Just list a stereotype that your country/culture has about another country/culture.

for example:

American pop culture tends to make British people scone eating-cricket playing-soccer (football) watching-cultured-charming snobs.

Once again, just an example of a stereotype

Exactly, that's what the thread was about, doing away with the stereotypes within the RSG communtiy

I'd post something meaningful, but I'm knackered from cricket earlier, and just chilling out in front of some good old football with a scone and a cuppa tea.

same...

To be completely honest I'm offended. That's Rednecks not Americans in general, I'm defensive of this but the other traits don't apply to me and only a small amount of those traits apply to Americans in general.

Why would you do a thread like this? To get everyone throwing shit at each other? Again? Or to get asdf to mention "the club"? Yet again?

Well, stereotypes are never meant to be flattering!

Yes, I'm well aware that my basic image of "an American" is that of someone from the Bible Belt, gun-toting, staunch Republican. Not neccessarily a redneck though, more a teabagger.

I'm perfectly aware in rational thought of people in Americas history such as Thomas Jefferson who I think was a great man, or someone like Benjamin Tucker, or even in more recent times there are plenty of admirable American intellectuals, such as Noam Chomsky or PZ Myers. But stereotypes aren't really about being rational, they are your gut instinct, the first thing that comes into your head when you think of a race or nationality, and usually it's not exactly pretty, see the "French only know how to surrender" nonsense, or "the English excel at nothing except for football hooliganism" or "the Scots are all fun drunks with ginger hair who wear kilts and stab each other with knives" :p

Oh, that was one thing I forgot to mention, the stereotype American to me is also anti-intellectual. I've never really understood that gut distrust of people with a university education that certain sectors (the people who are attracted to Palin) seem to have. It obviously exists in every other country, but it is certainly alot less prominent here than in America.

You just have to take stereotypes to the absurd conclusion for everyone. I'm as happy poking fun at the stereotype for my own nation (Scotland) or even my own race (being that I am a white northern European I think you could bring something out about being a self-righteous prick who thinks every other culture is wrong and that I need to spread imperialism to "educate" those from elsewhere in the world".

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Ugh. You've seemingly missed the point in your own thread so bravo. STEREOTYPES ARE NOT REALITY. They should not be confused with reality. They are, at best, a parody of reality.

I am perfectly aware of what I said and that it is nonsense. That's surely the point of this thread?

As for your last line. Man. I am aware. I pay attention to American politics enough to know who the freaking vice presidential candidates are, it's impossible NOT to know if you turn into a UK news broadcast. I was more referring to the possibility of a presidential bid being made in 2012. I've even, rather hysterically, heard about it being touted as a Palin/Beck "dream" (nightmare) ticket, though I think Glenn Beck as a good Mormon wasn't keen on being below a woman on the ticket.

The Tea Party have gained an enormous influence on the lunatic fringe of the Republican Party, I'd not be shocked if she was on the ticket one way or another.

Edited by user 11 May 2010 11:40:01(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified

I actually find this kind of amusing. I'm sure I'd probably think the same way if I wasn't American, which is what kinda scares me....

:'-( Why is it anytime I start a topic with good intentions, it goes terribly, terribly wrong.