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Xyphon_Storm Well, thank you for your comment, it wasn't a trap eheh. I really made this "question" because i really felt the anger of "this guy" about that, I guess that you're right when you talk about the sensitivity of some about that subject.

You talk about economic but i don't think that's necessarily the "source" of the issue, the economic aspect isn't the only one i was talking about, the second catalyst that led me to ask this question is more historical than economic, although I imagine that today both "feed" each other.

Okay so i will talk about experience here, i saw people in my country ( french ) who may have a bit of a grudge against American, it's not only about economic, but also historic here. Okay so here is the situation : In France, there is some sort of crazy thing which happened after the WW2, with the Shoah born, there is an extreme sensitivity about that subject today, all the years in the education, you will have to EAT this new religion of : french collaborated, they are guilty, they made slavery...( i guess it's a bit like America today, but for us it has been 40 years.

So you may wonder what's the relation with American, but there it is : Since people are extremly sensitive about that part of history, they began to search a bit more with time about that periode, and i guess a few things had been occulted before that. Like the fact that when American came in, there has been 4000 rape reported from them to the population. They made as much rape in 4 month than Nazi in 4 years. So even if not everyone is angry about that sort of historic fact, or even economic situation, it's not that unusual to see people with resentment, and from what i saw, the others countries seem to share a part of those negativ opinion about you guys.

Yet again, i know it doesn't concern americans right now, it's not because there is some asshole that everyone is like that. The whole point was to ask you this question : Do all the Americans even know how much of a grudge there is against them in others places ?
I hope i made it clear, sorry for my shit english, i'm french, that's my excuse.

silentscarlettt Well, it may be right that people get triggered easily, but is that always without any reasons after all ?

Gilhena Well i guess that's the China culture, it's not like if we could even have a grudge against them about that, they are illiterate.

Precheur
Yea. That is true. I'm not follower of any religion or such thoughts, but i've seen instances where European finds themselves 'uncomfortable' when being in the same space as someone from Islamic religion. Some think that every Muslim is from the IS and that's not a good thing
Btw, I'm not a Muslim and this may not even be the topic of this thread. Well, Chinese WN do have a nationality issues. Their gate is mostly towards Korea or southeastern nations. Not quite sure becos I haven't read many novels recently. But yea, I'm in the same thought on the nationality topic. I do hate people when others diss about one's own country. Btw, I'm Indian and this maybe 'american' thread but I read it. Hope the owner doesnt mind.

Precheur
And yea, that also apply for many americans. They would rather believe a beaver than a Muslim and indian. There have been quite a lot of atrocities committed to them In the last half year or something.

Precheur I was mostly saying that it is inaccurate to generalize an entire nation when talking about personal knowledge and or opinions of each individual within a said nation (blah blah blah). There are so many different social groups and distinctions between people even within the same neighborhood in many places within America. This is especially true in the larger cities where people from different cultural groups and original nationalities intermix and live next to each other more often. We have new immigrants coming from virtually every nation worldwide all the time. There is a common saying here that compares America to a great melting pot where cultures from all over mix in and each group may even have a different idea about what being an American is even about.

The public face of how America is can also be different around the world depending on how your own news organizations want to spin us. It doesn't help that our broadcasters tend to put only the most controversial or entertaining people they can find on the airwaves because it makes them money. Something that many countries try to prevent to preserve their nation's international image. Let's face it, all countries have idiots that tend to get the most attention.

I could probably write twenty pages of this poorly organized explanation, but if all you want is a yes or no answer to blow off steam and justify any conclusions you may have made, then I'll put it more simply.

Many Americans have no idea what is going on beyond their line of sight and have no clue about the rest of the world, but there are exceptions.

Not everyone views the news and even if they do, they only see what the news wants to show them. There are a lot of ignorant people all over the world and America definitely has its fair share of them. I wish more people would go out of their way to find out about the rest of the world but even investigative journalism has been in decline.

I want to go into more detail but this isn't a research paper and it has been more than ten years since I took a sociology class. I've already put in an effort to give a somewhat coherent answer. If you want more than what I've said or more than simple answers based on individual perspectives, you should start researching more into the different socio-political groups around America. A simple forum is hardly the place to get a serious answer if you were looking for one. If you wanted a magic button to solve all human stupidity in the world there are two people you can contact. Putin and Trump. Scary, I agree.

Precheur Salut Precheur, je suis désolé de te parler là, mais tu es français non ? Tu as des liens vers des novels en français stp ?

Precheur guess if I could put in a sentence, "only a pinch of salt comparable to a bottle of salt shaker" would people react in such manner.

I was about to Diss the gathering of top authors in singapore and I was wondering why should I start a wildfire by casting racist remarks.

I had to type and delete and retype what I had in my mind but then I stopped since I decide to add a note of appreciation and dedicate them to the ones who would be reviewed as top authors.

Cheerio... Answer may be off topic but what the heck... Hahaha

d3trois Après 5 mois de retard, pas vraiment, je lis même avec google trad sur le qidian officiel pendant un temps, dsl.

PaperbackWriter Eh? Did the Singaporeans there offend you or something? Sorry about that if you had an unpleasant experience there.

kazesenken This just reminds me of poison Skittles.

In my circles, patriotism is lacking, but I feel that this generally comes with higher education and disillusionment with the state of the world.
Since this is fiction, misunderstandings are understandable and perhaps even expected.
Although I do get disappointed when some of the better cities (New York, Philadelphia, LA) get labeled as cesspools of rampant crime and degenerates, when there are much more frightening areas that could be used (Baltimore, Detroit, and Camden come to mind) and I wouldn't necessarily bat an eye unless they start using tanks for general safety.
I don't think I have encountered anything else that stuck with me as an unreasonable misunderstanding in literature though.