Reply #67: The world doesn't have an opinion [View All]

Of course the US isn't well thought of -- that was my point. There are
all manner of people who've always hated us as a people. Those who hate us as
a people are being given higher profile
now because of the actions of Bush and his group. They're going
to naturally be more vocal. The anti-French morons in this country
got a lot of spin out of French opposition to this insane war. If you're
talking government, I'm not going to disagree with you for a
nanosecond -- I despise everything we're doing these days. But
when you start talking about national opinion to varying degrees, you're
discussing the opinions of naturally biased people about people in another
culture. Ignorance, nationalism, etc, will always come into play.

The Spanish thought the natives were making "nonsense sounds", because they
didn't understand our language. Just so, the anti-US Europeans don't like us as a people
because we don't play by the game rules they play by, not because of any objective
assessment of the facts. We are "loud" ... yes, and my Cherokee forebears were
"immoral" because they wore "lewd clothes". lol

Consensus doesn't matter -- millions of people CAN be wrong. Was a time, millions of
people hated Jews for being Jews.

Once the neocons are out of office, I hope there's enough of my country to sweep
back together, but we were hated before and we will be hated after by those who
wish to hate us. As I've mentioned before, my own theory is that Bush and Co
represent an attack by our enemies against us so who created the current situation
is open to debate.