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There are actually folks on this board who think the negative stuff that Clarkson says about America, Germany, China, Australia, France, Switzerland, Korea, Ireland, Sweden, etc... makes him anti-American?
Whatever.
Meanwhile, all I hear about other countries from people here are people calling the French a bunch of cowards, or saying that everything from China is crap. Or bad-mouthing British soccer holigans, or talking down Mexicans for getting jobs illegally in the US.
Does that makes almost everyone in the US anti-Chinese, anti-French, anti-British, and anti-Mexican?
All Clarkson is doing is playing upon the same nationalistic group indentity taunts that get played upon everywhere in the world. It's no different than cheering for your local high school football team to beat the football team from the town next door. Anytime you draw a border and create an "Us vs. Them" situation, the trash talk will instantly start coming out.
If you hate Clarkson just because he has a pro-British bias and takes every opportunity to bash the entire rest of the world, you need to get over yourself. Try starting with judging YOURSELF based upon the same standard you are judging others.
Sorry to be so harsh, but somebody has to say it, instead of pussy-footing around the issue.
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