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That's a stereotype, just like there are stereotypes for your country and race. And, like most, there's truth to that one -- a lot of us ARE ignorant and annoying, even to me. But you shouldn't just assume that any given American is going to be an arrogant prick. I love my country and wouldn't want to live anywhere else, but I resent the negative opinions people decide to have of me before they even meet me.

It´s not just americans who are monolingual, australians and britons are too.

Why should they learn another language?
Everybody speaks theirs.

And don´t give me this national-pride bullshit.
It´s a wonderful thing we can finally communicate.

And yes americans are ignorant and arrogant.
That´s largely a direct consequence of their gargantuous propaganda machine.

I don't think most Americans are arrogant as much as they are narrow minded. Them being narrow minded makes them look arrogant because they don't. They are scared bitches to middle america. And to scared to think out side the box.

America is a rather ignorant country.. Most of the youths are less concerned with what's actually going on in the world and more concerned with whose going to the mall next Saturday and the next band T-shirt they're going to buy for $25. They will grow up to be nobodies.

Isn't it fabulous that Non-Americans take so much pride in what they think they know.

Yet they actually do very little.

Americans take pride in what they do.

History shows that non-Americans have always though they were right and proven that they do very little in this world.

Yes, Americans are stereotyped as ignorant throughout the world, but this is only a stereotype. Obviously there are some very clever, knowledgeable Americans who have contributed massively and positvley to our ways of life. Unfortunately the majority of Americans we hear about or see are either gun touting red-necks (ok it doesn’t help that their President falls into this category); self righteous Christian/religious loony’s; celebrities; people who want to be celebrities…you get the idea.

And yes, this ignorance and stupidity is spreading the globe. It may have started in the US but it’s now rife hear in the UK and throughout Europe.

People are interested in celebrity gossip; it’s pathetic followers reading garbage like Heat Magazine to find out what coffee someone famous drinks or who had cellulite at a party. At the same time, others watch programmes like Extreme Makeovers, a programme that teaches people to want to change everything about themselves; that makes them feel they have to be thin and have perfectly symmetrical expressionless faces and that they wont be happy until they do.

I could go on for hours.

You cant group an entire country, some 300,000,000 people into one category. At the same time you can’t blame America for ignorant people, America just has more media coverage!

are u realy australian

English is the second most spoken language in the world. And it is also the official language of more countries than any other. Look it up! As for arrogance, I believe it to be very arrogant of yourself to stereotype an entire country. That would be like me saying that all British have bad teeth, which isn't true. As for ignorant, it's another false legend. The U.S spends more money per classroom than any other country. 85% of the American work force today has at least a high school education, compared to only 25% in 1940. Not sure what part of the world you're in, but turn off the propaganda media station you watch. Much like most smart Americans do with FOX News.

American high school education is a total joke. American college education is a joke for at least eighty percent of the students. Saying that Americans are well educated in a statistical fallacy.

About arrogance (generally speaking).

Americans are arrogant, but at least their country has accomplished things they are right to feel arrogant about. The truth is, that all those arrogant Americans are in no was responsible or worthy of the accomplishments of their country, and they themselves are quite pathetic.

Europeans are arrogant but their countries are pathetic. They are arrogant about some stupid invention (like the Rubik Cube - from Hungary) or some dumb battle they can't admit was pointless. At least they are often personally accomplished, or at least not as pathetic as the average American.

Arabs are arrogant but they are the most pathetic. The last great thing the gave to the world was the number zero. Their countries and they themselves are usually totally pathetic.

Asians are probably the least arrogant or pathetic.

This should offend just about everyone, so my work here is done.

Asians are cool. China will someday take over the world... I can feel it.

I think Americ/Americans have a right to be arrogant:
Fact:
Germany, Japan and, to a lesser extent, Britain and Italy were lifted out of the debris of war by the Americans who poured in billions of dollars and forgave other billions in debts. None of these countries is today paying even the interest on its remaining debts to the United States.

When the franc was in danger of collapsing in 1956, it was the Americans who propped it up, and their reward was to be insulted and swindled on the streets of Paris. When distant cities are hit by earthquakes, it is the United States that hurries in to help. In 1973, 59 American communities were flattened by tornadoes. Nobody helped.

The Marshall Plan and the Truman Policy pumped billions of dollars into discouraged countries. Now newspapers in those countries are writing about the decadent, warmongering Americans.
I'd like to see just one of those countries that is gloating over the erosion of the United States Dollar build its own airplane. Does any other country in the world have a plane to equal the Boeing Jumbo Jet, the Lockheed Tristar, or the Douglas DC-10? If so, why don't they fly them? Why do all the International lines except Russia fly American planes?

Why does no other land on earth even consider putting a man or woman on the moon? You talk about Japanese technocracy, and you get radios. You talk about German technocracy, and you get automobiles. You talk about American technocracy, and you find men on the moon — not once, but several times — and safely home again.

You talk about scandals, and the Americans put theirs right in the store window for everybody to look at. Even their draft-dodgers are not pursued and hounded.

When the railways of France, Germany and India were breaking down through age, it was the American who rebuilt them. When the Pennsylvania Railroad and the New York Central went broke, nobody loaned them an old caboose. Both are still broke.


In the late 80's when Russia was soon to collapse, It was Americans that pumped billions of dollars into the country for stability of all European nations.

America has given countries such as Africa billions of dollars in AIDS research and medications.

america gives three bags of grain to some guy in africa and lets the cameras roll to make it look as if they´re doing good.
At the same time 3 billion dollars worth of oil is being stolen from iraq by corporate america and the media completely shuns the fact.

what happened to the natives?
did you systematically exterminate them or did they wipe themselves out?
How aware are americans of the american holocaust? How many movies have been made about that?
and contrary to germans, americans are barely even aware of the horrors of their past.
And why is this the case?
It´s all about propaganda.
There is no reason to assume that the same function does not apply in other areas as well.

Who murdered two million innocent civilians in vietnam only to get his ass kicked shortly later by a few vietnamese farmers?
Who supported the taliban to power? Watch rambo 3 to find out.
Who gave weapons of mass destruction to saddam hussein in 1984 so that he could kill the kurds?

And who gives a rats ass about your planes?
Its not like its every countries dream to make´em.
Its actually quite an unprofitable business to be in, and its heavily subsidized by the government.
And you guys call yourselves capitalists.

And last but not least, what country on earth is the most hypocritical?

america gives three bags of grain to some guy in africa and lets the cameras roll to make it look as if they´re doing good. (Propaganda, Since 1946 America has given 146 billion dollars in foreign aid, that's just from the government. Let's not forget the many non-profit organizations that has collected millions of dollars by everyday U.S citizens)

At the same time 3 billion dollars worth of oil is being stolen from iraq by corporate america and the media completely shuns the fact.(Your views are just insane and defy all logic. If Bush is simply an "oil manaic" there are much easier ways of getting it than colonizing militant countries halfway around the world. We have lots of oil ourselves. It would be a hell of a lot easier to push aside environmental regulations than invade Iraq. If Bush must invade a country for oil, Veneluza is a much riper target than Iraq. Finally, if Bush must have Iraqi oil, he can lift the oil embargo tomorrow. Wouldn't that be a much easier way to get the oil? Perhaps? You need to turn off your countries propaganda machine)

what happened to the natives?
did you systematically exterminate them or did they wipe themselves out?
How aware are americans of the american holocaust? How many movies have been made about that?
and contrary to germans, americans are barely even aware of the horrors of their past.
And why is this the case?
It´s all about propaganda.
There is no reason to assume that the same function does not apply in other areas as well. (I will agree that Native American interest hasn't always been at the forefront. But what you are suggesting is outrageous. Hitler killed millions of Jews because he didn't believe they were pure, and exterminated them simply because he didn't like them. America was at war with the Native Americans over 200 years ago. It was a civil war at the time and many states, and the federal government has taken steps to correct what our forefathers did. It was a very unfortunate time in our history, but it was never a holocaust. Native Americans were relocated to certain areas of the country, they weren't put in death camps.)

Who murdered two million innocent civilians in vietnam only to get his ass kicked shortly later by a few vietnamese farmers? (What may be the biggest myth of all was that the United States was defeated militarily in Southeast Asia. This myth, that "we lost the war," is the easiest to debunk. Virtually all military experts agree that America was never militarily defeated.

From the buildup of military forces in 1965 to the final withdrawal of our troops in 1973, South Vietnam did not lose a square foot of land, Communists did not control one city or village, any hill the enemy "took" was quickly retaken, and neither the North Vietnamese Army, or NVA, nor Viet Cong guerrillas ever won a major battle. In fact, the infamous 1968 "Tet" offensive, which many say turned U.S. public opinion against the war, was a crushing defeat for the NVA and Viet Cong forces.)

Who supported the taliban to power? Watch rambo 3 to find out. Watch a fictional Hollywood movie to get facts? LOL. Yes, America supported the Taliban to power as well as 3 Arab nations to secure Aphganistan from Iran. You're talking about a point in history where a smaller, weaker country's interest was as stake. But don't blame the U.S for what the Taliban became. And where the hell were the Europeans to help in secure middle east peace at the time?)

Who gave weapons of mass destruction to saddam hussein in 1984 so that he could kill the kurds? ( A Dutch Chemical dealer,Frans van Anraat, who was charged with the crime. Amercia had nothing to do with it. Once again, your propaganda machine has failed you.)

And who gives a rats ass about your planes?
Its not like its every countries dream to make´em.
Its actually quite an unprofitable business to be in, and its heavily subsidized by the government.
And you guys call yourselves capitalists. (You missed the point. Technology. Europeans rely on a great deal of America's technology. From medicine, computer technology, right down to the air conditioning in your home. It was all invented here in the U.S. The fact you say "who cares?", just shows that America has given more to society in the way of modernization than any European country. Hell, Europeans even water at mouth in anticipation on American Movies and music)

And last but not least, what country on earth is the most hypocritical? (Uh, that would be France. America is only critical of countries that don't believe in democracy, and the rights of individual freedoms. Don't you believe in that? That all people have a right to live their lives the way they want?)

Or he never learned to do his own research. Just watches Tv and thinks he know everything.

How come the United States issues more student Visas by a factor of 1000 than any other country for college education.

I guess most people are so dumb that they chose to come to America for a bad education. LOL

America has the best schools in the world. But how good are the schools that poor people from poor naiborhoods get? Ive heard they barely deserve to be called schools. Is this true?

American government has done many things that have harmed both them and others. I feel like America are loosing power constantly, their economic importanse is getting lower, they are eagerously making enemies all around the world. My worries are mainly connected to the fact that the American government isnt working for the people, but for private companies they are associated with, and have done that for a long long time.

Anonimous said: Since 1946 America has given 146 billion dollars in foreign aid, that's just from the government.

How much of that money went to Israel? How much went to Egypts? Nearly all aint I right?

Do you know who are taking the oil profits from Irak? Private american companies. Can you deny that? Why do I not hear about where the oil money is going on the news? Because the media is corrupted. The military isnt only there because of the oil. They are also there to blow explotions baught from american private companies. Do you know how much money are spent on the military today? How much more than before Bush became president? Do you know anything about where those money went? Do you hear that on the news? I dont know what other reasons they have for being there. Perhaps to help israely people to be safe. To have military around all that oil to help the middle-easterns to keep their polite attitude.

But one thing we know: They did not go there to get rid of weapons of mass distruction. The Irakies have had them for over 20 years. And there were none found when America invaded. And Irak used em directly in front of the Americans without them issuing the slightest conserns. The Americans didnt say anything until a week before Irak invaded Kuweit. That was not in their interrest. Can you deny this? And do you know why you dont hear this on the news? The media is corrupted.

Anonimous said: I will agree that Native American interest hasn't always been at the forefront. But what you are suggesting is outrageous. Hitler killed millions of Jews because he didn't believe they were pure, and exterminated them simply because he didn't like them. America was at war with the Native Americans over 200 years ago. It was a civil war at the time and many states, and the federal government has taken steps to correct what our forefathers did. It was a very unfortunate time in our history, but it was never a holocaust. Native Americans were relocated to certain areas of the country, they weren't put in death camps.)

Now you are underestimating what was done to the indians. They were simply killed in a horrifying way in huge masses. And also America blew two atomic bombs killing and harming many many people in Japan. You cant deny that. We all know Hitler did horrible things and did it shockingly systematically. A horrible act and a one that made his changes to win the war much less. But everyone knows what he did. People are not as aware of what Americans have done. That is simply called propaganda.

Anonimous said: What may be the biggest myth of all was that the United States was defeated militarily in Southeast Asia. This myth, that "we lost the war," is the easiest to debunk. Virtually all military experts agree that America was never militarily defeated.

From the buildup of military forces in 1965 to the final withdrawal of our troops in 1973, South Vietnam did not lose a square foot of land, Communists did not control one city or village, any hill the enemy "took" was quickly retaken, and neither the North Vietnamese Army, or NVA, nor Viet Cong guerrillas ever won a major battle. In fact, the infamous 1968 "Tet" offensive, which many say turned U.S. public opinion against the war, was a crushing defeat for the NVA and Viet Cong forces.

So you are saying the Americans did not loose the war in Vietnam and their military did well. But what on earth was Americans doing there? And how many people died? How many civilians were brutally killed by the Americans? And America used alot of horrifying weapons there like Napalm. this is just horrible.

One other thing. Israel has been violating Palestinia ever since the agreement in Oslo in the 40's. What have America done about that? Supported them eagerously with money, weapons and political power. Nearly 50 times stopped the UN from trying to do something about this. Now why is that?

The Marshall Plan and the Truman Policy pumped billions of dollars into discouraged countries. Now newspapers in those countries are writing about the decadent, warmongering Americans.
I'd like to see just one of those countries that is gloating over the erosion of the United States Dollar build its own airplane. Does any other country in the world have a plane to equal the Boeing Jumbo Jet...

Yes, America has done many great things. Their economy was outragously strong. And they put that to good use and did some excellent things for the Western community as a whole. That is true and Europeans should be grateful for that.

About the moon: That was a great thing. But it was done with alot of technology from the Germans. Dont forget that Germany was very technologically advanced in the second world war. Nearly all their scientists went to America and Russia.

Also dont forget that the best planes were built in Germany in the second world war and aviation technology was most advanced there. The jet flighter was invented there and they had a couple of hundreds in the second world war.

So going to the moon was a great thing and building airplanes, but you cant take all the credit yourself.

But only if America were as economically and technologically strong as they were a few decades ago...

america gives three bags of grain to some guy in africa and lets the cameras roll to make it look as if theyre doing good.

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(Propaganda, Since 1946 America has given 146 billion dollars in foreign aid, that's just from the government. Let's not forget the many

non-profit organizations that has collected millions of dollars by everyday U.S citizens)

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146 billion over 60 years, that 2.4 billion a year.
usa gdp is roughly 12.000 billion per year. (http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/us.html)
Thats 0.002%.
Woooww try to leave something for yourself!

Not that 70% of that tiny proportion goes to Israel anyways(wonder why that is)
and most of the rest to the egyptian government in exchange for political support against palestine and access
to the suez canal but hey, it´s 3rd world aid and that sounds good.

Not that 3rd world aid is usually more harmful than good and therefore shouldnt be anything to boast off anyways.
The only real help rich countries can give the poor ones is free trade and thereby allow those poor people to help themselves.
Ironically doing so would make the rich countries themselves even richer as well, but the lobbying group "farmers" makes
sure that that does not happen.

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At the same time 3 billion dollars worth of oil is being stolen from iraq by corporate america and the media completely shuns the fact.

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If Bush is simply an "oil manaic" there are much easier ways of getting it than colonizing
militant countries halfway around the world. We have lots of oil ourselves. It would be a hell of a lot easier to push aside environmental

regulations than invade Iraq. If Bush must invade a country for oil, Veneluza is a much riper target than Iraq. Finally, if Bush must have

Iraqi oil, he can lift the oil embargo tomorrow. Wouldn't that be a much easier way to get the oil? Perhaps? You need to turn off your

countries propaganda machine)

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Bush is not simply an oil maniac, but nevertheless the oil in iraq has changed hands from saddam hussein to corporate america.
That´s a lot of loot.
my country doesn´t have a military and therefore it doesn´t have a propaganda machine regarding foreign affairs, so i cant turn it off.

The difficulty is a part of the point, it justifies stealing all that money from us taxpayer for the military.
that war-thing in the gulf is about making money and nothing else.

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what happened to the natives?
did you systematically exterminate them or did they wipe themselves out?
How aware are americans of the american holocaust? How many movies have been made about that?
and contrary to germans, americans are barely even aware of the horrors of their past.
And why is this the case?
It?s all about propaganda.
There is no reason to assume that the same function does not apply in other areas as well.

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(I will agree that Native American interest hasn't always been at the forefront. But what you are suggesting is outrageous. Hitler killed

millions of Jews because he didn't believe they were pure, and exterminated them simply because he didn't like them. America was at war wih

the Native Americans over 200 years ago. It was a civil war at the time and many states, and the federal government has taken steps to

correct what our forefathers did. It was a very unfortunate time in our history, but it was never a holocaust. Native Americans were

relocated to certain areas of the country, they weren't put in death camps.)

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Why is what im saying outrageous?
The indians were systematically executed, either by destroying their food supply (eg the buffalo), by poisoning their water
supply, stealing their land and... blowing their brains out.
A bounty was paid for the scalp of an indian, meaning that indian murdering was an industry.

If you doubt any of this then read "Bury my heart at wounded knee". Its a book about white man destruction of the west.
Its nowhere short of a horror movie.

Americans often excuse the crimes of their past by pointing to how they murdered, but thats missing the point,
it doesnt matter how you systematically kill people of a certain race, by starvation, shooting, gassing or whatever.
The point is the end, not the means.

Hitler killed millions of jews because jewish dominated west was determined to create a war on his country and it was massacring german

civilians like never before and it had become evident to him that the war was unwinnable and that his country was going to be destroyed.
Simple as that.

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Who murdered two million innocent civilians in vietnam only to get his ass kicked shortly later by a few vietnamese farmers?

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(What may be the biggest myth of all was that the United States was defeated militarily in Southeast Asia. This myth, that "we lost the war,"

is the easiest to debunk. Virtually all military experts agree that America was never militarily defeated.

From the buildup of military forces in 1965 to the final withdrawal of our troops in 1973, South Vietnam did not lose a square foot of land,

Communists did not control one city or village, any hill the enemy "took" was quickly retaken, and neither the North Vietnamese Army, or NVA,

nor Viet Cong guerrillas ever won a major battle. In fact, the infamous 1968 "Tet" offensive, which many say turned U.S. public opinion

against the war, was a crushing defeat for the NVA and Viet Cong forces.)

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the rules of war are the following:
if you run like hell until the enemy has taken over everything you were there to defend.. you´ve lost.


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Who supported the taliban to power? Watch rambo 3 to find out.

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Watch a fictional Hollywood movie to get facts? LOL.
Yes, America supported the Taliban to power as well as 3 Arab nations to secure
Aphganistan from Iran. You're talking about a point in history where a smaller, weaker country's interest was as stake. But don't blame the

U.S for what the Taliban became. And where the hell were the Europeans to help in secure middle east peace at the time?)

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to get the facts about the propaganda yes.
The us and iran supported the taliban to power, and the taliban were just as nuts in the 80s as they were in the 90s.
Yes it was very horrible of the europeans not helping you guys supporting the taliban regime to power... a shame on europeans.
Guess you guys cant thank us for 911.

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Who gave weapons of mass destruction to saddam hussein in 1984 so that he could kill the kurds?

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(A Dutch Chemical dealer,Frans van Anraat, who was charged with the crime. AmerCia had nothing to do with it. Once again, your propaganda

machine has failed you.)

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The us supported saddam hussein heavily all up to the gulf war, its involvement made me assume it was them.
Guess i was wrong.

usa and iraq in the 80s:
http://www.commondreams.org/views02/0802-01.htm

The fall of the soviet union ment the us military had to create a new illusion of a need for a gigantic military.
(in order to steal 400 billion dollars per year from us taxpayers, a highly profitable endeavour).
Their current ally, saddam hussein, was chosen as the next illusion of threat for the us public.

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And last but not least, what country on earth is the most hypocritical?

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(Uh, that would be France. America is only critical of countries that don't believe in democracy, and the rights of individual freedoms.

Don't you believe in that? That all people have a right to live their lives the way they want?)

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hypocrit, as in pretending to be good when one is not.
I totally believe in that, but the us is not the freedom fighter it constantly tries to make it look as if it is, hence hypocrit.


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ok all i have to say is im american and that your all a buch of bigots yes thats a word and you know what were still kicken ass while your countries sit and cower while america is actually standing up for its believes you ignorant fools

i need to be a bigot in order to fight the propaganda effects.

Maybe some of you will get your wish and see a total collapse of the U.S.A, and America all the sudden becomes a third world country. Due the bad economy, The U.S would have to pull all troops out of Europe and Asia. The last remaining superpower has fallen. Wow Hummer, wasn't it you that said your country didn't have a military? Oh man, hope somebody can help when your country is overrun with terrorist. Hope all those peace talks with Iran and North Korea work, and the nuclear threat never comes to life. Maybe if your leaders will say please stop?? Sorry, the U.S can't help you any longer.

The point is, The U.S has an obligation to police the world because we are the only remaining super power. Does anyone even understand that?? Why do you think the U.S put so much money into the Soviet Federation when it fell? Simply for the stability of Europe.

Now on the flip side. I don't agree with eveything my country has done throughout history. The Native Americans, Horrible! Slavery, Horrible! The U.S isn't perfect, and neither is any other country in this world. The problem is the European media outlet hasn't shown you what the majority of the American people think. Bush should have never went into Iraq. But most Americans will tell you, they support the safe return of our troops, and not the war itself. The majority of Americans hated Vietnam, and were very vocal about it.
Don't judge America by it's leaders, remember Al Gore got the popular vote. So Bush isn't representing everyone.

America is the country of "We're damned if do....and damned if we don't". Buth hey, if you have the maturity to really think it through and not be biased, imagine a world without the U.S. Seriously.

Most importantly though, and I'm amazed everyone missed this point, is that American girls are pretty crap in the sack. They can't be arrogant when they have a mouth full of cock. More time should be spent training these young girls into dirty sex slaves.

first of all this is no such language as "American" secondly the whole fucking world wants to speak English.You can go to the middle of the jungle and hear someone speaking English so why in the hell would it pay us to learn some other gibberish language?And lastly if the USA is so bad why does the whole freaking world want to sneak into our country?