I hear quite a few people here in NationStates General complaining about how people hate their country, especially, it must be said, Americans. More recently I've also seen threads about how people apparently hate, say, the Russians or the Chinese and how unfair it is. But the country that seems to get by far the most hatred from everyone else- ranging from well-meaning banter to genuine xenophobic sentiment- is the United Kingdom, and especially its largest component nation, England.
It's been my observation that behind the many, many threads here on NationStates advocating the independance of Scotland and/or Wales, or annexation by Argentina/the Republic of Ireland/Spain of the Falklands/Northern Ireland/Gibraltar, the genuine driving sentiment is some irrational hatred of the English. It's a cliche that everyone hates England- Scots hate England, the Irish hate England, the Welsh hate England, the French, Germans and Americans all hate England. I could go on. For most people, it's old national rivalries that have simmered down to good-natured ribbing, but what is scary is the number of people who seem to actually have a personal vendetta against England- usually thinly veiled beneath some holier-than-thou "anti-imperialist" message about English "oppression" of [Insert Nationality Here].
It's slightly disheartening when one sees various people of various political ideologies and nationalities coming together with the express purpose of basically ganging up on your own country. It does sometimes feel like England is the single most hated nation on Earth. So the questions I pose to NSG are, do you think England gets treated unfairly, here on NationStates and/or in the wider world? Do you possess anti-English sentiments yourself, and if so, why?
