what is your typical view on AMERICANS?

LOL

Lol, Perfect example of Americans.
Especially since the kid is from Canada apparently.
=P~

Another experience I had concerning Europeans' views on America:

I was recently in Austria and the Czech Republic, and a lot of people I spoke with there seemed very surprised that I didn't walk around in a Stetson and speak in drawl, that I enjoyed classical music and knew who Mozart was, that I could play the flute and speak intelligently, and that I could one of their languages with a good degree of competence.

I don't have a problem with stereotypes played for humor and such, but these people seemed to actually believe some ridiculous things were true. Sure, stereotypes are often rooted in reality, but how can these people criticize the U.S. for being closed minded and still think such ridiculous things? It's just as bad as the Americans who remain ignorant to foreign cultures and are often hostile towards them. Most of these people were gymnasium students too, not just random people on the streets.



Innocent until proven guilty. Consider that philosophy, which most democracies share(yes, Bush was violating it, but most people don't support him, think it is abhorrent, and he was told off by the Supreme Court, so things will be changing). It's better to take the small number of people that will abuse their rights and give them that liability than take away the rights from everyone to stop those few.

All fair and nice, but in the end, that is not what the average American is like. Your average American is the working stiff, the one that busts his balls every day to make a living with little or no formal education or advanced training. The guy that went to some public high-school, then got a job at some faceless corporation, and is worried enough about making ends meet, paying the bills, keeping his job - and has no time to worry about picking up another language, worrying about whether his speech is slurred or not, or who or what a "Mozart" is.
There's nothing wrong with that. People are like that all over the world. However, these people generally do fit the bill that stereotypes lay down. In the case of Americans: They do tend to enjoy garish patriotism, they do subscribe to prudish morals, they are hung up about going to church every sunday, they are naive and buy into what the TV tells them.
I'm not blaming them, but saying "ohh whoa whoa, your stereotypes don't apply at ALL, because see, I'm different" does not work either.

Secondly, stereotypes do not comply with ancient roman legal formulae, such as in dubio pro reo. Stereotypes are personal bad experiences that get inflated into an irrational gut-feeling. What can you do about it? Smile them off, and bask in the glamour and glory when they tell you that you're different from those Americans they know or believe to know. Anything else to do? Not likely.

Thirdly, I'm from one of the countries you visited, and they were so fucking with you. I'm from the total dirt-and-dust peasantry, too (so it's not a matter of refined thought), and we do have our ugly preconceptions about Americans, but none of them involve Stetson hats.

So in a nutshell...everybody looks down on everyone else whether it be a country, a race, a clique,etc. We all look down on each other for various reasons. So I believe the remedy for that is to

Or we could think about it and realize that stereotypes are best played in the realm of comedy and that an inflexible view of someone that assumes certain characteristics about them because of superficial traits they have will generally be at least partially wrong.

I try my best not to assume that because someone is visiting the U.S. from France that they will act obnoxious concerning out food and wine as being inferior, or any of the other stereotypes. From my experiences, most of the foreigners who have interacted with me have been intelligent, insightful people who cared more about experiencing and sharing cultures than railing the U.S. culture for being dumb or inferior.

Sure, everyone will do some stereotyping, but we can try our best not to and to give everyone a fair chance.

I lol'd you may speak good but your sentences may not make since when put through a keyboard.

This wins all argument here.

I was going to post how i feel about it but the incredibly racist and pessimistic nature of this thread irritates me.

Then why post at all? It's clear to me by your "-1" reputation that your opinion isn't valued by the community.

This thread was created as a gateway for people's views on the subject. Whether they are pessimistic or not, we now know the views of FAKKU forum members.

After all, that was the aim.

However, I do not endorse racism, but a stereotype and a racist comment are not the same.

I suggest looking at this topic: https://www.fakku.net/viewtopic.php?t=9046

This thread died for a reason dude.

My impression of americans is that we are hardcore motherfuckers (literally, your mom was good) who tote guns because we have huge penises, like to fuck shit up, mainly your face. We police the world, it's our job, you guys should be fucking thanking us, not to mention I wouldn't think twice about teabaggin yer corpse once I was done feeding it with a lifetime's worth of lead or the sharp side of a katana. love my katana, it's like eight feet long cause im hardcore.








lol...not rly

You do realize that you also have a -1 rep?

mmm... Well, I think we can all guess where that came from.

Not really the main problem in america, but the shit that we have to deal with.

hahha thats just..just epicicly great and saved...

America rules, whatever, Fuck off! (Just to not be off topic)
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Face the TRUTH!

That just fuckin annoyed me...

That's why I said "Just to not be off topic"
Not like I was making a serious statement. Chillax

EDIT: Don't bother going, "this is a serious discussion thread."
My bad for not being a little serious