I’m currently living in Northern Ireland as an exchange student and unfortunately I have found much of what the writer says to be true over here. To be fair, I have spoken to a few individuals (usually older males) who think that Bush wasn’t bad or that he was actually quite smart but that is as generous as they are willing to be.
Last semester, one of my girlfriends made the mistake of taking a Cold War History class in which she was the only American & one of the few females. She spent 3 MONTHS being harassed by her bigoted, narrow-minded classmates while the professor just watched. These students all hated the United States,thought that the Cold War was America’s fault, our soldiers are killers & on and on ad nauseam. Of course, this poor girl was a)an Obama liberal and b) not that up on political history so she would come out of these classes in tears & sick to her stomach from the abuse.
The favorite invective of students over here is that we (Americans) are stupid rednecks. Not that they can define a redneck or explain what makes us stupid. They also can’t defend their insults very well.
I’ve had people tell me that they expected Obama to be assassinated because that’s what Americans do if they don’t like someone. For some reason, this individual related Obama to JFK but couldn’t explain the corellation.
I have not endured the type of behavior that the author has; however, judging by the low-level abuse I receive, I’m sure if I went to these type of locations, that is exactly what I would find.
