Anti British sentiment?

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Is it the fashionable thing to do nowadays amongst countries to blame Britain for their own countries failings? genuine question...

ADFSDF1996 · Accepted Answer

I don’t have any problem with the average Brit. I do get irritated with the far left wing Brits that like to spout off nonsense about America because they are so misinformed about America. I also laugh at English nationalists who are still butthurt over WWI and WWII because they know that Germany would have devoured them had it not been for intervention of the other allied powers. I think what bothers them is that Germany managed to build an empire in only a few decades that rivaled the British empire which took a couple centuries to build.

RolandCuthbert · Accepted Answer

People at GaG make really strange arguments.

"Countries blaming their failings on Britain" is code for "we want to keep all the stuff we looted".

https://www.dw.com/en/the-uphill-battle-to-repatriate-indias-stolen-treasures/a-57593591

The uphill battle to repatriate India's stolen treasures

Germany will return the Benin Bronzes that were stolen from present-day Nigeria, but the path for India to get back its colonial treasures from the UK is still bumpy.

Midgetmcwidget · Accepted Answer

Yes I hate it, being blamed for slavery we used 30of our gdp to abolish slavery in other countries, it has been illegal to own a slave since Cromwell

KarinMcDonald · Accepted Answer

Everyone wants to blame someone other than themselves.

HighValue · Answer

What it really comes down to is most of the world wants to blame Whites (mostly British and White Americans which are mostly Irish, German, and British) for all of their problems because if you examine history and are HONEST/FACTUAL about it, most other cultures are nearly worthless compared to a few White cultures. We created almost everything that exists in the world made by Humans. The only other cultures that have many noteworthy accomplishments are some Asian cultures. Most people's cultures around the world though contributed next to nothing and benefit from what Whites and Asians accomplished.

Anonymous · Answer

I just like to shit talk the UK because you fucks look down your noses at Americans and think your own shit doesn’t stink. Your country’s obsession with America, its people, politicians, government, and media is pretty fucking weird to say the least. I don’t sit around opining on the Tories or Labor or what some chucklefuck MP is up to, I don’t give a fuck! But you bunch of louts are all, “Ooooh, did you see what Ted Cruz said? Hand me another biscuit! More tea!”

Its fucking ridiculous. I assume you all have your own culture and your own things to fucking do, but maybe that tendency towards empire is just in your goddamn bones. You can’t help but look across the ocean and wonder about the savages. Buncha bastards.

Anonymous · Answer

Being Irish myself I do believe the British government through the encouraging sectarianism, persecution, decades of bad governance caused the troubles which cost the lives of many. The British army shooting dead British citizens in British streets was tgae catalyst. But that's all in the past and Ireland north and south are moving on. Southern Ireland is a major success story.

If you look at the problems that countries that blame British for their problems you see that most of those problems have nothing to do with the British empire. Take India today, their biggest problems today are related to the unequal division of wealth and the caste system. India rather than fix their problems blame the British.

DryGermanGuy · Answer

It‘s more the latest of every-country-for-its-own sentiment, which then presumably brings out the need to settle old scores. In case of the British, anything about colonialism. In case of the Germans, anything about the Third Reich. Poland just presented us with a bill for 1300 billion € reparations. 🙄

MrCommodore · Answer

Not people from Britain, but I do have anti-Tory/Conservative party sentiments, ultimately their internal power squabbles by a bunch of rich spoiled aristocratic deviants resulted in them playing political games abroad that resulted in political unrest and in some cases thousands of deaths. Ireland is a prime example of such games.

ArrowheadSW · Answer

A lot of that going on now a days. People attempting to put blame on countries for stuff that happened between 150 and 500 years ago. It is wrong and it is further dividing us. If it happened that long ago and it isn't happening anytime even near now, move on. Let's all go back to being friends.

Luckycharms12 · Answer

You're not really Irish in that case I'm born and raised Irish English forces kill and raped my family stole are land's killed millions of Irish men women and children. And made slaves of us and we are ment to forgive and forget never.

Bítear dár ngéarleanúint ach nílimid tréigthe, bítear dár síneadh ach nílimid díscithe

Tiocfaidh ár lá

Sandeeppingping · Answer

Funny thing if the Irish (Irish, French, angolians, Brazilians whatever country) were strong enough they'd have fucked over England, the game's the game England just happened to be the best at it for a very long time

Nintendo-64 · Answer

Hatred will cause you to have stronger national consciousness and national pride. It wiil make you stronger. Its a good thing.

Sixgunsound · Answer

If they’re not blaming you, they’re blaming us.

SiberFox · Answer

Yes, they hate that Britain and the British were/are better than them.

TheFlak38 · Answer

It doesn't happen only with Britain. Britain is just on the top of that list of countries. That's basically it. Still a dumb thing to do.

maximumpower · Answer

Fashionable? No. Realisitic? Yes

rabbitzzz · Answer

Yah. Losers.

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