Why do Americans hate the French?

Answer 1

Americans hate French people because they are different. They don't share the same political views either, but they are not bad people. They are more "green" than the USA as well; they use almost 80% nuclear power, which is a clean energy source.

French point of view by Crisdean.

Some do, most don't.

First, we are not that different from the Americans.

In the US, I have never been assaulted by "locals", neither was I offended for being french. Most of the time, they were curious, kind and helpful.

The stereotypes.

French are rude, stink, are coward, incompetent in warfare, lazy, french woman don't shave and are easy, they eat snails and frogs ....

All of this are stereotypes, also those in France which depicte the American as fat, arrogant, racist, greedy, pretendious, badly educated, aggressive etc..

the stereotype of the American being the texan with its Stetson driving a huge Cadillac (with the bull-horn on the front), or the fat kid with his T shirt and his short.

Of course, if you see France as it is shown in American movies or on Fox News, I can easily understand why American see the French in an old-deux-chevaux, with the beret and a baguette under his arm. In fact, there are not deux chevaux anymore (except collectibles), people don't wear berets, woman do shave, people do not eat garlic everyday nor snails (sometimes during Christmas), and 95 % of french never had frog legs. We use soap, deodorants, and we take showers.

Positive stereotypes.

What I have said above is also true about the positive stereotypes on French.

Women are elegant and slim. Obesity is obviously a bigger (without humour) health problem than in France. But some French are fat. Obesity is growing in my country.

French food is the best in the word. Food is a tradition, and it is part of conviviality and it is good. But it is wrong to say that it is the "best". I think that America is more diversified concerning food.

The french and romantic lover : I would like too, but the French man is not more romantic than any other man. Neither is he a better lover.

Answer 2

They don't.

I see that this question has been asked under the category 'Gulf War'. I presume that the fact that the French didn't back America's actions in the Middle East is behind it. France didn't back America because it felt that America was wrong.

Thinking a country's actions are wrong is not the same as hating that country, or its citizens.

Did the Americans hate the French when they didn't come to fight the Germans when France was attacked in 1914 or again in 1939? EDIT We don't, this is something medias made up. We like your culture very much (the food too^^!). The thing is we don't like when you insult us (remember after we said no the the war in Irak?) but that's it. French people like Americans very much.