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MichaelMcGuire (240 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 05:35 AM Original message |
Is bigotry against American's common? |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 05:46 AM Response to Original message |
1. It's common even inside America.. |
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MichaelMcGuire (240 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 06:39 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. 27% |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 06:42 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Here.. |
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MichaelMcGuire (240 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 06:48 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. I'll give it a looky |
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hifiguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-11 10:08 AM Response to Reply #3 |
100. That sounds just about dead-bang right. |
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a la izquierda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 07:14 AM Response to Original message |
5. I've had one person... |
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whathehell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 08:25 AM Response to Reply #5 |
12. In 2008 I went to Europe wearing am "I'm sorry my President is an idiot" T-shirt in 4 languages. |
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Cid_B (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 09:03 AM Response to Reply #12 |
16. Well, you are kind of asking for it there... |
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whathehell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 09:54 AM Response to Reply #16 |
21. Uh..No...sounds like you've deliberately misread things. |
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Cid_B (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 10:19 AM Response to Reply #21 |
25. No, I read it just like you wrote it... |
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whathehell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 11:14 AM Response to Reply #25 |
39. Maybe..But not, I'd guess, as most would have interpreted it. |
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bettyellen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 11:50 AM Response to Reply #25 |
44. that smeone who agreed would commiserate instead of attack? |
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Cid_B (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 12:08 PM Response to Reply #44 |
45. Some but not all.. |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 02:39 PM Response to Reply #45 |
62. Political conversations are usually less hostile with Europeans and Canadians than with Americans |
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WildNovember (726 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-11 09:07 PM Response to Reply #62 |
115. I think to a certain extent people are more likely to "get into it" with people of their |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-11 07:51 AM Response to Reply #12 |
97. I used to think that if I went to Europe I would wear a T-shirt |
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whathehell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-11 10:48 AM Response to Reply #97 |
106. But you can see I did the same, and it wasn't entirely helpful |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-11 10:24 PM Response to Reply #106 |
116. Well for one thing they told me |
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whathehell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-11 10:58 PM Response to Reply #116 |
121. So they think all Americans are "blonde and blue-eyed"? |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-29-11 06:57 AM Response to Reply #121 |
122. Deleted message |
whathehell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-29-11 07:44 AM Response to Reply #122 |
124. So insulting people is your way of saying "I don't like your opinion"? |
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whathehell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-29-11 08:14 AM Response to Reply #122 |
125. Self-delete. |
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Cid_B (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-29-11 07:05 AM Response to Reply #97 |
123. AHHH! CAN"T RESIST.... |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 07:16 AM Response to Original message |
6. That certainly seemed to be the case in the witch-hunt |
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MichaelMcGuire (240 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 10:33 AM Response to Reply #6 |
27. //Amanda Knox// |
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Darth_Kitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 03:21 PM Response to Reply #27 |
67. Amanda Knox is no innocent. |
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whathehell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-11 05:34 AM Response to Reply #67 |
79. Really?....Then you should argue that to the Italian courts since they found otherwise. |
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MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 07:20 AM Response to Original message |
7. It is not common on this site. |
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JustAnotherGen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 07:57 AM Response to Original message |
8. Only in Ireland |
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Douglas Carpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 08:03 AM Response to Original message |
9. having lived abroad most of my life I have run into a sense of absolute cultural superiority from |
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JustAnotherGen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 09:51 AM Response to Reply #9 |
19. Agree on the Cultural Superiority thing |
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MichaelMcGuire (240 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-11 05:38 AM Response to Reply #19 |
80. hot dogs |
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Dorian Gray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-11 07:39 AM Response to Reply #19 |
95. Yes |
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Swede (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 09:58 AM Response to Reply #9 |
23. Outside the USA,,we are inundated with Jersey Shore,Jackass |
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MichaelMcGuire (240 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 11:00 AM Response to Reply #23 |
32. To be truthful |
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Proud Public Servant (213 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 08:06 AM Response to Original message |
10. I lived abroad 2000-2010 |
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mattclearing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 09:33 AM Response to Reply #10 |
18. That is my experience as well. n/t |
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whathehell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 08:16 AM Response to Original message |
11. Are you kidding?....It's common on this site, even from some Americans. |
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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 10:45 AM Response to Reply #11 |
31. ........ |
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whathehell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 11:15 AM Response to Reply #31 |
40. Yeah...Back at ya. |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 01:03 PM Response to Reply #11 |
54. Maybe...maybe not... |
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whathehell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-11 05:44 AM Response to Reply #54 |
82. Everybody sucks sometimes. |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 08:36 AM Response to Original message |
13. I've been here in Europe for 6 months now |
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JustAnotherGen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 09:51 AM Response to Reply #13 |
20. no subject |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 12:32 PM Response to Reply #20 |
49. The greater Stockholm area. |
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JustAnotherGen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 06:35 PM Response to Reply #49 |
75. I got that |
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MichaelMcGuire (240 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 10:26 AM Response to Reply #13 |
26. "But you aren't fat at all" |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 12:40 PM Response to Reply #26 |
52. Most of them who say that are women, during conversation! |
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MichaelMcGuire (240 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 02:29 PM Response to Reply #52 |
58. conversation |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 02:50 PM Response to Reply #58 |
64. Deleted message |
TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 10:43 AM Response to Reply #13 |
30. lol |
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Lyric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 08:55 AM Response to Original message |
14. Sadly, yes. |
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whathehell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-11 06:00 AM Response to Reply #14 |
86. Thanks, Lyric. |
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OneTenthofOnePercent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 08:58 AM Response to Original message |
15. Bigotry amongst Americans is common... if that's what your talking about. |
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whathehell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 09:56 AM Response to Reply #15 |
22. That's not what he's talking about...and btw, bigotry among Europeans |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 02:31 PM Response to Reply #22 |
59. Someone, somewhere along the way has hurt you deeply. |
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MichaelMcGuire (240 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 02:37 PM Response to Reply #59 |
60. LOL |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 02:45 PM Response to Reply #60 |
63. Maybe you aren't familiar with |
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MichaelMcGuire (240 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 03:50 PM Response to Reply #63 |
69. Apologies |
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MichaelMcGuire (240 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 02:39 PM Response to Reply #22 |
61. I think the general rule *is* theres a**holes in all walks of life. |
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whathehell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-11 05:52 AM Response to Reply #22 |
85. Sorry, Ignored |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 09:04 AM Response to Original message |
17. And we would know this how, living IN America? |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 10:12 AM Response to Reply #17 |
24. Some people step outside our borders once in a while. |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-11 07:32 AM Response to Reply #24 |
91. I've been to Europe over 10 times, Morocco once, Canada four or five. I find the OP's WORDING |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 11:02 AM Response to Reply #17 |
34. When we visit other places, obviously. nt |
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whathehell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 12:29 PM Response to Reply #17 |
48. I would know this because I have LIVED in Europe and traveled extensively |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 12:46 PM Response to Reply #48 |
53. "and are LESS likely to have traveled to our country then we've been to theirs." |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 04:20 PM Response to Reply #53 |
71. I would instead ask her "what the hell" happened |
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whathehell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-11 05:43 AM Response to Reply #53 |
81. Well, of COURSE you do! |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-11 12:03 PM Response to Reply #81 |
107. Page not found... Error 404 |
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whathehell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-11 06:54 PM Response to Reply #107 |
108. Yes, that happens some times. |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-11 07:33 AM Response to Reply #48 |
92. See my post abpout MY extensive travels. What have they got to do with the OP? |
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whathehell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-11 08:59 PM Response to Reply #92 |
113. Um... |
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Spider Jerusalem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-11 10:42 PM Response to Reply #48 |
119. Europeans are somewhat more likely to've been to America than the converse, actually |
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whathehell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-01-11 08:55 AM Response to Reply #119 |
135. The proportion of Europeans traveling to the US can't be gauged from their population |
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whathehell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-01-11 08:55 AM Response to Reply #119 |
136. Self-delete |
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PeaceNikki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 10:35 AM Response to Original message |
28. Bigotry against American's what? |
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MichaelMcGuire (240 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 11:08 AM Response to Reply #28 |
37. Grammar nazi's |
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PeaceNikki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 11:11 AM Response to Reply #37 |
38. Correction: Grammar Gestapo |
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MichaelMcGuire (240 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 11:19 AM Response to Reply #38 |
41. :) |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-11 07:34 AM Response to Reply #28 |
93. Exactly. |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 10:42 AM Response to Original message |
29. That is nothing new - my British husband has made comments for years |
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whathehell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 11:50 AM Response to Reply #29 |
43. If he's still making comments about the "loud American tourist"..He should see what the Euros |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 11:01 AM Response to Original message |
33. Bigotry against extraneous apostrophes should be more common. nt |
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uriel1972 (343 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 11:04 AM Response to Original message |
35. I can confirm this from the Australian side |
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whathehell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 12:08 PM Response to Reply #35 |
46. Interesting... |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 03:36 PM Response to Reply #46 |
68. I think there are substantial sticks and carrots that more than encourage and prod |
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whathehell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-11 04:24 AM Response to Reply #68 |
77. That could be, but the claim would need more |
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saras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 04:49 PM Response to Reply #46 |
73. So you're asserting that OUR government does exactly what WE want it to do, all the time? |
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whathehell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-11 03:50 AM Response to Reply #73 |
76. No, not at all. |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 11:06 AM Response to Original message |
36. I spent a month in London once. |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 12:37 PM Response to Reply #36 |
51. I imagine in that case that you were respectful to the country you were visiting |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 02:06 PM Response to Reply #51 |
55. Ugh. I've witnessed some toe-curling behavior from fellow Americans in Mexico. |
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Douglas Carpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 11:42 AM Response to Original message |
42. - given the sense of cultural superiority that Europeans, Canadians and Australians already have |
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YellowRubberDuckie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 12:14 PM Response to Original message |
47. I am bigoted against disrespectful, stupid people... |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 12:32 PM Response to Original message |
50. Hell yes, and it's not like there isn't a reason for it either |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 02:09 PM Response to Reply #50 |
56. I agree. I can't blame people for being anti-American. |
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whathehell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 02:53 PM Response to Reply #50 |
65. Yeah, Empires are largely unpopular. |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 04:28 PM Response to Reply #65 |
72. However, they tend to not demand an end to empire. |
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whathehell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-11 05:46 AM Response to Reply #65 |
83. Sorry if you don't like my answer, Ignored. |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-11 07:42 AM Response to Reply #83 |
96. He/she was agreeing with you |
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whathehell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-11 10:23 AM Response to Reply #96 |
101. Well, that's nice to hear. |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-11 10:26 PM Response to Reply #101 |
118. Actually I was referring to ignored hiding his/her profile |
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whathehell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-11 10:50 PM Response to Reply #118 |
120. Thanks, Lunatica.n/t |
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pink-o (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 02:26 PM Response to Original message |
57. I've traveled all through Europe, lived in London for 5 years in the 70s |
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Imajika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 03:00 PM Response to Original message |
66. Nope... |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 03:51 PM Response to Original message |
70. Certainly far less of an issue than the reverse. |
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whathehell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-11 06:18 AM Response to Reply #70 |
87. Umm...Maybe not....Read Lyric's story. |
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MichaelMcGuire (240 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-11 07:28 AM Response to Reply #87 |
90. Soft power of cinema? |
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whathehell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-11 10:28 AM Response to Reply #90 |
102. I don't know of any "power" that can make someone |
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Sen. Walter Sobchak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-11 05:05 PM Response to Original message |
74. I traveled extensively in Europe during the Bush years |
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whathehell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-11 05:51 AM Response to Reply #74 |
84. Just read your profile.. |
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whathehell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-11 09:07 PM Response to Reply #74 |
114. How about dick and doobie? |
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Violet_Crumble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-11 04:48 AM Response to Original message |
78. I've been accused here at DU of being bigoted against Americans... |
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whathehell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-11 06:29 AM Response to Reply #78 |
88. Perhaps you should read Lyric's story about her daughter's ongoing experience in Australia. |
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Violet_Crumble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-11 07:21 AM Response to Reply #88 |
89. I did. When I was at school my German friend got bullied... |
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whathehell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-11 09:59 AM Response to Reply #89 |
99. Kids are bullied everywhere for many things, but I do think Lyric's story sounds worse than most. |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-11 10:35 AM Response to Reply #78 |
105. How is Australia substantively different from the US? The worst American in the world is an Aussie. |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-11 07:35 AM Response to Original message |
94. "defending Americans posters from attacks" WTH DOES THIS MEAN? |
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Violet_Crumble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-11 08:03 AM Response to Reply #94 |
98. It means you Yanks are too wussy to defend yrselves and need foreign intervention n/t |
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whathehell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-11 10:31 AM Response to Reply #98 |
103. That would be rich... |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-11 10:34 AM Response to Original message |
104. A LOT of it is deserved. |
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whathehell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-11 08:37 PM Response to Reply #104 |
111. Bullshit....a "lot" of it is pure bigotrry....Read Lyric's story and tell me how "deserved" that is |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-29-11 09:43 AM Response to Reply #111 |
126. I have a story too, you know. |
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whathehell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-29-11 10:24 AM Response to Reply #126 |
129. "I was picked on throughout my school years. By Americans" |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-30-11 04:18 PM Response to Reply #129 |
132. I was born in Michigan. |
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whathehell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-01-11 01:22 AM Response to Reply #132 |
133. Great |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-01-11 09:24 AM Response to Reply #133 |
137. "Irrelevant", my eye. "Extremely inconvenient to my argument," you surely mean. |
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whathehell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-01-11 02:38 PM Response to Reply #137 |
140. No, dear, it's extraneous to the argument and I'm sorry you're having such a hard time understanding |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-29-11 09:51 AM Response to Reply #111 |
127. I imagine one story is the equivalent of a "lot" if it validates one's own biases. |
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whathehell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-29-11 10:00 AM Response to Reply #127 |
128. I imagine it might, but then it would apply to Romulux's theory too, wouldn't it? |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-30-11 04:16 PM Response to Reply #128 |
131. Right. Hence the aphorism, "The plural of anecdote is not data." nt |
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whathehell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-01-11 01:23 AM Response to Reply #131 |
134. I have to give you credit |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-01-11 09:24 AM Response to Reply #134 |
138. I think it's pretty obvious you didn't understand my response. |
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whathehell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-01-11 02:26 PM Response to Reply #138 |
139. I think it's pretty obvious that this is what you were hoping for, LOL |
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_eh (161 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-11 06:59 PM Response to Original message |
109. No: "Bigotry" against certain American ADMINISTRATIONS is common! |
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whathehell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-30-11 08:20 AM Response to Reply #109 |
130. YES: That negativity against the administrations often "spills over" onto the citizens themselves. |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-11 07:00 PM Response to Original message |
110. Not all stereotypes are inaccurate. n/t |
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whathehell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-11 08:56 PM Response to Reply #110 |
112. No...and that's not the point. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-11 10:26 PM Response to Original message |
117. American's common what what? |
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