do people actually still not like the English?

bet he supported Man United and all he talks about is English football

Wouldnt say i hate them.....however they can be right arrogent pricks when they want to be.

Live in Germany and went shopping with the wife and kids on Saturday in a big Dutch outlet village. On leaving a shop i overheard a young father wisper to his son....."****in Nazis everywhere" and pointed to my son. I cooly turned asked him in my best German accent what his job was, his reply with a smile was I am a British soldier....my reply with a smile on my face was, my son was born in South Armagh, has an Irish Passport so be careful boy or else you may not leave the the shopping center alive. His jaw dropped and the wife was full of sorrys.

On the other hand.....I am sure he hates the Paddys......like the Dutch hate the Germans, the Germans hate the Dutch, Belguims hate the Dutch, Germans hate the French.......... You will always find a few haters everywhere.

rob316 wrote: »

this guy is a business man and won't deal with any english companies.

Probably not a good one if he lets his judgement be clouded by hate.

I've never understood the anti-Englishism and for me most of the reaons given are done through confirmation bias. They alread hate them now they've just got to find reasons to jistify the hate.

"They always think they're going to win the World Cup" - no more or less than we do. I don't think I've ever seen a major soccer tournament where English fans thought they were genuine contenders. Not actual favourites, mind - just contenders.

Irishmale0399 wrote: »

Wouldnt say i hate them.....however they can be right arrogent pricks when they want to be.

Live in Germany and went shopping with the wife and kids on Saturday in a big Dutch outlet village. On leaving a shop i overheard a young father wisper to his son....."****in Nazis everywhere" and pointed to my son. I cooly turned asked him in my best German accent what his job was, his reply with a smile was I am a British soldier....my reply with a smile on my face was, my son was born in South Armagh, has an Irish Passport so be careful boy or else you may not leave the the shopping center alive. His jaw dropped and the wife was full of sorrys.

On the other hand.....I am sure he hates the Paddys......like the Dutch hate the Germans, the Germans hate the Dutch, Belguims hate the Dutch, Germans hate the French.......... You will always find a few haters everywhere.

Hardly representative, to be fair..? And his hate is hardly based on his nationality.

I had a dislike towards the English in general when i learnt about the history of it all in secondary school. Just being a silly teenager.

Any English person i know or encountered have been completely sound.

rob316 wrote: »

I mean normal people not jumped up idiots.

I was talking to a guy today not old either and he just had such venom against the english. Hated everything to do with them.

I just find it ridiculous in this day and age.

is this a touchy issue? Shut it down mod if it is.

How could you not like this:


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I'll say the same thing I say when someone from outside of UK/Ireland asks: some people do understand the history and that's there motivation. But it's more akin to "I don't want anything to do with the British; just give back Northen Ireland". Most people don't.
However, the majority of the "anti-English" people have no clue about history and just claim it because they're idiots.

You might as well say you hate the Irish while your at it, the amount of ''English'' people of Irish descent is massive, Irish people have played a large part in shaping the Britain of today. Thankfully though, over the past 10-15 years, I've noticed that the anti English sentiment has reduced massively.