laughed at by the rest of us.

O'Reilly has won large numbers of awards for his raicst, homophobic and stupid work. To recieve awards more people have to like that work than other work. The fact is the United States loudest and most influential people fall under at least one of the attributes I mentioned.

Ohhhkay. Let me try to get to the bottom of these generalizations.

"Large number of awards"

Did you know he's only won three awards?

"Awards for his _________________"

And only one of those was for The O'Reilly Factor? Did you know he had other work as your everyday news reporter before he got a job for Fox News?

"One of the loudest and most influential people"


Is he loud? Yeah, I'll give you that one. Influential? Only to his very small minority audience that he caters to. O'Reilly is a talking head that only a very small number of people take seriously. You keep misunderstanding that part. You want to make him more important and more representative of the US than he actually is.

 

[Barry93]

America is the worst, first world, country in the world. Overly religious, overly patriotic, retarded use of guns and backward health care. Worst of all is that Bill O'Reilly, someone who wouldn't be allowed on television in other countries for being a dick, is succesful and highly watched.

The United States is not overly religious and patriotic. Few people actually show any patriotism and religious people here aren't any different from religious people elsewhere.

O'Reilly and Fox News is successful because every other news network is left wing. Maybe one day there might actually be a news network with a neutral stance towards politics, but I doubt it.

Reading this thread, it seems that people agree with me, even if they're from the US.

This thread is full of people who have never lived in the US, never will, and met only a handful of Americans in their lifetime. It's silly to make generalizations about a country as large and diverse as the US. People look at cities like Los Angeles or red necks in the south and believe that those kind of people are a good representation of the country. I can't say anything about people in the UK, since I've never actually been there. But I don't blame you, I can see why it's fun to hate the US.

 

[nathan-dts]

America is the worst, first world, country in the world. Overly religious, overly patriotic, retarded use of guns and backward health care. Worst of all is that Bill O'Reilly, someone who wouldn't be allowed on television in other countries for being a dick, is succesful and highly watched.

The United States is not overly religious and patriotic. Few people actually show any patriotism and religious people here aren't any different from religious people elsewhere.

O'Reilly and Fox News is successful because every other news network is left wing. Maybe one day there might actually be a news network with a neutral stance towards politics, but I doubt it.

Reading this thread, it seems that people agree with me, even if they're from the US.

This thread is full of people who have never lived in the US, never will, and met only a handful of Americans in their lifetime. It's silly to make generalizations about a country as large and diverse as the US. People look at cities like Los Angeles or red necks in the south and believe that those kind of people are a good representation of the country. I can't say anything about people in the UK, since I've never actually been there. But I don't blame you, I can see why it's fun to hate the US.

The thread is "What do other countries think of america". This is what most people think of America.

 

[Evilpigeon]

You guys are the most brazenly patriotic nation I can think of. It's incredibly annoying. Then again I dislike any nationalism. We live in a world where I can chat daily with people living anywhere in the world, for the price of an internet connection. Countries are fast becoming obsolete concepts and everytime I hear "God bless America!" I cringe at the idea that there are still people who sincerely think like that.

Would you rather they say "G-d curse America."? I don't understand your complaint. Do you not wish the best for your country? It really has little to do with patriotism, and is more just people wishing the best for the place they reside, which seems logical to me.

I'd prefer that you'd tone down the overzealous patriotism as a nation. It's not simply people wishing the best for the place in which they reside, the phrase was used because it's an ideal quote to represent general over the top US nationalism. It's everywhere in America. US media is flooded with the stuff to the point where even your own television programmes notice and take the piss out of it. We don't anywhere near the same level of overt patriotism in the Uk or in british media.

I think it's been beaten out of us by 2 world wars that were largely triggered by nationalism and one fuck-off massive empire with a history so confused that it's difficult to say whether I should be proud or ashamed of it.

 

[TheVioletBandit]

You guys are the most brazenly patriotic nation I can think of. It's incredibly annoying. Then again I dislike any nationalism. We live in a world where I can chat daily with people living anywhere in the world, for the price of an internet connection. Countries are fast becoming obsolete concepts and everytime I hear "God bless America!" I cringe at the idea that there are still people who sincerely think like that.

Would you rather they say "G-d curse America."? I don't understand your complaint. Do you not wish the best for your country? It really has little to do with patriotism, and is more just people wishing the best for the place they reside, which seems logical to me.

I'd prefer that you'd tone down the overzealous patriotism as a nation. It's not simply people wishing the best for the place in which they reside, the phrase was used because it's an ideal quote to represent general over the top US nationalism. It's everywhere in America. US media is flooded with the stuff to the point where even your own television programmes notice and take the piss out of it. We don't anywhere near the same level of overt patriotism in the Uk or in british media.

I think it's been beaten out of us by 2 world wars that were largely triggered by nationalism and one fuck-off massive empire with a history so confused that it's difficult to say whether I should be proud or ashamed of it.

"I'd prefer that you'd tone down the overzealous patriotism as a nation. It's not simply people wishing the best for the place in which they reside,"

So, I'm an American, and have lived here all my life, but you think you know what it means and that I don't? cool.

 

[DJjaffacake]

The U.S. wasn't even the biggest slave holder.

Political backstabbing and poor leadership - Nazi Germany

Going to have to take issue with these two points I'm afraid. Numero uno, after slavery was illegalised in many European nations and the USA's expansion westwards it was the biggest slave owner in the world. As to the second one, if we discount the deaths of millions and the near destruction of Germany in 1945 (which I realise are quite big things to discount) The Nazis turned the German economy round from near collapse to very strong, took control of most of Europe, and survived a war against the three most powerful non-axis nations in the world for several years.

 

[Barry93]

America is the worst, first world, country in the world. Overly religious, overly patriotic, retarded use of guns and backward health care. Worst of all is that Bill O'Reilly, someone who wouldn't be allowed on television in other countries for being a dick, is succesful and highly watched.

The United States is not overly religious and patriotic. Few people actually show any patriotism and religious people here aren't any different from religious people elsewhere.

O'Reilly and Fox News is successful because every other news network is left wing. Maybe one day there might actually be a news network with a neutral stance towards politics, but I doubt it.

Reading this thread, it seems that people agree with me, even if they're from the US.

This thread is full of people who have never lived in the US, never will, and met only a handful of Americans in their lifetime. It's silly to make generalizations about a country as large and diverse as the US. People look at cities like Los Angeles or red necks in the south and believe that those kind of people are a good representation of the country. I can't say anything about people in the UK, since I've never actually been there. But I don't blame you, I can see why it's fun to hate the US.

The thread is "What do other countries think of america". This is what most people think of America.

Indeed, I'm well aware of that. I'm simply saying most of it is not true.