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On multiple occasions in my life I've needed to order extra pages for my passport because it was full of stamps. I've been to every continent except for Antarct
by oh_sigh 5y ago
On multiple occasions in my life I've needed to order extra pages for my passport because it was full of stamps. I've been to every continent except for Antarctica and 50 plus countries and have literally never had a negative interaction because of my nationality.
Maybe you need to travel more? You hear "Americans are hated" by.... Americans mostly. And, I would guess, Americans of a certain political bent that say it more as a badge of their identity rather than it being an honest belief in the truth(literally "America's #1!!!", but for liberals). It's a grade school level understanding of the world(as is "America #1") and I find it a fair indicator of stereotype-oriented thought patterns when I hear it.
- pkphilip 5y agoHave you actually had a conversation with anyone outside the US about what they think about US govt/military policy? Most people are too polite to say these things unless specifically asked. By the way, I am not an American and I don't live in the US. So I have a perspective on this which you probably don't have.
- oh_sigh 5y agoOP is speaking about Americans, not the American military.
- kataklasm 5y agoThose are correlated. If your military is killing civilians en masse and over half the country is still celebrating the military, putting up flags everywhere, shouting F YEAH MURICA at every turn, then those people are ignoring the truth. Here in Germany there really is a growing blanket hate of American military policy and by extension American mainstream populace.