Thanks to
Jack, who alerted me to a series of videos (
one,
two,
three,
four,
five,
six) on Europeans' views of America (& Americans) produced by the
Center for New America. I think, if I'm reading
this right, it was shown on PBS. The videos are entertaining and educational, in a way.
I love
David McWilliams's comment (first video at 2'40") that "anti-Americanism has great rhetoric and no down-side risk".
As I watched the videos I was struck by two things:
- this stuff is really not all that new (I heard much the same when I came to Ireland for the 1986/87 academic year) and
- I shouldn't let it bother me.
So, I'm going to try not to let it bother me.
