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Serious question about Brit Bashing on Free Republic...

Posted on 11/05/2004 2:53:54 PM PST by BritishBulldog

Just lately (noticeably since the US election result) there seems to be an awful lot of anti-British sentiment on here (there always was a little but I put that down to a handful of xenophobic kiddies)

What I would like to know is do most Freepers now share the low opinion that some (many) on here seem to have of our nation or is it just a small (but very vocal) minority of morons?

I've enjoyed this forum (for the relatively short time that I've contributed) and have always liked Americans in general, but I now find myself reconsidering my thoughts on both.

If we Brits are not liked or wanted around here, I think I'll probably discontinue my involvement.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; United Kingdom; Your Opinion/Questions
KEYWORDS: 2004electionbias; antiamericanism; britishpress; bushbashing; bushhassers; dailymirror; england; eurotrash; guardian; guardianuk; insults; mediabias; redstarguardian; tabloidjournalism; themirror; uk; zogbyism
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1 posted on 11/05/2004 2:53:57 PM PST by BritishBulldog
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To: BritishBulldog

Example?


2 posted on 11/05/2004 2:55:08 PM PST by Question Liberal Authority (THANK YOU, FREEPERS for re-electing President George W. Bush!)
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To: BritishBulldog

Britain and the US have always had an arms length affair since the War of 1812........


3 posted on 11/05/2004 2:55:34 PM PST by Red Badger (Give someone enough EU-ROPE and they will hang themselves......out of pure frustration......)
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To: BritishBulldog
Hm. Haven't seen anything that looked like brit-bashing here. Maybe I missed it.

But I've encountered a number of British FReepers here. WHy wouldn't you be welcome?

4 posted on 11/05/2004 2:55:35 PM PST by sionnsar (NYT/Cbs: "It's fake but true!" | Iran Azadi | Traditional Anglicans: trad-anglican.faithweb.com)
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To: BritishBulldog
Don't take it personally just 'cause you got a weird accent and walk funny.
5 posted on 11/05/2004 2:55:48 PM PST by RedBloodedAmerican (:))
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To: BritishBulldog

What are you talking about? I've never seen any anti-brit statement the couple of months I've been here.


6 posted on 11/05/2004 2:55:59 PM PST by bahblahbah
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To: BritishBulldog

I haven't seen it either, do you have a link?
Maybe some people got mad about the recent mirror UK covers?


7 posted on 11/05/2004 2:56:28 PM PST by Mount Athos
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To: BritishBulldog

Please stay.

Please also ignore The Guardian. It's THOSE types of Brits whom we knock aroud just as we do our idiots here in the good ole' US of A.

Cheers!


9 posted on 11/05/2004 2:56:41 PM PST by Michael Goldsberry (Which part of "Don't Mess With Texas" didn't you get?)
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To: BritishBulldog

It's not all Brits that we bash, just the liberal ones who attack our president.


10 posted on 11/05/2004 2:56:41 PM PST by cripplecreek (John Kerry was beaten like a rented mule)
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To: BritishBulldog

Actually I've only seen people react to the British headline claiming that millions of Americans are dumb.


11 posted on 11/05/2004 2:56:45 PM PST by SouthernFreebird
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We're just anti stupid Brit.


12 posted on 11/05/2004 2:56:56 PM PST by dfwgator (It's sad that the news media treats Michael Jackson better than our military.)
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To: BritishBulldog

It was the Guardian with "Operation Ohio" that started it. Nothing pisses off an American like somebody telling us how we should vote "for the safety of the world."


13 posted on 11/05/2004 2:56:57 PM PST by PokeyJoe (The United State of Texas.... I like the sound of it..)
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To: BritishBulldog

Well I love the brits. Hate the anti-American ones but love the rest!

I think you're talking about the anti-brit feelign when they started sending us letters right?

That's over already


14 posted on 11/05/2004 2:57:18 PM PST by kanecorp
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To: BritishBulldog
Can I bash stupid, arrogant, condescending Brits (like anyone who participated in that letter-writing campaign to Ohio) while at the same time praising honorable, decent, courageous Brits (like Tony Blair, and all the Brits risking their lives in Iraq)? Is that ok? :-)

It's how I treat Americans too BTW. ;-)

15 posted on 11/05/2004 2:57:34 PM PST by Dr. Frank fan
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I smell an Opus.


16 posted on 11/05/2004 2:57:46 PM PST by EggsAckley
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To: BritishBulldog

Good luck you are not French!. HAHAHAHA. I haven't heard anything about brits.


17 posted on 11/05/2004 2:57:55 PM PST by angelanddevil2
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ROFL yea me too, i was getting ready to defend him


18 posted on 11/05/2004 2:57:56 PM PST by traderrob6
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To: BritishBulldog

The most Brit-bashing I saw was in response to the Guardian e-mail campaign against President Bush. For the most part, Brits have been welcomed & respected.

Maybe you should talk to Ivan, check to see if he's found the site to be Brit-bashing.

Now if you're French...it's open season. ;)


19 posted on 11/05/2004 2:58:00 PM PST by madison10
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To: BritishBulldog

Oh, if your talking about that Guardian letter affair, the Guardian should have known better. You and your country should be pissed at them for meddling and not as us for responding. If we did the same thing to Britain you know what we would have been told so get over it.


20 posted on 11/05/2004 2:58:01 PM PST by bahblahbah
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