What ideas do Europeans have of the stereotypical American?

[Smitty]

I'm more tribalistic when it comes to political differences. I'd rather live around conservative Nigerians than leftist Swedes. I always root for the Black or Brown Proud Boys when they fight White commie punks. Maybe my political tribalism is wrong, but I can't pretend that it doesn't exist.

Yeah, we differ then. I don't like either leftist whites or foreigners, but I'd much rather live around my own, whatever their political views. Either way, you end up in the same soup: Leftist whites bring in foreigners, and foreigners are in the main not conservative.

[michal3141]

I work or worked (remotely) with some Americans and they are very different from stereotypical Americans.
One is Ukrainian American. Very nice guy and I really like his sense of humor. He has this typical Russian accent which is always very funny to hear.
One is Chinese American. A kind guy, smart, hard-working and professional. Unfortunately he has left my company few months ago.
There are also some Indian Americans. Perfectly fine people, smart and nice to work with.

[michal3141]

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[Hialt]

I feel like most Europeans have a love/hate reaction to America and Americans. They like us, but they hate us and make fun of us. It's easy to mock us. But USA seems more open minded in some ways. I wonder if they think we are kind of like the following?

It's the Yankees that they're mocking, not Southerners, in my opinion. As an American in Europe, it's the personality of the Yankee that they attribute to you. That's just due to Southerners not traveling internationally enough to match the enormous Yankee presence in overseas tourgroups. So these rude, loud-talking Yankees, with their Yankee ways, or "craft," give Americans from other corners of N. America a bit of a ridiculous name.

[Longbowman]

It's the Yankees that they're mocking, not Southerners, in my opinion. As an American in Europe, it's the personality of the Yankee that they attribute to you. That's just due to Southerners not traveling internationally enough to match the enormous Yankee presence in overseas tourgroups. So these rude, loud-talking Yankees, with their Yankee ways, or "craft," give Americans from other corners of N. America a bit of a ridiculous name.

Really, don't fool yourself.

This kind of silly thinking comes about when Americans hear 'Yank' and think 'Yankee.' No, it's a catch-all. If anything, Southerners are viewed as particularly ignorant, stupid, fat, racist, bigoted and gun-toting because of pop culture.

[Anglo-Celtic]

Sweden also missed it. All the Conservative Nigerians in the world aren't going to allay the fundamental problems of a country with too many blacks.

I don't give two cents about race. I hate the anti-White racism and the anti-White rhetoric that's infecting and infesting the USA, though. It's surreal. Leftist psychos label people as White supremacists if they don't believe that White people are inferior!

[Anglo-Celtic]

Yeah, we differ then. I don't like either leftist whites or foreigners, but I'd much rather live around my own, whatever their political views. Either way, you end up in the same soup: Leftist whites bring in foreigners, and foreigners are in the main not conservative.

It depends. Latin Americans often are conservative and traditional. Trump got the most Latin American support of any Republican in a presidential race. This scheme might backfire on Democrats.

[Richmondbread]

It's the Yankees that they're mocking, not Southerners, in my opinion. As an American in Europe, it's the personality of the Yankee that they attribute to you. That's just due to Southerners not traveling internationally enough to match the enormous Yankee presence in overseas tourgroups. So these rude, loud-talking Yankees, with their Yankee ways, or "craft," give Americans from other corners of N. America a bit of a ridiculous name.

There are Southerners who travel beyond the USA, you know. But usually what I hear is that the English people seem to relate more to Americans from the South, even in the sense of dialect and custom and mannerisms. The ones from New York and California have a very different way about them. Everyone commented on my grandfather when he was in England that he spoke "remnant English" because his own Virginian was closer to the distant English dialects of yore.

[Hialt]

Really, don't fool yourself.

This kind of silly thinking comes about when Americans hear 'Yank' and think 'Yankee.' No, it's a catch-all. If anything, Southerners are viewed as particularly ignorant, stupid, fat, racist, bigoted and gun-toting because of pop culture.

I'm not sure I understand your point. In overseas countries, I understand that Americans are given the name, "Yankees," no matter what part of America they may come from, including the South. Domestically, due to the War Between the States, Southerners might still call people from the North, "Yankees," to this day, in speak-easy company. I'm not sure what you meant to say, can you elaborate?
You recognize it, that Southerners have been viewed as "particularly ignorant, stupid, fat, racist, bigoted and gun-toting" because of pop culture.
War is war. Abuse is abuse.
600,000 North American soldiers met a violent death in that war (which is actually a conservative estimate), in the 1860s. I guess the blood-hatred must necessarily reverberate through time, ever since, in some form or fashion. Anti-Southern hostility still exists.
All American history is about the North continuing to punish the South, in a sense. Just as the story of Europe is, in a sense, a tug-of-war between Northern Europeans VS Southern Europeans, so also can the American story be told. Maybe not, but maybe so.

[Nurzat]

it depends on what kind of Americans, America being so awfully socially stratified.

my idea of upper-middle class Muricans (of any ethnic background) is:
- perfect teeth
- fit
- shower a lot
- promiscuous sex life
- ueberpoliticallycorrect hypocrites
- corporate job
- jogging
- affluent suburbs
- consume a lot, issue a lot of waste
- big cars
- divorce a lot
- men go to 3rd world as sextourists
- use Xanax
- over 60 hours a week work
- live and die unhappy and depressed