Why do many Americans apparently hate Argentina?

[Judah]

I've seen many times on social media many Americans criticizing the lack of racial diversity in Argentina, to the point that it's already annoying and in most cases they end up being ridiculed by the Latin audience, but is there any valid reason for Americans to do this? I mean, most Latinos don't like Americans talking about Latin America so I would like to know your opinions.

 

[Agon321]

Americans are generally weird and not to be taken seriously.
I would also be surprised if the average American knew where Argentina was.
Yes, I don't like America ;).

 

[Judah]

Americans are generally weird and not to be taken seriously.
I would also be surprised if the average American knew where Argentina was.
Yes, I don't like America ;).

Many of them have little knowledge of geography. If you want to win a debate with them, ask them where your country is on the map.

 

[Agon321]

Many of them have little knowledge of geography. If you want to win a debate with them, ask them where your country is on the map.

That's why I was very supportive of Trump's plan to build a wall on the Mexican border.
Plus, another wall could be built on the Canadian border.
Locking Americans in their world is the best thing.

I like it the most when Americans take their problems to other countries.
I don't really care about their internal culture war, so locking them up and cutting off the internet sounds great.

Ufff, I had to vent my inner hatred. I feel much better.

 

[Judah]

That's why I was very supportive of Trump's plan to build a wall on the Mexican border.
Plus, another wall could be built on the Canadian border.
Locking Americans in their world is the best thing.

I like it the most when Americans take their problems to other countries.
I don't really care about their internal culture war, so locking them up and cutting off the internet sounds great.

Ufff, I had to vent my inner hatred. I feel much better.

Then you remember that Trump seems to want to invade Mexico and Panama and you decide to think twice before supporting someone like Trump, besides that it wouldn't prevent tourism and gentrification.

 

[Agon321]

Then you remember that Trump seems to want to invade Mexico and Panama and you decide to think twice before supporting someone like Trump, besides that it wouldn't prevent tourism and gentrification.

I was joking.
I just like to laugh at America, that's all.
I know their policies affect the whole world, but I don't care anymore. I'm at a point where I care less and less about what happens in the world

 

[NumbItAll]

I actually haven't witnessed this at all, maybe it's a niche social media thing? There's definitely some weird shit that goes on there. As far as South American countries, I have heard Venezuela come up a lot in a negative way.

 

[Judah]

I actually haven't witnessed this at all, maybe it's a niche social media thing? There's definitely some weird shit that goes on there. As far as South American countries, I have heard Venezuela come up a lot in a negative way.

Me too, please bomb Venezuela

 

[Chinaski]

Americans are generally weird and not to be taken seriously.

Pin this imho

 

[EvisceratedJester]

I've never seen Americans hate on Argentina. Tbh, they barely even talk about Argentinians.

 

[EternalShore]

I've never heard about this in my entire life~ Plus, I doubt most Americans even know where Argentina is~

 

[ham and potatoes]

Um... as an American, Americans not liking Argentina is news to me.
like someone else said, maby its just some wired niche social media thing?
Argentina look like a beautiful place, and the few people ive met from there were nice

 

[Judah]

I've never seen Americans hate on Argentina. Tbh, they barely even talk about Argentinians.

Argentina look like a beautiful place, and the few people ive met from there were nice

Same here, I like Argentina and as a Venezuelan I have many things in common with Argentines apart from almost dying of hunger due to food shortages and inflation.

 

[EvisceratedJester]

Same here, I like Argentina and as a Venezuelan I have many things in common with Argentines apart from almost dying of hunger due to food shortages and inflation.

Yeah, a few random people on twitter talking about Argentina doesn't mean that most american hate Argentina. I live in the country next door to the US, and most Americans don't give a shit about Argentina. Most of their hate tends to be directed at other countries, such as Mexico. Hell, I've seen more Americans talk about disliking Canada (my country) compared to Argentina.

 

[Judah]

Yeah, a few random people on twitter talking about Argentina doesn't mean that most american hate Argentina. I live in the country next door to the US, and most Americans don't give a shit about Argentina. Most of their hate tends to be directed at other countries, such as Mexico. Hell, I've seen more Americans talk about disliking Canada (my country) compared to Argentina.

Although you have a point, I don't think Americans even know where Argentina is because most believe Latin America is simply Mexico.

 

[ham and potatoes]

So, a hand full of black people on social media don't like it because allot of white people live there is what I'm getting from this

 

[EvisceratedJester]

Although you have a point, I don't think Americans even know where Argentina is because most believe Latin America is simply Mexico.

Most Americans don't believe that Latin America is Mexico...

Whenever Americans talk about other parts of Latin America, they mostly seem to focus on countries like Brazil and Venezuela. Most don't care about Argentina.

 

[Judah]

Most Americans don't believe that Latin America is Mexico...

Whenever Americans talk about other parts of Latin America, they mostly seem to focus on countries like Brazil and Venezuela. Most don't care about Argentina.

Weeee, agreeing with the gringos is pretty boring, I mean, you're Canadian aaaaaa lol

 

[EvisceratedJester]

Weeee, agreeing with the gringos is pretty boring, I mean, you're Canadian aaaaaa lol

Um, okay then...

 

[CatLvr]

Weeee, agreeing with the gringos is pretty boring, I mean, you're Canadian aaaaaa lol

Haha! I LOVE your sense of humor!

 

[scottchy]

As a Canadian, I can say I've heard negative news about Mexico, Venezuela, Columbia etc.. but never anything about Argentina.
As someone mentioned, it's doubtful that most Americans (Canadians included) could even point to Argentina on a map.
Me personally, I have a friend (older lady) from Argentina that worked with me. She was AWESOME! She's a hard ass and wouldn't take shit from anyone but worked her ass off. She would tell management that she was gonna cut their throats in Spanish as nobody understood what she was saying it was awesome!.
I also knew a guy from Venezuela. Owned a restaurant that brought real south American food to Canada. Best dude I ever met and helped me discover my love for tequeños and arepas lol

 

[CatLvr]

As a Canadian, I can say I've heard negative news about Mexico, Venezuela, Columbia etc.. but never anything about Argentina.
As someone mentioned, it's doubtful that most Americans (Canadians included) could even point to Argentina on a map.
Me personally, I have a friend (older lady) from Argentina that worked with me. She was AWESOME! She's a hard ass and wouldn't take shit from anyone but worked her ass off. She would tell management that she was gonna cut their throats in Spanish as nobody understood what she was saying it was awesome!.
I also knew a guy from Venezuela. Owned a restaurant that brought real south American food to Canada. Best dude I ever met and helped me discover my love for tequeños and arepas lol

Lol I worked in the hospitality industry for a few years. Even though I was in management and expected to dress and act in such a way that the guests could relate to me, I was most comfortable in the "back of the house" with the men and women in Housekeeping and Maintenance. Those LA older ladies were absolutely adorable -- the hardest workers on the planet and man oh man, they either LOVED you like their own child or they were plotting your demise (usually by pushing you into one of those gigantic dryers right before the end of shift and closing up for the day! ) I have always identified more with the down to earth folks than I have the hoieity toiety uppity rich folk.

 

[Wrath]

I've never even heard Argentina mentioned in Texas besides people raving about Milei. "OMG strong leader" "What'd he do?" "(sticks this video in my face)"



Everyone I knew even before I locked myself away always really liked it when government either aggressively downsized, cut off things, or mobilized the national guard to respond to a riot. Free entertainment I guess.

Politics are very polarized where I live. People won't talk to neighbors with differing opinions left or right. My neighborhood could just be weird. Rule of thumb for knowing what side an American is on politics is pretty simple though. Just look at the hot press issues.
Deport illegal immigrants (those who didn't follow the legal immigration process and ran into the country) = right.
Diversity concerns, anti-deportation = left.
Industry(usually heavy where I am) = right. If I could drive I could reach oil wells in under an hour or two. Abbot(governor, talked about more than Trump here sometimes) Both usually say "drill baby drill" Probably going to lessen regulations and try to drill more oil.
Environmental preservation = either(both seem to really like the national parks where I live. Pretty big anti littering campaign too "don't mess with Texas" < comes from the anti-littering)

Imo, usually most fellow Texans I've talked to either don't vote, will only vote left for everything, or will only vote right for everything. I've not met anyone in between. It's probably due to both sides using campaigns that say anyone who doesn't vote their way either doesn't love the country and wants it to be destroyed, is a bad person with major moral failings for any reason, or is just downright tarnation evil. The hate is unreal.

The people talking about diversity in Argentina are probably fringe-left. Usually this would only be a concern for lefties if it was domestic, but if they are talking about a whole 'nother country, that's usually the fringers. Righties would probably point at Japan and say "One nation, one people, one culture, one government" and then proceed to ignore every problem they have or don't have. I know this makes me sound like "middle of the road guy with a massive ego makes fun of both sides", but I don't think I'm going to be around long enough to even see what's going to happen. I'm trying to detach myself from all worldly attachments if that makes sense.

 

[Judah]

I've never even heard Argentina mentioned in Texas besides people raving about Milei. "OMG strong leader" "What'd he do?" "(sticks this video in my face)"



Everyone I knew even before I locked myself away always really liked it when government either aggressively downsized, cut off things, or mobilized the national guard to respond to a riot. Free entertainment I guess.

Politics are very polarized where I live. People won't talk to neighbors with differing opinions left or right. My neighborhood could just be weird. Rule of thumb for knowing what side an American is on politics is pretty simple though. Just look at the hot press issues.
Deport illegal immigrants (those who didn't follow the legal immigration process and ran into the country) = right.
Diversity concerns, anti-deportation = left.
Industry(usually heavy where I am) = right. If I could drive I could reach oil wells in under an hour or two. Abbot(governor, talked about more than Trump here sometimes) Both usually say "drill baby drill" Probably going to lessen regulations and try to drill more oil.
Environmental preservation = either(both seem to really like the national parks where I live. Pretty big anti littering campaign too "don't mess with Texas" < comes from the anti-littering)

Imo, usually most fellow Texans I've talked to either don't vote, will only vote left for everything, or will only vote right for everything. I've not met anyone in between. It's probably due to both sides using campaigns that say anyone who doesn't vote their way either doesn't love the country and wants it to be destroyed, is a bad person with major moral failings for any reason, or is just downright tarnation evil. The hate is unreal.

The people talking about diversity in Argentina are probably fringe-left. Usually this would only be a concern for lefties if it was domestic, but if they are talking about a whole 'nother country, that's usually the fringers. Righties would probably point at Japan and say "One nation, one people, one culture, one government" and then proceed to ignore every problem they have or don't have. I know this makes me sound like "middle of the road guy with a massive ego makes fun of both sides", but I don't think I'm going to be around long enough to even see what's going to happen. I'm trying to detach myself from all worldly attachments if that makes sense.

Milei is basically the Latin version of Trump, only more liberal and less protectionist, he is against things like abortion and pensions, he is pro-life and a climate change denier... I don't like that guy.

 

[CatLvr]

I've never even heard Argentina mentioned in Texas besides people raving about Milei. "OMG strong leader" "What'd he do?" "(sticks this video in my face)"



Everyone I knew even before I locked myself away always really liked it when government either aggressively downsized, cut off things, or mobilized the national guard to respond to a riot. Free entertainment I guess.

Politics are very polarized where I live. People won't talk to neighbors with differing opinions left or right. My neighborhood could just be weird. Rule of thumb for knowing what side an American is on politics is pretty simple though. Just look at the hot press issues.
Deport illegal immigrants (those who didn't follow the legal immigration process and ran into the country) = right.
Diversity concerns, anti-deportation = left.
Industry(usually heavy where I am) = right. If I could drive I could reach oil wells in under an hour or two. Abbot(governor, talked about more than Trump here sometimes) Both usually say "drill baby drill" Probably going to lessen regulations and try to drill more oil.
Environmental preservation = either(both seem to really like the national parks where I live. Pretty big anti littering campaign too "don't mess with Texas" < comes from the anti-littering)

Imo, usually most fellow Texans I've talked to either don't vote, will only vote left for everything, or will only vote right for everything. I've not met anyone in between. It's probably due to both sides using campaigns that say anyone who doesn't vote their way either doesn't love the country and wants it to be destroyed, is a bad person with major moral failings for any reason, or is just downright tarnation evil. The hate is unreal.

The people talking about diversity in Argentina are probably fringe-left. Usually this would only be a concern for lefties if it was domestic, but if they are talking about a whole 'nother country, that's usually the fringers. Righties would probably point at Japan and say "One nation, one people, one culture, one government" and then proceed to ignore every problem they have or don't have. I know this makes me sound like "middle of the road guy with a massive ego makes fun of both sides", but I don't think I'm going to be around long enough to even see what's going to happen. I'm trying to detach myself from all worldly attachments if that makes sense.

Oklahoma is the same damn way. Anymore, I tell people I'm too conservative to be a liberal and too liberal to be a conservative. Basically everyone hates me.

 

[RIPwednesdayadams]

No offense but I don't think Americans think about Argentina much at all. Let alone have serious opinions about the racial diversity of the country. But we do have an extremely racially diverse population in the US— more so than most due to one of our country's main corner stones— immigrant culture.

 

[RottenApple17]

I don't think Americans even know where Argentina is located lol

 

[Loaf of bread]

To me that just seems like a niche part of twitter, and not representative of americans in general. Argentina is barely ever mentioned at all in the anglosphere, not much thought about it good or bad

 

[DeadEndRoad]

I've never seen Americans criticize Argentina specifically. Who gives a fuck about Argentina?