Why do Americans hate French people?
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Faut pas généraliser ! C'est vrai quand-même que beaucoup d'Américains ont une opinion sur tout sans bouger de leur sofa..FoX TV is GOD !\n\nIt's a love- hate relationship. When I read above - forgot the name , fitzstg- immediately the book "60 million Frenchmen can't be wrong" came to my mind...and it was linked as a source !\n\nBoundaries..what is personal and what is not..we have different notions. People do not understand this concept.\nI would never ever say "I hate such and such nationality" myself. I might dislike a mentality but the person comes first.\n\nIn my view, Americans tend - ON THE WHOLE - to view things as black and white/wrong- right. No shades of grey, no in-between. If you look up answers here, most tend to be : no way or yes....not "depends on the situation..etc".\n\nEuropeans view life and human beings as much more complex than than. Germany and France were enemies for such a long time.....but now they certainly are NOT.\n\nI think some Americans should see what life is all about in Europe. Coming from Northern France, we all look and have respect towards each other. Germans and French will put flowers on cemetaries and we all respect each other. The past is the past. I have yet to view or hear about confrontations between the French and German folks in "sensitive" areas.\n\nI hate those stereotypes too.....especially those which are offending and totally wrong and made from ignorant people on top of that.\n\nForget the stupid people. I have met enough absolutely brilliant, charming, open-minded anglo-saxon people !\n\nThere are always things to learn from another culture too !\n\nYou know..at the end I still don't know !! What I have noticed is that the media in North America is still very much conservative. OK I'm a girl (well..no more) but when I pick up magazines for women from the US.......so boring..the French ones: at least stg interesting !!\n\nBy the way : British people are not stuck up at all !!\n\nNope..I like Americans anyway :-). They have a zest for life, they can be brilliant..Pity too many are "child-like" and not very world-wise and kind of stuck in the past as well ?? Don't forget : so many just do not travel at all and just watch stupid propanganda TV.\n\nBut are the French better ?? On some things yes..but not all ! They are the same : too many think - old generations anyway - that they are better than the rest of the world..NOT ! and say the same things "I hate Americans, Brits etc" without knowing any actually !\n\nBon cela va être à mon tour de me faire crucifier. Il y a plein de cons partout : en France, en Amérique, partout..\n\nPS.. and I do not know what is so good about Frenchmen..either !! Just another stereotype among others. Frenchmen are no better than any other nationalities at all :-))) EH EH !
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Someone has got to stop the maple menace before it spreads its filth to America!  I think it's all those inbreed frenchies myself that make them so dumb.
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The french hate everybody because they are so insecure with their own little failure of a country. Their culture is dieing so they legislate the amount of outside films that come in their country. The short answer is that are jealous of the rest of the world,
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I don't hate Eutopeans. I think they are great, with the exception of France who distains the US. I think that is where many get their perception. France of course, did not back the US in Iraq. That is fine by me because it was an illigetimate war trumped up by the lies of the Bush administration. He doesn't even know why we went to war when it was all his Arab buddies who were involved in 9/11 and our ex-operative, Osama bin Laden.\n\nI think many in the US saw France's non-help as a slap in the face after all we have done for France, to include liberate it twice and rebuild it. I think many saw France as having an agenda, after all it was they who took over 2 of the oil contracts from the Iraqi's that the US used to hold. Russia was the other.\n\nI love Europe, I love the German's. They have a great country and great people. The middle East is where I have a problem, and it is because they really do hate Americans, many with good cause, and I would not feel safe anywhere in the middle east.\n\nThose who do hate the US, take it out on Bush and the far right wing who's only interest in life is screwing the poor so rhey can make more money. They pay the head of Anthem Health HMO 2 MILLION a year, a 12 Million dollar bonus, pay off their investors and then ask what is wrong with health care. DUH!!!\n\nThey also want a big share of the world market. The only problem I guess is that everyone else own's America and the biggest is China and Japan. If they called in their markers we would be bankrupt.\n\nRight Walmart?
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Ignore the people who decided to attack you for asking a good question.  I have often wondered that myself.  I don't understand why Americans are considered racist or stupid because they want to hold onto their culture but Mexicans, French, German, etc. are good for wanting to hold onto theirs.  I too have been to Germany and it is expected that you speak their language when you live there.  It's that way in Mexico too.  I guess it's the price we have to pay for being a rich country and a dominant superpower.  People can't take us down militarily so they try to do it from the inside out by desecrating our culture.  They are going to find that Americans are more resilient than they thought.\n\nTo Jingle above me: France is not composed of only French people.  In fact they have a large number of African and Middle Eastern immigrants.  Haven't you heard of the riots that they had this year?  Also, France has ruled that Muslim girls cannot wear their hijabs in the public schools.  A big part of this is to protect French culture.
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I don't hate France, I like the country very much and go shopping there very often. \n\nBut to like France and to like its football players are two different things.\n\nMost people prefer the football players of their homecountry. Remember, there are better teams than France!
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because theyre the french and theyre ungrateful for all we've done for them, i mean we could've had them speaking german if we wouldnt have stepped into the european theatre in ww2. also i think theyre really proud of their heritage since they always say americans have no heritage..
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i don't hate the french. Ils sont mes amis
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The citizens of France hate Jaques Chirac because he is a wishy washy arrogant hypocrite. he has been involved in too many scandals and thinks he is God. France was ruined under his presidency.
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America is an amazing country and the rest of the world hates us for it. We have more guns than people, every race, religion and language spoken in the world right here in one spot and we don't have the problems these other countries have (think about that). We have the capability to completely destroy each other and we don't. Somehow Americans get along much better with each other then the rest of the world. Sure we have racism and disagreements but no civil war/massive riots(France). Why? Other countries speak the same language and have the same religion yet they are blowing up markets, burning each other and cutting of heads (notice no guns are used in those crimes). I'm not sure why we are different but we are and I wish the rest of the world would give us some credit for how we (the citizens-not our government) conduct ourselves.
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Europeans don't hate Americans so much as they believe they're getting a distorted view of what America really is, whether it be by media or other sources.  It is hard for many in the world to understand how American soldiers in Iraq, for example, can at one time hunt down insurgents, yet be so kind as to hand out candy and medical supplies to kids in the street.  Few other cultures act that way. \nI don't believe Europeans are jealous of America, because their standard of living is close to that of Americans. But European children are taught to be much more questioning about the world than their American counterparts. Sometimes they are frustrated by the seeming inanity of America's answers.
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People hate us because we are involved in what other countries do and what is going on there.  Sure, that is one of the reasons.  So, we really need to stop sending aid when disasters strike other countries, especially since little is done to help the people here.  Also, if they are attacked by another nation, stay out of it, if they get taken over, so be it.\n\nBut another reason they hate us is people from other countries really think that the American media and government are the only ones that lie to the people, and they really believe their own leaders and media are 100% truthful.  They ignorantly think that all Americans have big homes and fancy cars and live the good life, because they were told this by their media.  They also accuse Americans of thinking all people of a nation are the same.  The funny thing is that these same people think every American is exactly the same, they do not bother to learn the truth.
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I was in France and was approached to defend the actions of our "monkey president".  For every jab they made I parried with Chirac and his genocide of the elderly during the european heat wave, and overt hatred for immigrants.\n\nThe french guy got all... well french on me and sneered... "You're just a patriot."  To which I responded that of course I was.\n\nApparently being a patriot is bad in france because if implies that you love your country to the point of being blinded by it.  The same can be said of race, culture or whatever, when you love your identity so much it can make you feel threatened by others who want to celebrate their culture.
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Dealing with the french or anything french is an excersize in futility. They are rude, obnoxious, self centered asses and they hate Americans. They are in our beloved country to use us and spite us. Ignoring and avoiding anyone or anything french is the way to go.
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The French hate us because we exposed them for the cowards they really were.  We did what they were afriad to do, and they know it.  So, whenever they look at us, they see their own fear.
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I have no connection with Target, but there is a definite flavor of their animosity to American "patriotic" organizations, such as AMVETS, American Legion, and even the Salvation Army Santa Claus (Christmas) collectors.\n   Their French ownership actions "appear" to smell of anti-Americanism.\n   Be warned, and good luck.
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Sorry, I'm not a Brit, and couldn't resist answering.\nPlease, we (U.S.) are still your friends.  Don't aim it at us, aim it at the French.