Talk:Anti-Americanism in various countries

message: I think this page should be clear about what it is not. It is *not* a list of grievances about the US. It is also NOT a list of allegations about the US. It is an analysis/history of anti-American sentiment in various regions. I see a lot of people surfing in and tacking on some personal grievance. The articles should be focused on the phenomenon of anti-Americanism in each region (if it is exists there). Philippe Roger's book "The American Enemy" is a great example: It focuses entirely on France, and shows that Anti-Americanism in France has more to do with France than to do with America. (He sets aside the rightness or wrongness of US policy, and focuses purely on France). Critiques of US policy should be put on a page for that purpose, or put in a context of the local politics. 
Another point: Criticism does not equal anti-Americanism, which is a prejudice / hatred for the US. Please don't list grievances if they can not be shown as contributing significantly to a spirit of Anti-Americanism in the country -- AND you are prepared to show (with references!) that it contributes to anti-Americanism. 
Anti-Americanism is also not a list of "recent issues" between countries. Countries do have conflicts and disagreements, but the task here is whether a conflict influences significantly the anti-American sentiment. The Iraq war caused poll numbers of the US to drop in several countries, but I doubt tariff fights in the WTO over banana imports is comparable. 
Also, please use sources and cite actual critics/references. Too much pretending that ones personal opinion is "widespread criticism". Willowx 06:40, 3 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  What this page is not 

message: This page is lacking of American sentiments from other parts of the World such as the Middle East, Eastern Europe, and Africa.  Does anyone have anything to contribute?
:Maybe there aren't any Anti-American sentiments in those other parts of the world? Just a thought. Rl 08:04, 20 May 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: The Middle East really has to be included. In keeping with the style two representative countries make sense--I'd suggest Saudi and Iran. If no one does this I'll do it myself this week. Good move splitting it incidentally; anti-american sentiment had grown much too long. Marskell 10:56, 20 May 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Anti-American sentiments in other parts of the world

message: I think that Glazer's contribution to anti-Americanism in the UK as a whole is rather modest, and not really worth a reference here. Of course if someone ever writes a piece on anti-American sentiment in the Greater Manchester area ..
It's also worth remembering that it's the circumstances of his takeover, and the manner in which it incurred a huge debt onto the club that made him so unpopular there, not his nationality. jamesgibbon 17:09, 26 Jun 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Glazer / Manchester United 

message: it really is a cause of confusion with México's name? I mean the Méxicans don't call themselves Estadounidenses only Mexicans  (Méxicanos in spanish). and in Latin American Anti-Americanism someone has information about Cuba or Venezuela?.--Duranguense 23:20, 18 July 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  about the name United States & and Latin America

message: I've added a new flag to this article since it's almost completly unsourced.  
Also in the interests of NPOV the article needs a section that discusses anti-American sentiment in the context of sentiment about other powerful countries.  How do Southeast Asian countries view China?  How did other nations view the former Soviet, French, and British empires?  To omit this discussion implies an uncritical acceptance of the partisan view that something makes the United States uniquely objectionable. Durova 15:33, 24 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Unsourced 

message: While clearly there exists anti-"nationality of your choice" for any nation, as an article in an encyclopedic body, this is not warranted to even exist.  It is historically, politically, and geographically decontextualized, and the entire article presents nothing that could not be adressed in articles about specific actions, places, people, etc.  How do we delete a whole article?
: I agree wholeheartedly with the above statement. This article is not needed. If a country or region really does have anti-anything as a major feature of their culture then it needs to be addressed on the main article for that country or region.  Otherwise this could be mentioned on a page relating to American foreign policy (past or present), but having it's own page like this is nothing but a red flag for personal opinions, vandals, and trolls, and is not appropriate in an encyclopedic context. Citizen D 00:17, 13 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Not a topic of knowledge? 

message: This page seems best suited to some serious editing and shortening prior to being merged into the USA article.  I'm thinking it should be a subsection much like the "international disputes" subsection listed for every country in the CIA world factbook.  Thoughts, comments, suggestions? Anne 23:30, 5 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merge 

message: While many of the statements on this page seem to be true, sections of this text are highly open to accusations of "original research".  As in "Brazil", the article claims that certain events have caused anti-american sentiment, when this is not backed by any outside source and it is just the observation of the writer.  To speculate as to any causal relationship between any action of the US and anti-American sentiments without proper sourcing is OR.  The loss of half the national territory in the Mexican War continues to create an image of an expansionist, imperialist United States.  What Mexican person thinks back to the Mexican-American War when reflecting on the US?  Is this not speculation? Your thoughts? AdamBiswanger1 16:13, 27 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: If I could tag the article with a more extreme tag such as "this article is baloney" I would. Cubans, for example, are anti US-Government foreign policy when relevant. And with good reason. To describe Cuba as anti-American is nonsense. Not least because in Cuba the term America is applied to the Americas not the US. But more pertinently, Cuba and the US have such strong historical ties that much of US culture is as idolised in Cuba as it is in the US.--Zleitzen 17:25, 27 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: OR tag