DO AS I SAY; DON’T DO AS I DO! 
—>When an American defends her country, it’s “blind nationalism”. When another national from elsewhere does the same, it’s defending.
—>When an American does something nice, it’s fake or done “with strings attached”. When nationals from elsewhere do something nice, it is coming from the wholesome goodness of their hearts.
—>When an American commits a crime, it’s due to their inherent nature. When another national from elsewhere commits a crime, it’s their culture or they just made a little mistake.
—>When an American buys a car (not an SUV – just a regular car), it’s materialism. When another national from elsewhere buys a car, it’s needed.
—>When an American compliments or sympathizes with nationals of another country, it’s agenda-ridden. When another national from elsewhere does the same, it’s because they really like and sympathize with them.
—>When an American disagrees with the government of another country, it’s an evil attack on their culture, hypocritical, and racist! When another national from elsewhere does the same, they are just trying to help spread awareness per the “peace movement”.
—>When an American bashes another country (England, for example), it’s racism. When another national from elsewhere bashes Americans (i.e intolerant, stupid, uncultured), it’s “constructive criticism”.
—>When an American doesn’t understand a joke, it’s because “Americans can’t understand satire due to the illiteracy rate in America”. When a national from another country doesn’t get a joke, it’s because of the “cultural difference”.
—>When an American drives an SUV, it’s because they have an evil conspiracy to emit carbons to purposefully destroy the world and all of its inhabitants. When a Canadian drives an SUV, it’s because they have a big family or something.
—>When an American speaks loudly in Europe, he’s a “typical American”. When a Brazilian speaks loudly in Europe, it’s just “their culture”.
—>When America bombs another country, it’s murdering innocents for purposes of profiteering and for having a perverted obsession with gore and death. When another national from elsewhere does the same, it’s defending (i.e. 9-11).
—>When America elects a black president, it’s Affirmative Action. If another country should do it too, it’s showing tolerance and acceptance toward minorities and progressing past the stone ages.
—>When an American has both conservative and liberal ideals, it’s considered disingenuous and agenda-ridden. When another national from elsewhere commits the same “horrible act”, he is considered a person with both conservative and liberal ideals.
—>When an American owns a gun, it’s because they’re a natural born killer in love with blood and gore. If an Australian has a gun, it’s because he’s a hobbyist.
—>When an American claims to have been treated well in another country, it’s fraudulent. When another national from elsewhere makes a similar claim, they are being genuine because after all, who couldn’t love a non-American?
—>When an American has sex, it’s due to their uncontrollable obsession. When a national from another country has sex, it’s because they’re human, natural, and unrepressed – “unlike the Americans”.
—>When an American claims to have traveled and/or lived in another country, it’s an outright lie (I guess the tales of the infamous nationalist American tourist becomes conveniently forgotten, then?). When another national from elsewhere makes the same claims, it’s a sign that they are “cultured”.
—>When an American misspells a word, he’s a “typical American”. When another national from elsewhere does the same thing, it’s a “typo” – he’s only human.
—>When an American eats a Big Mac, they are being a “typical American”. When another national eats a Big Mac, it’s a sign that they have fallen victim to American oppression by way of American Globalization, and one should have sympathy for the poor soul.
—>When an American receives their paycheck from work, it’s called “stealing from the poor man”. When someone from another country keeps their paycheck, they’re entitled to it as they earned it.
—>When an American has been waiting for their coffee in Europe for 3 hours and begins to get impatient, they’re just being a “typical entitlement-oriented American”. When another national gets impatient over the same thing, it’s due to bad service at the cafe.
—>When an American gets angry, he’s being a “typical American”. When another national from elsewhere commits the same act, it’s justified.
—>When an American bashes his own country’s politics, they’re just doing it to be “cool” or “hip”. When another national from elsewhere complains about their government, it’s about someone complaining about their government.
—>If the American government commits an atrocity, the American citizens conspired to do it. If another government commits an atrocity, the Americans must somehow be connected to it.
—>If a white man commits a crime in the US, he’s a “typical American”. If an African AMERICAN commits a crime in the US, it’s a White Anglo Saxon Protestant conspiracy.
—>If an American resorts to French-bashing, it’s racism. If an Englishman resorts to French-bashing, well, there’s gotta be a good reason for it.
—>If an American believes in God, it’s a part of the dumbing down of America. If a national from elsewhere believes in say, “Allah”, well, it’s just “their culture”.
—>If an American is fat, it’s due to the “all-American-diet”. If a national from elsewhere is fat, it’s a sign that they have fallen victim to American oppression by way of American Globalization, and one should have sympathy for the poor soul.
—>If an American watches TV, they’re being a “typical American”. If a national from elsewhere watches TV, the blind folds are down, the curtains are shut tight —- it’s a HUGE secret. HUGE! Oh scandalous!! Shhhh…..
—>If an American rebuts an argument, it’s due to “blind nationalism”. If a national from elsewhere rebuts an argument, they are just rebutting an argument.
—>The American Lend-Lease Act was a conspired attempt to bankrupt Britain and remove them from their imperial spotlight on the world stage. The Canadian Lend-Lease Act was an act of generosity (never mind the Canadians made Britain pay back their debt as well!)
—>The American involvement in WWII was considered late, sloppy, and self-serving. The British involvement in WWII was considered, however, a humanitarian effort that was dealt with right away.
—>The start of Vietnam and the Iraqi war were typical American self-serving pieces of “genocide”. The start of WWI and WWII however were wars begun out of necessity!
—>If an American complains about an aspect of a foreign country, they hate EVERYTHING about that country and its people. If a national from elsewhere complains about an aspect of a foreign country, they are just complaining about that ONE aspect of that foreign country.
—>If an American creates a website critical of the American government and Americanophobia, he’s an “America-hating-blind-nationalist”. If a national from elsewhere commits a similar crime, he’s “a blogger”.
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Continents vs Countries, Rebuttals, and Clearing the Air
In Americanophobia, Blame Europe, Censorship / Freedom of Speech, Troll Droppings and Responses on January 2, 2009 at 3:14 PMCountry vs Continent? I’ve been indirectly “paged” so to speak on my hypocrisy of having found it odd that a European compares the diversity of Europe vs the United States. Yes, it is entirely unfair for anybody to draw conclusions about a nation based on how they pale in comparison with a CONTINENT of 49 countries. And I firmly believe that everyone agrees with me there. The intent of the “bloggers” that wrote this piece is crystal clear – yet they deny any bias or motives.
With that said, I have been accused of hypocrisy due to writing about Euronationalist Americanophobia.
Here’s a little hint: If you call yourselves Europeans, will we note you as such and return the favor. In case you missed it, Americans call themselves “Americans” - not “North Americans”. We, unlike some Europeans, recognize ourselves as a country and *not* a continent. The map on this page may be of some assistance.
FREE SPEECH: One more thing I’d like to clear up before I go. Dissent is perfectly acceptable on this blog. If you are familiar with my blog, you will see tons of debates throughout between people all over the world. But you must ask yourselves the following questions before commenting:
Coming to one’s blog to comment is synonymous to being a guest in one’s home. You are not protected under the United States Amendment of Free Speech granted by the government. For the record, every developed country has rights to free speech. But this has nothing to do with blogging. Apples and oranges. Just ask yourself – if you go to a person’s house to vandalize and act like a total ass, and they kick you out, are you going to cry like a baby that they don’t allow free speech or dissent?
This reminds me of a quote that rings true here:
Another thing that people with a short fuse tend to forget is that there is a HUGE difference between DISSENT and SILENCING SPEECH. It’s funny how only those banned for not adhering to my comment policy seem to continue to cry about how I’m a speech-silencer of some sort. Everyone is aware when they comment here how this blog works and don’t have any excuse to act surprised.
This has nothing to do with being American as much as having high standards for stimulating and thought-provoking debate. Here is a perfect example for those that are a little slow.
It’s most amusing that the same people that moan and groan about censorship are those same people that have me banned from their blog.
Hmm….. Learn the meaning of censorship. Censorship would be if I banned speech from someone else’s blog. But coming from Aby and co., I am not the least bit surprised at the perpetual ignorance.
Now, for some fun stuff!
Aby “the liberal- the ‘Internationalist’” and her crew now have an entire forum on the internet devoted to me and all around American-bashing under the guise of “helping teens”. (The message board is OWNED by them.) It’s a riot! I’ve received ample hits from them, and now I feel like a celebrity!!
I’m not even going to bother rebutting the other arguments against me because they’re not being honest and not worth my time. How do you respond to lies?
To make matters more interesting, here are the rules that Aby and co. made for those who utilize their site:
Interesting. I have also noticed some of the members to be complaining about Juan McDaniel (Aby “the liberal”’s partner in crime) deleting some member’s posts… for possibly… dissent… perhaps? !!
Uh oh.
Hee hee. Oops. Deleting innocuous dissent that may give away his little game secrets? This is f’n hilarious! And for the record, this post was just deleted!
Another complaint about deleting dissent:
In case you’re confused, Aby’s “partner in crime” AKA (“the protector of mankind)
goes under the following names:
- Captain Sasha
- Sasha
- Captain V
- Juan McDaniel
- Captain (Dr.) Alexandr Vasilevski
- Karmen
- Amy
- Bridgette
and god knows what else.
It is now confirmed that I’m dealing with hormonal teenagers!