I saw this as an anonymous post on slashdot. It outlines the reasons why a non-American might hate America, and it outlines them rather well.
“10 reasons why the US are is hated
1. The US has started (and “encouraged”) more wars and murdered more humans in a 50 year period than anyone else before in recorded history.
2.The world constantly watches images of starving children whilst in the US people are dying of over eating.
3. The US boasts that it has spent billions on being able to bomb anyone, anywhere on the planet. Meanwhile starvation, and premature death continue to affect millions of people worldwide whose only crime was being born where they were.
4. The US makes virtuous speeches about fairness, liberty and justice then continues to enact policies designed to keep a third of the world in a state of constant starvation. For example, The US purposely
stopped the supply of cheap non-brand Aids drugs to Africa just to placate the drugs industry. As a result millions will die who could have been saved.
5. The continual support by the US of regimes that oppress their people so that other US parties can gain an economic foothold.
6 The American belief that profit is all. People don’t count.
7. American hypocrisy. ( I feel most of us in this NG could write a book on this one but I’ll keep it short)
Virtue, honesty, truth. None of these mean anything when US economic advantage is at stake. We have watched the US invade and murder thousands all in the name of “regime change” or “protecting US
economic interests” in various countries. If they haven’t been there pulling the triggers you can be sure they paid for one sides (or both) weapons.
There isn’t a continent on this planet that the US aren’t killing people directly or indirectly. Even their own yet the US tells the rest of the world that they cannot have weapons that kill indiscriminately. ( the US has once again refused to stop using cluster bombs and uranium tipped shells) and is the only country to have used nuclear weapons and poison gases to kill thousands of people.
8. The continual military support of Israel and it’s attempted genocide of the Palestinian people. Once again, humans die to protect US economic advantage.
9 The insane belief that most Americans in this NG espouse that we (the rest of the world) are jealous. That somehow we are not affected by the murder and slaughter committed by US troops all over the globe. That somehow, other humans , i.e us, should not criticise the US govt for the same reasons Americans don’t. WRONG. We are not blinded by your flag If anything the US has taught us a lot about the dangers of blind loyalty backed only by a flag. Your govt kills innocents then hides behind the flag and you idiots buy it all.
10. The worst criminals in all this are the US electorate because they are the only ones who can stop this slaughter but they refuse to acknowledge their govt has done any wrong. Even with 90% of the world screaming for the US to stop killing , the electorate do nothing. You just sit there, hiding behind the flag or using any excuse your govt has given you to justify the continual slaughter of innocents.
So don’t ask me why America is so hated. I find it more interesting to know how the world will respond eventually to a country that is nothing but evil. And respond we will.”
Again, *I* didn’t write this. I found it and reposted it.
Claire's blog 
October 24, 2006 at 8:26 AM
by the way, the original comment was posted here:
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=202304&cid=16557442
October 24, 2006 at 8:57 AM
I hate to think that the world thinks that all Americans are dupped by our government. There are lots of people in this country who are just as angry about what is going on. What will it take for us to just come together and do what is right for once?
October 24, 2006 at 9:01 AM
Angelator (hah, I have a friend named Angel):
Good point. I myself am pretty angry about what is going on, and the Patriot Act II is even worse — I believe under the letter of the new law, I could be designated as a terrorist simply for expressing opinions contrarary to the administration from this blog.
Gotta run, men in black are crashing through my windows,
-Clint
p.s. Good luck getting everyone to do what is right for once — that would be voting, and when we have Diebold keeping our elections closed-source and unaccountable, we will never even know if our votes were really counted. I think the battle may be lost.
October 24, 2006 at 11:26 AM
You might not want to use the word terrorist in your blog. It’s probaly on Carnivore’s watch list.
Shit, I think my IP just got traced. Gotta Run!!!
May 18, 2010 at 3:09 AM
Yes, you are so right in everything that you have said about the wrongdoings of America. Me, being American, can see this country for what it is: an evil, hypocritical redneck nation.
It’s the American way (ask any redneck) to boast about how their guns are, how powerful their bombs are, how they have strong armed weaker nations into complete submissiveness, how if you’re not American, their imaginary God won’t bother looking at you. How if you aren’t in love with their nation – you should leave.
It’s the American way to look like you’re intelligent, but are really an uneducated hick disguised in pretty words. It’s the American way to use scapegoats for everything they have done wrong. Or to say that “reasons” to hate the US are “excuses”.
It’s the American way to indoctrinate children into conservatism by twisting and altering US history in their classrooms, and prevent them from becoming liberals.
It’s the American way to have no class, virtually no intelligence, no knowledge of the real world, a weak grasp on reality, and yet to deny that and assume they are at the summit of the damn fucking world.
FUCK AMERICA.
AMERICA HAS KILLED IN THE NAME OF RACISM, IN THE NAME OF PROFIT, IN THE NAME OF THEIR GOD, IN THE NAME OF THEIR “RIGHT” TO POSSESS ANYTHING THEY WISH, IN THE NAME OF BEING AMERICA…
FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK YOU AMERICA.
FUCK EVERY SINGLE AMERICAN.
and oh yeah, I know Americans are going to say that Americans are misrepresented and that indeed most Americans are good, educated people…BULLSHIT.
FUCK YOU GUYS.
FUCK ME FOR BEING AMERICAN.
I AM GUILTY OF BEING BORN INTO A FUCK NATION.
May 24, 2010 at 9:52 AM
lets see;
1. The US has started (and “encouraged”) more wars and murdered more humans in a 50 year period than anyone else before in recorded history.
-Honestly, and you don’t think that with modern weapons some country had to gain that title, more people in the world + better weapons = more people killed, simple as that.
2.The world constantly watches images of starving children whilst in the US people are dying of over eating.
-We see it too, and honestly, what do you want us to do? We are stuck following policy and scams. We fund many polices to feed the starving, but the problem is this; the people have no real control over the government, sadly.
3. The US boasts that it has spent billions on being able to bomb anyone, anywhere on the planet. Meanwhile starvation, and premature death continue to affect millions of people worldwide whose only crime was being born where they were.
-Well, as with my above two posts. Plus the majority of us are weapons fanatics.
4. The US makes virtuous speeches about fairness, liberty and justice then continues to enact policies designed to keep a third of the world in a state of constant starvation. For example, The US purposely
stopped the supply of cheap non-brand Aids drugs to Africa just to placate the drugs industry. As a result millions will die who could have been saved.
-Blame congress, not the american people.
5. The continual support by the US of regimes that oppress their people so that other US parties can gain an economic foothold.
-Care to name a few?
6 The American belief that profit is all. People don’t count.
-Actually, most of us are against it. However, the top .5% of profit makers believe this to a 90% accuracy, so yeah you could say it is a belief for a few thousand of our 300 million or so people.
7. American hypocrisy. ( I feel most of us in this NG could write a book on this one but I’ll keep it short)
Virtue, honesty, truth. None of these mean anything when US economic advantage is at stake. We have watched the US invade and murder thousands all in the name of “regime change” or “protecting US
economic interests” in various countries. If they haven’t been there pulling the triggers you can be sure they paid for one sides (or both) weapons.
There isn’t a continent on this planet that the US aren’t killing people directly or indirectly. Even their own yet the US tells the rest of the world that they cannot have weapons that kill indiscriminately. ( the US has once again refused to stop using cluster bombs and uranium tipped shells) and is the only country to have used nuclear weapons and poison gases to kill thousands of people.
-Germany, Russia, and Iraq have also used poison gases. And yes we used nukes, get over it already. That was sixty five years ago.
8. The continual military support of Israel and it’s attempted genocide of the Palestinian people. Once again, humans die to protect US economic advantage.
-Honestly, so you think we should let the Israelites be run over? I don’t think so. We gave the Jewish people a country to keep from being oppressed by other nations, yet they are still fighting to make these other nations stop trying to kill them off. Just give them a break already.
9 The insane belief that most Americans in this NG espouse that we (the rest of the world) are jealous. That somehow we are not affected by the murder and slaughter committed by US troops all over the globe. That somehow, other humans , i.e us, should not criticise the US govt for the same reasons Americans don’t. WRONG. We are not blinded by your flag If anything the US has taught us a lot about the dangers of blind loyalty backed only by a flag. Your govt kills innocents then hides behind the flag and you idiots buy it all.
-Yeah, and you think we have any control? No one ever really knows who the electorate council members are, or how you become one. See, most of us are just blind fools who don’t care, not me for one, but only about 40% of the country actually even votes. We have a large number of idiots in this country. And we hated Bush more than you guys probably did.
10. The worst criminals in all this are the US electorate because they are the only ones who can stop this slaughter but they refuse to acknowledge their govt has done any wrong. Even with 90% of the world screaming for the US to stop killing , the electorate do nothing. You just sit there, hiding behind the flag or using any excuse your govt has given you to justify the continual slaughter of innocents.
-Umm, we don’t even know who the electorate members are. Or the actual process to become one. Sorry, but unfortunately despite everything that is spoken and written, we have different society classes.
July 4, 2011 at 1:26 PM
WOW, WHAT THE FUCK! Get over it! Are you fucking insane, retarded or an animal. Around 250,000 people died you cunt. THEY WERE FUCKING HUMAN!
At least say sorry you dick. Oh wait they attacked purl harbour. 68 civilians died not twohundredfifty fucking thousand. Plus you had a choice bomb those cities and kill 250000 CIVILIANS or invade and kill a quater as much TROOPERS on each side who signed up for it VOLUNTEERLY. were the fucks the logic in your typing “Get over it”. You are fucked man. You are a blind follower of your country who doesn’t question you country’s motives and if you did you would say to your self “oh aaaa.. my countries fucked up”. I don’t even know why I’m typing this because your probably in prison after you killed some japanese guy because he looked at you funny. FUCK YOU ASS HOLE and now i’m not just being one sided because I’m japanese because i’m actually Canadian.
July 4, 2011 at 1:27 PM
no* not now
sorry
July 4, 2011 at 2:06 PM
I would also like to add that over the years of canada’s history we have also done bad things. We segregated Native Americans for one. A more resent event woud be the vancouver riots. but for those things we say sorry. I remember looking up vancover riots on youtube and I clicked on a channel called the gunnshow. The host said SORRY. I am SORRY too! For the segregation of the natives we give them better than average health care, reserves, let them hunt animas that we can’t as too preserve there traditions, the list goes on. Sorry if you say loudly, and give something of yourself with it goes along way. So we know that canadians when they do even lightly fuck up (riots didn’t even effect you[the world] but we say sorry anyway)say sorry. The rest of the world also says sorry. Germany started world war two and killed all those jews and they show there respect buy making the Nazi salute illegal. But what has america done to say sorry for hiroshima NOTHING. I don’t know why! I actually can’t believe that not even 1 person thought it was needed to say “Sorry for killing 250000 innocent human beings at pariment or on the news. If you are american and reading this and you want to change my mind and make me like or atleast tolerate america then leave a reply saying “sorry” and thats it.
July 4, 2011 at 2:27 PM
I was going to add this before but I figured nobody would believe me but i’m saying it anyway. Americans all ways think there the best. I am on vacation in italy right now and I saw one american. 1st she proceeded to say Canada sucks and I didn’t even provoke her then when I asked why she said because it’s big and ugly. So 1st I said you guys have the child obesity problem and she said believe it or not “The shape of your country, It’s big and ugly”. I told her thats horrible and Hilariously stupid reasoning and i’m not arguing with a 4 year old(she was 16). Then she proceeded to tell every one around her that america is the best. Thats Boastful. The people said why and I told them she is boastful and proof that the people there are mean boastful dicks. they laughed and said “ya,Your canadian and you said Italy is better than canada” I don’t atually think that but I wanted to be POLITE. There you go proof that americans are boastful. Need more here. I was in windsor Ontario, Were I live. And an american said to his friend I hate canadians I told him your in our country atleast wait till you get out to be an ass. He said I will when I move back there It’s the best. I asked him why he is living here he said I need the Health care. I laughed and said I thought americas the best shouldn’t it have good health care then. He said using his awsome smarts he learned from american schools “AHHHHHH SCREW OFF” I laughed and said nice arguement and walked away.
July 8, 2010 at 11:07 AM
Hi, i never post on these stupid blogs but the comment from the person above me gives me the creeps:
“And yes we used nukes, get over it already. That was sixty five years ago.”
How can you say “get over it”? too many innocent people got killed by those bombs, all of these people had their own lives, views or ideas, maybe a career, kids, talents or something simple as a caring husband or wife, it’s typical for an american citizen to not think about these things. (these things are emotions, but then again you only see less people in the world, so more profit for you huh?)
The only thing you say about this is “get over it.”
It’s typical for an american citizen to not care about the world, who cares about japanese anyway? they aren’t humans like americans are? am I right?
Even though at the time those bombs were being dropped America had already the upper hand in winning that war, so sad they had to show off their power to the world and kill all of those people. (Only kids need to show off their toys or power.)
However, I thank Escesee for commenting so I have another reason stacked on the 10 already enlisted above here to hate america and their citizens.
Even though Escesee’s point of view of the world and america doesnt reflect mine, I hope one day people like you will be smart enough to see how the world actually works.
I still wish you a nice day, and hopefully you can change your views for the sake of this world.
January 12, 2011 at 2:58 PM
To Esceesee:
What makes me laugh the most at your comments are that you seem to be attempting to show that American’s aren’t as bad as people around the world think. Yet you are as guilty of showing your American superior attitude as anyone else. Atypically your veiw on the value of human life or more specifically un-american life is that people should ‘get over it’ when innocent people were killed.
I would also like to put forward one more point Why America is hated.
American views itself as saviour to the world. The typical American has the veiw that America saved the world in not only the first but the second world war. But in fact in both wars America were not quick to join in and help but slow, and when they did join they claimed glory in both. Stop acting like world saviours. AMERICA HAS ACCOMPLISHED NOTHING.
January 23, 2011 at 9:51 PM
When I was five years old attending public school (1st grade) in Edinborough, Scotland, in 1959. What I experienced as an American in a foreign land changed my life forever. During the two years my father was assigned there with the Air Force the following occurred:
Stabbed by a classmate in class through my cheek.
Urinated on by six classmates when using the school restroom.
Attacked and forced to run gantlets to go home from school.
Finally there was intervention when an older american child was assigned to watch out for me.
Why would primary school students be so violent to an American outsider?
My father waited 15 years to tell me – I was attending school with the younger siblings of the bastard children our WWII ‘occupying’ troops left behind.
We americans have NO CLUE how hard we have worked to earn the invective even our allies have for us.
In my teens living in Turkey in the ’60’s, whenever the 6th fleet was due to dock for shore leave, we were restricted to quarters for fear we would become victims of the locals’ agitations in reaction to the barbaric behavior of the sailors on leave.
We are seen to piss and shit on whoever, wherever, whenever with impunity by the rest of the world. That is why we are rightly hated.
Just my 2 cents.
January 24, 2011 at 8:48 AM
God, that sucks.
People suck.
January 29, 2012 at 7:43 PM
We do not kill for fun. We kill for what is right. We do not want to kill. We do what WE think is right. There are far more worste countries in the world than us… So SHUT UP
January 29, 2012 at 7:57 PM
You are clueless. Hiroshima, Nagasaki – we wanted to test a bomb’s effects on a civilian population, so we directly targeted civilians. Was that right?
Your “there are worste countries” argument is ridiculous. There are worse people than Casey Anthony, but not a lot of people think Casey Anthony is a shining example of motherhood. Somebody being worse than you doesn’t mean jack.
March 29, 2012 at 2:09 PM
I would like to say just a thing.. Why do you keep calling them AMERICANS? Do not make them feel so important they are not. Brazilians, mexican even you canadian are americans. They are just USA citizens that call themeslves americans just because they do not even have a name to call themselves as citizens of a country. Fucking egocentric
March 29, 2012 at 2:12 PM
It wasn’t called America until we got here and named it that, so when we first started using it, we were the only ones using it and it only applied to us. It’s history, not arrogance. An easy mistake to make in this case.
April 2, 2012 at 3:44 PM
am I wrong but America was called this way from an Italian Amerigo Vespucci? Okay perhaps illis temporibus you could even called american since not a single state existed. There were just indians (REAL AMERICANS) and you. Well now things are a bit different. Think that in other languages (for example Italian) there is a way to call you as USA citizens. Like you say “french” or “italian” we say “francese” or “italiano”. But if you say “USA citizen” we say “statunitense” (because United States is translate in “stati uniti” and so that name).
So trust me it’s not good if you do not have a name either to call yourselves