[Dave25986]

Having traveled in a few different parts of France, I never got the sense that the French ‘hate’ us. I think they’re more bemused by us than anything. By the way, I think the French get a bad rap. If you go with an open mind and a humble attitude, you will find the French quite charming and pretty witty. Actually, that’s pretty much true everywhere. I do think by comparison most Americans are much more simplistic and naive than most French people. Most Europeans travel much more than most Americans. Only 20 percent of Americans have passports, something like that. Having seen many ‘ugly Americans’ abroad, I sometimes am thankful so few of us travel, but on the other hand, traveling really is the only way to understand others as well as yourself.

There are many places in the world where Americans are despised. I think by far the biggest source of this resentment has to do with our government’s history of shallow, duplicitous, self-serving and arrogant foreign policy. I wish so much that we could have an administration brave enough and honorable enough to hold ourselves to the same standard we try to hold everyone else to. Until this changes, many people around the globe will rightfully resent being on the short end of our big stick diplomacy.

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Name : Dave25986, Gender : M, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Agnostic, Age : 38, City : San Diego, State : CA, Country : United States, Occupation : Engineer, Education level : Over 4 Years of College, Social class : Upper middle class, 

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