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Thread: Why do continental Europeans show such animosity towards colonials?

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    Default Why do continental Europeans show such animosity towards colonials?

    I'm personally against it, a lot of it is baseless and it makes us all look bad.

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    I think it's towards Yanks more than anything and it's probably cause 'amurikans' have a very limited vision of the world and think what's good for yanks is good for the rest (when it's the opposite most of the times).

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    Snobbery, ignorance, an inferiority complex, and leftist and fascist political ideology?

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    I don't think this confined to colonials, i think its more to do with the aristocratic mentality of looking down.

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    The Aussies/Kiwis seem to be alright on the whole. Very in tune with Europe.
    On these sort of forums, it tends to stem from the majority of Americans considering Southern Europeans to be mixed race and/or not 'white'. That, plus Americans haven't the personal insight into European mindsets which usually make for absurd reading on most subjects.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Joe McCarthy View Post
    Snobbery, ignorance, an inferiority complex, and leftist and fascist political ideology?
    I think it's more a reaction to a lot of the anti-European sentiment we see coming from America personally.

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    Most Europeans on these boards who have nasty attitudes towards colonials, Americans in particular, generally know very little about the people they're professing to dislike and usually think based on narrow-minded media stereotypes or are reacting to trololols.

    My experiences IRL have been much different, I know many Europeans who have positive attitudes towards colonials, be they Aussie, Kiwi, Canuck, Amurikan or otherwise
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    Quote Originally Posted by Albion View Post
    I'm personally against it, a lot of it is baseless and it makes us all look bad.

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    Colonials hate eachother more than Europeans hate them. I've spoken to Europeans who were shocked at the cruel things Canadians say about Americans, for example.

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