http://safle.org/wordpress/2006/09/13/mistakes-we-make-in-thinking-2.html Pretentious Waffle from Wales Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:56:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://safle.org/wordpress/2006/09/13/mistakes-we-make-in-thinking-2.html/comment-page-1#comment-13588 Y Safle » Blog Archive » Why do People Hate America? Fri, 27 Apr 2007 14:41:07 +0000 http://safle.org/wordpress/2006/09/13/mistakes-we-make-in-thinking-2.html#comment-13588 [...] Selahv mentioned in a comment the disdain of the world for America - but there are in fact two distinct types of anti-Americanism. There is one kind which is just prejudice. There are people who disdain Americans simply because they are in a different “in group”, and it is fallen human nature to disdain out groups. Therefore every bad thing from America (fast food and sugary drinks for instance) is held against them. Every good thing (Clam chowder for instance) is ignored. [...] [...] Selahv mentioned in a comment the disdain of the world for America – but there are in fact two distinct types of anti-Americanism. There is one kind which is just prejudice. There are people who disdain Americans simply because they are in a different “in group”, and it is fallen human nature to disdain out groups. Therefore every bad thing from America (fast food and sugary drinks for instance) is held against them. Every good thing (Clam chowder for instance) is ignored. [...]

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