Why do we as Americans love to blame the wrong people?
454477
To be american, means to be stupid.\nThat's why they blame things on wrong people.
497096
Because a lot of Americans are intellectually dishonest! They have a hidden agenda as well. So why not let someone else carry out what they truly believe, so that they can continue to hide and not get blamed, or have to take responsibility for anything! Bush is the perfect person for their mission!
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For a couple of reasons. Americans fall victim the very human instinct of being afraid of that which they don't understand. If they are not gay, then they don't want gay people around, because they make the "straights" uncomfortable.\n\nAlso, it makes people feel like they belong to something to exclude someone else. That is the root problem in the cases of slavery, sexism, and homophobia.\n\nLastly, Americans resent being told what to do. It's part of our nature. So when people in government make laws FORCING us to accept a certain lifestyle, or laws that PROMOTE one group over another, there is a dangerous backlash in retaliation. \n\nGood question, but be careful not to limit your vision to the faults of America. It isn't just us-and it isn't all of us.\n\nGood Luck!
1020257
People just love to blame Bush for everything. If they fall of a porch because they are drunk and break something, it is Bush's fault. They just need a scape goat.
1133500
Because people don't like to take responsibility for their actions. And also it is an extremely rare quality of character to have to be able to say "I was mistaken." John Kerry has the backbone to say, "I made a mistake". That requires character. Instead of being able to appreciate that these people went on to call him flip-flopper, as if they never made a mistake in their life. But anyways, as I was saying these people don't like the idea that the government is not benevolent and is not looking after them. Because saying that comes with a lot of responsibility. When you say we don't want King George (irony!) as our king, you have to fight a war of independence and draft your own constitution. Now thats an enormous responsibility. The founding fathers weren't afraid of that responsibility so they went ahead and did what they had to do. The people you are talking about lack the intelligence, courage or moral backbone to do that. Instead they dig their heads in the sand and pretend the government is good and will always take care of them. And since there wasn't enough sand in America to cover all their heads, they had to go to Iraq to find more sand. And hence anyone who disturbs that fake sense of stability and peace seems to be an enemy to them. And they start crying "unpatriotic" and etc.\n\nThese people think patriotism is limited to supporting the war and supporting the president. They don't see patriotism in helping the poor and needy who are also fellow Americans. They don't see patriotism in uplifting the downtrodden who are also American. They don't see patriotism is envigorating the economy or creating new jobs for their fellow Americans. They don't see patriotism is protecting their environment although that is the American environment. Their sense of patriotism is myopic indeed.
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We don't hate the American people, they're victims of their own media and education systems. What we are strongly against is the current American governament which is a worse lier than gobelz .
98418
Well, I think that the US people are mostly to blame. We always get fixated onto our own 'domestic' issues, and hardly ever look outside the box. Our media giants never feed us the true news, and we have to spend hours searching on the internet to find the true story, but I still think we are too naive. There ARE much more important things than Iraq, like the genocides in Africa, but we never really care. Sometimes, it just gets me so mad. Then again, i'm only 13... PS. Thanks for helping me on my WWII question. I think yours was the best answer, but I accidentally clicked on Start a Vote. It's my first time using Yahoo!Answers,
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Americans love themselves the most. We are a most selfish group of people.  So it could be any of the things you have mentioned.  We are the fattest, laziest, most entertained group of people in history.
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We tend to have a habit of not doing so.  Sad, but true.  Makes me angry as an American.
570497
i'm sorry, but...don't you think that WE are their enemy in THEIR book? And that they must think the same things about us??\n\nto the asker: i sure am not American, when it comes to people like you! i mean, can't you look at their side of the story for once? I think we have caused more dammage to them in the space of a couple of years than they have to us\n\nDo i dare say it? or is there a sliver of selfishness here?
907015
no but we have our lack of self-control to blame
696559
You make a very good point. It is NOT American to hate America, however certain people think it's in vogue now. The PC, Bush is Hitler, 9/11 was inside job crowd. How can a person really believe these things and continue to live here? Why is it that everyone else on the planet can be proud of their "homeland" but us?
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The entire world has a distaste for America, after all, we are always the source of their economic problems... and we like to get involved in everything and make it worse O.o
958742
The Fault always rests on our shoulders. Most of the time, people can come into your lives and ruin it a bit, but we have the power to live how we want...we shouldnt blame others so much.
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I don't think that a lot of Americans hate their country. I personally love my country and I'm thankful every day for everything we have been given and the opportunities we have, that other countries don't have and the sacrafices that had to be made so we could get to this point.\n\nI think the problem is that no matter what, Americans will never be happy. I think that you could give about 90% of Americans everything they ever dreamed of and they would still have a complaint. Our country is beginning to spin out of control and I think the American people are starting to turn on their own country, I think it is a very sad situation.\n\nI think Americans are mostly mad about the way our country is being led, the political system and how things are operating. Everyone sits and complains about how bad of a job Bush is doing, why don't they take some of that energy and support their country, just once. They hate Clinton when he was office and I'm sure every president prior to that and will continue to hate those that come. There is oging to be problems in every presidency, it can't be avoided, no one is perfect, but Americans will never be happy, that is the way they are. I may not agree with everything that Bush is doing, but I'm proud to live in my country, so I'm going to support my county, not try to fight it with everything else we have going on. Bush was faced with a very bad situation when he came in to office, it is easy to say now that he is doing a bad job now and is an awful president, but we will never know what Clinton, or any other person could have done in this situation. \n\nI look at our country and the people in it. I'm beginning to think that it is going to be Americans that cause the downfall of the United States, not terrorists or anyone else for that matter. We are losing so man people each day that are fighting for our country, but all the Americans want to do is complain and put down the leader of their country. I think some people need a reality check and need to decide where they want their priorities!
1030956
Ditch this special relationship claptrap, theres no nead for us ordinaries to be influenced by the political machinations of self-serving power-hungry nincompoops (sorry I just love using that word...).  I'm British and I have nothing but love for my septic bretheren.  They gave us Jazz, Elvis, Hendrix, WWII etc.  \n\nSeriously though, the real Americans I know are wonderful people, if a bit keen on everything and I really hope that someday they'll realise what a dreadful mistake they made in declaring independence from us. \n\nI love America too, but before I trade in Blighty for the New World, they've got to get rid of the death penalty, TV evalgelism, rubbish cars (and drive on the left), "We're No.1!", McDonalds and most importantly that pillock in the White House.
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Ah, that is a very good question and has been asked since very old times. To answer it is very difficult but I shall try my best. \nPerhaps it is because we are not perfect. In second place, people love themselves more than their neighbor, but they trick themselves into believing that what they do is correct because it is them who are doing it ( here is a matter of EGO ). NOBODY, not even the most ferocious criminals think of themselves as being bad people. They justify themselves, let's say, like Hitler did. Hitler created an indeology to justify what he said and did. The curious thing is that in Nurenberg, when the top nazis were on trial, not one of them used Hitler's teachings to defend themselves