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I disagree completely with Benito and I am uncomfortable with his representation of European people. (I adore "Many of you speak only one or two languages". I only confidently speak two languages, I guess that makes me an idiot, huh?). In his defense he never made any claims of representing anyone other than himself.
I think it is incorrect to claim that most Europeans hate America, or hate Americans, or think that Americans are stupid.
I would say that most Europeans hate America's current president, and find it hard to understand how such a person could possibly become president of the most powerful nation on the planet.
I would also say that to many Europeans, Americans often come across as very arrogant. Also it often appears that Americans know very little, and care even less, about what goes on in the world outside their own borders.
Finally I would add that to many Europeans the US news and media is a joke. (I had regularly seen parodies done of US tv news, but I never realised how awful it actually is until I briefly lived there).
I don't want to make any claims of representing Europe or anything like that, but I tried to put across what I percieve as being the popular opinions of America among many Europeans.
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