Most Americans aren ' t given a chance to know everything about Europe and most still wouldn ' t want to even if they could . you are making my point even stronger here , mate . you are accusing us of misrepresenting americans , yet you are defending willful , or unwillful ignorance . from the other hand you are accusing everyone here of being oblivious , because they have own perspetive on things going on in USA . in other words you are saying only i have true understanding of ' murica , everyone else is wrong , facetious , or is misrepresenting us . we are living in the age of information , it ' s easy to check facts , it ' s easy to find information , there is no place for ignorance . and if you find something incorrect you can always correct it , but remember that you don ' t have monopoly for truth , or one correct worldview .