text: why do people hate on americans so much? i often look through these boards and frequently see extremely rude thinga about americans. frankly, i could say a whole hell of a lot about other cultures, but i choose not to. so where exactly do people pick up this mainly (and i say mainly because it can't be true for all amercans) false belief? well, i personally don't hate americans and i actually have very good american friends, but i'll answer your question.  along history, we have seen the united states sticking up the nose in everyone's business, specially when they can take advantage of it. but nobody can say anything bad about the us because that could mean almost a diplomatic suicide.   invading other countries without the approval of the united nations (actually, without any logical reason) is a good example of it. mexico has a free trade agreement with the us, refused to support bush with this "war on terror" (haha... interesting title, by the way), and now the diplomatic relation of my country with the us is reaaaally damaged, and we're paying the price.   that's pretty much why...