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Originally Posted by bhkad  America is hated around the world and the people overseas see that many Americans seem to hate America and so they reckon, if the yanks hate America then so should we. |
I've never met anyone who believes that "if the yanks hate America, then so should we". Where do you get this from? It's actually the complete opposite. Right or wrong, people overseas percieve the US as an overly nationalistic and chauvinistic country, filled with people who think their country can do no wrong. This is the image you have overseas. I've never heard anyone outside the US who actually believes there is one American citizen alive who hates his country. Not once.
Also, while America is definitely "hated" in some parts of the world (i.e. the population is brainwashed daily with totally irrational anti-American sentiment), there are many parts of the world where the feeling is much more moderated. There is much dislike, especially in the last decade, but not outright hate and in a lot of places you're still quite liked. Why else would so many people try to immigrate to the US? I'm talking legal immigration here. Has the number of people looking to move to the US decreased at all in the last 10-20 years? I don't have the data, but my guess would be a definite no.
As for "Iron Man", I saw it about two weeks ago when it first opened and I happened to be in the US that weekend. While I will agree with you that this movie might reinforce the view in some parts of the world that America is corrupt, it's not going to have a very significant effect overall. After all, the "good guy" is an American, right?
Maybe you should go see the movie before you make up your mind about what kind of influence it might have on foreign audiences. It really isn't as bad as you think.
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To those of you who already hate America, you won't see what the big deal is about.
And that is the point.
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Do you realize that these constant accusations of "hating America" that are being used by one half of your country on the other are extremely damaging to your nation? People like you who use this on their fellow countrymen are arbitrarily dividing the country into too extremist camps of patriots and traitors. It's frankly one of the most ridiculous things I've seen you guys do to yourselves in a long time.
Shades of grey, people. Shades of grey. There are a whole bunch of feelings between love and hate. Stop being so divisive and extremist in your way of looking at the world around you and maybe things will change for the better for once, huh?