Why the Rest of the World Hates U.S.

Originally posted by ragesRemorse
the rest of the world hates the US because they want to be us.

I certainly don't. I don't want to live in a system where my vote probably doesn't count. I don't want to live in a society that breeds violence because people are allowed to own dangerous firearms. I don't want to walk around with a scarily camp accent and harp on about how great, and how right I am. I don't want to get fat on relentless fast-food resturants that seem to be everywhere in the goddamn country. I don't want to be in a society where theres direct racial discrimination groups wearing pointy white hats and infesting the young generation with their poisonous ideals. I don't want be sickenly patriotic and religious to the point of being ignorant of other countries and cultures. I don't want to walk into a country that has adopted English as its language and then gone and bastardized it by changing words, spellings, and meanings for no reason other to be different. I don't want to think I have the right to interfere with any countries right to run things in their own way, dictatorship or democracy- it shouldn't be any Americans call to make.

why the US hate the rest of the world?

Originally posted by misha
FOUR different types? *faints* oh my this is all to much information for a little girl at quarter to 5 in the morning....i need sleep cry

and yes aussies do rule 😉

night,
xxoo misha.

I hate that about aussies and americans!! I mean "soccer" is football, "football" is "American Football" and "Rugby" is rugby! 😛

Originally posted by ragesRemorse
the rest of the world hates the US because they want to be us.

hysterical

that was a joke right??

that is not true, they hate the President not the US. It the same in Canada, were like you so we don;t hate you, but your president is so stupid!!! Ahhh it just burns my ears to hear his stupidity.!!

Originally posted by manny321
that is not true, they hate the President not the US. It the same in Canada, were like you so we don;t hate you, but your president is so stupid!!! Ahhh it just burns my ears to hear his stupidity.!!

Feceman I understand you're a republican but you can't deny that Bush has at least increased the hatred towards America.. not saying he caused it but he plays a big role in it these days.

I am not trying to win a contest, i am showing my view on him.

I find few who hate the american public but there are millions who dislike bush.

Afro, I know, but the point is this: many people blame Bush for the rest of the world hating us. They just don't get it. The rest of the world has hated us for a long time now.

THEY DO NOT HATE AMERICANS.

They hate the United States GOVERNMENT and the United States' FOREIGN POLICY. (Plus the other stuff mentioned.)

Americans have too much of an influence over the rest of the world. We hate it, but it can't be helped. It's a fact that what happens in the US, the decisions the US Government make affect the rest of the world. And yeah, PVS is right in saying that the world is disappointed in Americans for re-electing Bush. It's just the way it is.

FeceMan is right... no one hates the americans, just bush and his policy of wars and policing the world to which they have absolutely no right too (nor have the knowledge to do so)

you can't go generalising americans, saying they are all cocky and arrogant cause some are, it is like saying that all brits are lapdogs of the americans

I think BackFire and Ush both nailed it.

BackFire hit the most commonly mentioned reasons, but I also think there is some jealousy involved too.

But I don't think many people would admit something like that because that would be like an American admitting they are arrogant. Of course...I'm just generalizing. Every individual is different.

Originally posted by FeceMan
First things first, you used the term 'lame duck' incorrectly

Please explain to me HOW I used the term incorrectly. Here, for your benefit, I show I used it originally:

Originally posted by Ou Be Low hoo
He was a lame duck president elected by a minority!

The implication of what I stated is that he was elected by a public minority which gave him little - if any - political capital prior to the 9/11 attacks. He did not do anything of note during his first 6 months in office.

I look forward to your response.

reasons: bush, jealousy, bush, stupid people, bush, arrogance of american public, bush, brainwashed public due to media propaganda, bush regime, relerious extremists taught to hate america from the day they were born, bush, attacks on afghanistan and iraq{not justified}, the thickheaded american government thinks that it can do anything it wants without concequences, racism of many amerian people, america only helps sum1 if it furthers it own agenda or helps it, america completely ignorant of the situation of many hot spots in the world and turns its back on them, bush, america has a military and nuclear stockpile that is probably even greater than that of the USSR and is constantly developing new weapons but doesnt allow any other state to attain a nuclear programme; lets keep in mind that the only country that has actually used nukes against people before is also america which gives more reason for AMERICA not to have any nuclear arms along with other countries, bush, the ease with which american people live compared to the wrest of the world, and bush to name just a few reasons.

People have stated that many countries hate the U.S. because those countries are jealous of the U.S.'s standard of living.

The top ten countries with the Highest Standard of Living are as follows:

1. Norway
2. Sweden
3. Canada
4. Belgium
5. Australia
6. United States
7. Iceland
8. Netherlands
9. Japan
10.Finland

(stats provided by Infobase Pvt. Ltd.)

So if jealousy is a core reason for the resentment of the U.S. (government and policies) then why don't these countries also experience the same resentment? Also, why do many people in these countries also harbour ill feelings to American government and policies if they have nothing to be jealous about (especially the top 4)?

Hahhaha Look at Iceland, they lost so much weren't they number one last year. hahahahahahhahaha (note I have an Ivcelandic friend, making fun of him for that is great (sad though that he can say "well, where is germany there"😉)

Well we in the UK certainly aren't jealous of:

1) The murder rate in the US.
2) The errosion of civil liberties/free speech
there...
3) The embarrassing idiot the US has to have
leading them right now...
4) The health service...
5) Or the climate of fear that they insist on
spreading round the world...
6) Foreign policy..
7) The pollution problem..(Thanks Bush, Rove and Lay etc)
8) The rep that the US are getting with the rest of the world..
9) The fact that they have turned Blair into a brown-nosing lapdog.
10) The still existing problems with ignorance and racism still
reinforced my TV/Media

But despite all these problems we still love the US citizens and
can no longer hold them accountable as the are sadly at the
behest of a totalitarian state.......

I could have a field day with this one--

Originally posted by Lord Shadow Z I certainly don't. I don't want to live in a system where my vote probably doesn't count.

Originally posted by Lord Shadow Z
I don't want to live in a society that breeds violence because people are allowed to own dangerous firearms.

Originally posted by Lord Shadow Z I don't want to walk around with a scarily camp accent and harp on about how great, and how right I am.

Originally posted by Lord Shadow Z I don't want to get fat on relentless fast-food restaurants that seem to be everywhere in the goddamn country.

Originally posted by Lord Shadow Z
I don't want to be in a society where theres direct racial discrimination groups wearing pointy white hats and infesting the young generation with their poisonous ideals.

Originally posted by Lord Shadow Z
I don't want be sickenly patriotic and religious to the point of being ignorant of other countries and cultures.

That’s “sickenly” patriotic???? Wow, when did not being familiar with some other country’s customs mean that you were grotesquely patriotic? If it is true, then I guess from this post you are “sickenly” patriotic as well. Congratulations!

Originally posted by Lord Shadow Z I don't want to think I have the right to interfere with any countries right to run things in their own way, dictatorship or democracy- it shouldn't be any Americans call to make.

Anyway, have a great day!

I agree with all what sardako said except for the Blair, thing, that is funny.