page_title: Anti-Americanism
section_title: Southeast Asia
hierarchical_section_title: Anti-Americanism / Regional anti-Americanism / Asia / Southeast Asia
caption_attribution_description: Kuala Lumpur, 21/09/2012. Malaysian Muslim demonstrators march towards the US embassy against an anti-Islam film, "Innocence of Muslims" and the publication of caricature of the Holy Prophet Muhammad..Pic FIRDAUS LATIF
context_page_description: Anti-Americanism is a sentiment which espouses dislike of the American government or opposes its policies, especially its foreign policy, or espouses dislike or hatred of the American people and the United States in general.
  Political scientist Brendon O'Connor of the United States Studies Centre in Australia suggests that "anti-Americanism" cannot be isolated as a consistent phenomenon, since the term originated as a rough composite of stereotypes, prejudices, and criticisms which evolved into more politically-based criticisms. French scholar Marie-France Toinet says that use of the term "anti-Americanism" is "only fully justified if it implies systematic opposition – a sort of allergic reaction – to America as a whole."
  Discussions on anti-Americanism have in most cases lacked a precise explanation of what the sentiment entails, which has led to the term being used broadly and in an impressionistic manner, resulting in the inexact impressions of the many expressions described as anti-American. Author and expatriate William Russell Melton described that criticism for the United States largely originates from the perception that the U.S. wants to act as a "world policeman".
caption: Protesters in Kuala Lumpur take to the streets to demonstrate against the Innocence of Muslims film.
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