Do you believe U.S.A is an arrogant state?
437911
a state cant b arrogant\nsome ppl there are arrogant,
972011
No...only an idiot would! Sorry, idiots...\n\nI think an even better question, one that gets right to the heart of the matter, as it were, is this:\n\nDOES THE U.S. GOVERNMENT TRUST YOU?
680112
The good ole U S of A
1186489
nope. new yorkers are the most arrogant people in the world. and admitting that they are wrong will never happen, they will fight to death to preserve their dignity. this is not a bad thing. But the Yankees are horrible, and a shadow of what they were in the 90's.\nand i agree with everything you say, go Indians!!!!!\nBut seriously we are all American so lets fight this fight together:\nUSA ALL THE WAY!!!!
1133616
No to the theocracy in the US - but, in the same sense, I don't think we should push democracy on countries that will seriously be thrown into chaos as soon as it is introduced (USSR, China, Vietnam, Iraq, etc.). I think it's very arrogant of us Americans to think our way is the best way for everyone - the only way democracy truly works is if it evolves on its own when people get tired of the way things are being run.
1061571
I am American myself and I asked a similar question on this site, yet i may have phrased it offensively since many took offense. I asked who thought Americans were arrogant and dumb. Many foreigners thought that Americans are. What I think is: America is a very powerful country and with this comes big weights, people tend to be more arrogant and closed-minded since they think America is so great and other countries do tend to be jealous. I have experienced it being born and living here, some are that way, yet there are many who are not arrogant or dumb but open-minded, and they have to take the stereotypics.
260770
Because America is so arrogant that it doesn't think it needs to join in with the rest of the civilized world and use the metric system like everyone else. Before you all start, yes, I'm American.
693897
The U.S. is only 200 years old. A relatively "young" country. While other cultures have been around for centuries. Sadly, the other nations of the world see Americans as rude, spoiled brats! \nDo you even care enough to make us feel differently? Probably not. But\nAmerica will soon see, it is just a small country, in very Big world.\nWise up!
1157946
excuse me whoever u are i never said U.S sucks.im an indian and i like america more than my own country.this country sucks.i hope u know the u.s is one of the most popular countries in the world.look at my shittie country it ranks 152 in economy and the U.S is somewhere in the 2nd or 3rd.I wish i was an american ant not this shit what i am.
975383
Until 4 years ago, my opinion of Americans was Rude, Loud, Arrogant, Inconsiderate. When I went to Mexico, this was justified.\n\n3 years ago, I visited Upstate New York, and my opinion changed, I have met a lot of good people, not many of them are rude and arrogant, in fact, very few.\n\nOriginally being from England, I have learnt a lot about American upbringing since I have been here. \n\nThere are US flags everywhere, people are proud to be American. \n\nChildren are taught the national anthem at a young age, they are proud, and their nation makes them feel proud.\n\nThey are taught that America is the best country in the world, the Land of the Free.\n\n70% of Americans do not hold a passport, or have never left the continental US. They have never compared their country to another civilised country, so are naive in that respect, and they tend to regard other countries as less civilised, and inferior.\n\nGenerally, they are good people! I live here now, so they can't be that bad!
366173
No, its not just you though I can't blame them.  Our country, particularly our government, has an air of arrogance about it.  I suppose this stems from Americanizing other cultures and our self proclaimed "world police" status.  While these stereotypes do not apply to individuals, that perception of our nation as a whole bleeds into people's attitudes towards us on a personal level.
849189
You hit the nail on the head,other countries always claim that we are arrogant and we are too religious or not religious enough,we are too strict or not strict enough.They way I look at it..,dont worry about my backyard until you clean your own.
735368
I wasn't aware that's what people thought.... I've always quite liked Americans, provided they don't display the same arrogance as you....
1037257
Hey, do you really think the US is kind old Uncle Sam ??? The US also wants its own Empire.
1096468
A small country with a big ego
308251
The mind set that you're criticizing actually has a historical term called American Exceptionalism.  It roots all the way back to the beginning of the USA and it is the belief that America is truly unique and special in the world.  Americans operate off this assumption that is ingrained in them from birth that says America is superior.  It's naturally for someone to have pride in their country, but unfortunately, most of us Americans take it to a an extreme level.  This is why the Bush administration thinks that it's O.K. for America to ignore the Kyoto Protocols and that the Geneva Conventions don't apply to them.  And thus your problem, Americans on Yahoo are so ignorant that they just assume that well of course everyone on yahoo is an American.  It's an American company in English!  And they would be surprised to know that people from around the world use Yahoo.  I think you are right to take offense at Americans who do believe that the USA is everything and I agree that they are wrong.  One of the answers to the problem and what allowed me to see it in myself was to travel abroad.  And I don't mean go be a Ugly American tourist, but I went to Brasil and actually staying in someones house for two weeks and experienced what life is like for them and it forced me to realize that the American way of doing things is not the best and that the USA is really only a small part of the world.
613808
As in all things, we Americans are self-conceited jerks.  If it doesn't happen within our shores, we seem to think it doesn't really matter.