[johnb838]

A certain amount of ugly americanism is expected and necessary when we travel abroad. When we go to these hellholes acting like sensitive, panty-waist, continental-wannabee, eurofag, one-world, socialist, liberal idiots, the sharpies take us to the cleaners. I like the caption from that classic old t-shirt that used to be popular in these parts:

F*ck You, We're from Texas!

[Nick5]

I've done a lot of traveling abroad and I'm always proud of the behavior of my fellow Americans. Nobody anywhere is more enthusiastic, curious, eager to see stuff and experience stuff than American tourists. I don't think any ugly Americanism is necessary at all because everywhere I've been -- Europe, Polynesia, Thailand, Morocco -- Americans as individuals are embraced no matter what anybody thinks of the actions of our government. And I've never seen Americans in Europe blaming European individuals for the behavior of their governments. I'm curious what "hellholes" you were talking about.