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[quote=Anonymous]^I am the OP of this thread and of course I didn't make it based on "one British person was rude to me one time".  Actually I frequent the Daily Mail, and, while of course the comment section there is notorious trash, I am shocked by the level of highly upvoted comments bashing Americans.  You don't see the reverse.  Yes, it's a British paper- but comments bashing Brits wouldn't make it to the top of any American newspaper I can think of.  Another thing- last season of Big Brother, the American contestants, with one exception, were all voted out first.  The nice ones, who did nothing to rock the vote- out.  Of course, we can talk all day about CBB being lowest common denominator- but these are platforms that have mass audiences, that truly check the pulse of a nation and the deeply ingrained beliefs.  When article after article has Brits upvoting rude remarks about Americans (and, btw- down voting any comebacks Americans give, so it's not just about a sense of humor) and the widely viewed television shows target Americans, then we have a real anti-American sentiment that isn't even attempted to be covered up.

Additionally, if you can't already tell, I watch a lot of British television and read a lot of British work and I think "rude" is exactly how I would class a lot of the behavior.  Of course there is an argument to be made for "television is not representative of a nation" but in a way it is- just as it says something about America that Carrie Underwood is the most successful American Idol of all time, etc.

Also- my personal experiences have also borne this out.  I would generally not ever try to make that kind of observation unless I had viewed it across multiple platforms, not just- oh, i met this lady once who had a British accent and she was rude.  I'm genuinely curious as to this cultural difference that I (and others) have observed[/quote]

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