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Politics : Just the Facts, Ma'am: A Compendium of Liberal Fiction
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To: Lizzie Tudor who wrote (1767)11/29/2003 12:32:01 PM
From: Dale Baker  Read Replies (3) of 90947
 
You misunderstood my response - I was sarcastically commenting on posts from others that decided "world opinion" without actually bothering to listen to those people or find any rigorous examination of current world opinion. Most Americans who bash foreigners haven't traveled or met any foreigners lately (too scared of terrorism to go) - they just make up a boogieman based on whatever anecdotes they can scrape together that fit their preconceived notions.

I worked in public affairs a long time, long enough to expect all media outlets to have their biases. Since bias and zealotry are in fashion now in the US, the problem is even worse. The commercial-entertainment dimension of most US newscasts is yet another corrupting influence.

I spend enough time chatting with people where I live now and around western Europe when I travel to have a feel for where the US stands. It's very sad what has happened to US relations with the rest of the world. I don't envy any US businessman trying to do a non-political deal with the burden of what has happened to the US image in the past year.

But I always find that treating people with courtesy, respect and understanding overcomes political differences in the headlines. Most Europeans I have talked to about this know the difference between the US government and the American people.

I can't say that the reverse applies among Americans, based on what I hear when I visit the US and what I read every day on SI.
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