Delirium wrote:
Ray Saintonge wrote:
Viajero wrote:
Is any one else bothered by the current state of
[[Anti-French
sentiment in the United States]]?
The article now presents a set of "accusations" which include some
of the worst, most tasteless clichés, all presented in
psuedo-objective style. Would anyone with a strong stomach care to
tackle this stuff?
I think Wikipedia should do better than this but I am not quite sure
how.
Maybe just changing the title to [[Anti-French ignorance in the
United States]] might be enough. :-)
Of course, then we might have to rename [[Anti-American sentiment]]
similarly. =]
FWIW, I think both the articles could use a bit of work, as they're
both essentially listings of accusations, along the lines of "why some
people think country [x] sucks", rather than actually having any sort
of coherent narrative structure.
The direct parallel article should be [[Anti-American sentiment in
France]]. A bit of work is an understatement, and even if someone gave
you the time to do it it wouldn't last long. I just looked at it again
and I see such things as "Anti-American sentiments have in the past been
strongly supported by Soviet propaganda ...and are promoted by dictators
who see the United States as a threat to their position." That
defensive attitude misses the entire point. The article is not about
Soviet propaganda or sundry petty dictators. (For some of the latter
United States support may be the only thing that keeps them in their
position.)
I thought of making the change, but then I just thought "What's the
point? If I do it won't be long before somebody adds something stupid
again. I feel much better when I work on something to which the response
is in the form of constructive criticism." I don't like being in that
position, because I know too that, tedious as it is to do so, these
bonehead POVs need to be confronted. There are rational elements in the
American right, but the irrational and uninformed ones seem to be the
loudest.
If it were possible I would suggest banning Americans from any editing
at all on the Anti-American sentiment article. It is after all
primarily about how others view Americans. Americans could read it of
course; they should read it. Maybe then they might start to understand
the extent of that sentiment, since the coming to power of the current
administration its depth. And don't worry about such an article
becoming completely silly or trivial; that would be a positve sign that
foreign sentiments are improving.
Ec