We will take it against you guys if the movie sucks. (Just kidding)

As for the reality of anti-americanism… it is very real indeed. And really, how could it be any different? Spending around a billion dollars a year (I wish I were exagerating) to wage warfare abroad all the while being so ludicruously patriotic is a scary combination. People ought to distrust those who act that way.

I always liked Steve and the things he believes in. And I like the fact, that he is often questioning the things the United States (meaning the politicians and(!) the people) are doing or saying.

There are certain values he stands for… but those are not unique to one country. He is a patriot, who loves his country and would die for it.

Democracy, freedom of speech and religion (which is a problem nowadays, because of fanatical elements), human rights etc.

You will find those values in other countries too. And that is why he is a appealing character… not because of the fact he is wearing the colors of the flag of the US… and please remeber: a lot of countries use the exact same colors.

Sometimes I think “Americans” (citizens of the US)… we call them “Amis” makes it easier to make clear whom you are taking about… are just a stupid bunch of ignorant uber-patriots… and some of the posts here, are clearly written by such people.

At other times I just hope they will follow Caps example. Please try to be more like him. Love your country and fight for it, but love it and fight for it for the right reasons. What the right reasons are? Ask Cap! You can read it in a lot of Cap Comics.

Looking forward to the movie!

And I don’t quite get the perceived offensiveness in the title, as if without the title the world would only assume the red, white, blue, and stars-n-stripes are merely coincidental. Are people going to walk out once they realize the character is American? I didn’t think so

The United States “of” America.

“Of America” as a possessive clause the United States is a part of the American Continent. The United States doesn’t “own” the continent rather it is a possession of the region, part “of” the region known as North America. However, Mexico and Canada do not claim that part of the region in their country’s name so it’s just easier to shorten the name to “America” when speaking because why use ten Syllables when 4 will do? It’s funny that so many people of countries that reside within the borders of the South American continent find it so offensive that we shorten our national identity to “American” when generally we’re so divided amongst ourselves that we have to hyphenate our national identity to make ourselves feel special.

My interest in discussions like these is my curiosity of a weak national identity. My experience in the South American Continent is very limited, mostly to Central America and the Caribbean, though I’ve heard many people that claim to be from one of the countries from that continent that have such a problem with me calling myself an American as though it somehow excludes them from using it. And that’s what I don’t understand, why does me choosing a word to easily describe where I live somehow offensive to any one else? Is a national identity in Uruguay so low that it’s embarrassing to admit you reside there? And I am supposed to care that a person is embarrassed of their home that I have to change the descriptors of my place of birth to somehow make that person feel better?

If that’s the case, I need to ask “Why”.

Geographically, we are known as “America” and we’re called “Americans” though when I travel overseas I tell people I’m “from the States” not because I’m at all embarrassed where I come from but it’s usually how the people of the local area tend to describe where I’m from, and I’m the visitor to their country, so I try to adopt their customs as best I can so that I might be able to experience my stay in that country better. Though I’ve actually had a conversation with a person that suggested we start calling ourselves “United Statesians”. And I’m sorry that just sounds stupid, and insulting as hell. I suggested to her in return that she ought to refer to herself as a United Kindomite to which she scoffed and said “I’m a Scot”, despite living in the country of the United Kingdom in the region of the British Isles. So by her logic, by suggesting that I call myself a United Statesian, she ought to drop her identity and refer to herself as a United Kingdomite, but sadly those people that believe we need to drop “American” from our national identity rarely abide by their own logic in a pretentious attitude that is generally used to describe most people that live in the United States of America.

It’s one of those “Look in the mirror” aspects of poor attitudes that I wish more of my countrymen would do, but I can sleep well at night knowing that we American’s are not the only ugly countrymen out there. Tourists from other countries that visit the United States mirror a lot of the attitudes I see of many American tourists in Europe.

I love visiting other countries and most of the time I love where I live (humidity sucks). I love experiencing cultures not my own, and I’m not apologetic to where or how I live. And I don’t think anyone should be apologetic either, but if you’re pretentious enough to think you can tell me how I should perceive myself, perhaps I’m not the problem in this discussion.

@jmteuton: seriously man, it’s people like you that give us a bad name. Didn’t your parents ever teach you that it’s rude to brag? If you truly believe that we are worthy of all this praise then just let other people say it rather than saying it yourself. That just makes you (and all of us, since you keep talking like you speak for the whole country) look desperate and kind of sad really.

I like my country a lot, and consider myself a patriot, but I prefer to let our actions and history do the talking, whatever people choose to take away from that.

Having lived in several different countries, I can say that the anti-american sentiment is real, but generally more low-key than it is portrayed most of the time; as this article is actually demonstrating. It’s not written to point out that three countries took away the captain america name and that’s bad, it’s written to point out that EVERYONE ELSE kept the captain america name for one reason or another.

As for the american name thing. Borisblaze you are completely correct, we are called americans as basically shorthand because we’re unified from too many different colonies that didn’t have a collective name other than ‘the american colonies.’ However, that is the exact reason that gonza is being completely ridiculous. We don’t call ourselves americans as some arrogant attempt to usurp the name or because we don’t think the rest of the countries matter, like you said it’s simply historical shorthand. So people should really settle down about it and stop bringing it up in any topic relating to our name.

I am amused to see South Korea listed with Russia, though. It is true that there is a lot of anti-American sentiment in South Korea–mostly deserved, thanks to the behavior of U.S. soldiers from the bases there.

Many kung-fu movies made or supported by the Chinese government boil down to mass patriotic propaganda exercises. American movies often go down this route–e.g., Saving Private Ryan or Pearl Harbor, which were basically good (USA) versus evil. I see no reason why Captain America would not be received on its own merits as a superhero action movie.

As an American, please STFU, stop being a d-bag, and stop trying to speak on behalf of the rest of us.

America is a great place, I`m not saying it`s not. I mean, your country actually works, differently from mine, at least. There are problems everywhere, but you guys got your sh…stuff together.

I`m actually picking on the WORDS. Not on anyone, and certainly not on the principles America was built upon.

I lived in the U.S. and like the Nicaraguan friend of Rickard I was really amazed at what was acomplished in America in pretty much the same time that Brazil had. And Brazil hasn`t done nearly enough to compare.

I wouldn`t dare to try to discuss geopolitics in a newsarama thread. LOL.

2. Reminding kids and popcorn munching fan boys that many brave and innocent lives around the world were lost fighting Axis powers who invaded many countries and tried to exterminate segments of the human race is not just patriotic propaganda.

3. There are so many opinions in the US that anything you say about its citizens will be partly true and partly way off base. I have friends from all over the world. Many dislike this or that politician, yet few confuse a narrowly elected official’s actions as speaking for all.

I was shocked to learn that 1 of EVERY 6.5 (500,000 out of 3.3 million) Uruguyans have emigrated to Spain or Argentina in the last 2 decades. Wow. http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/2091.htm

I`m actually picking on the WORDS. Not on anyone, and certainly not on the principles America was built upon.

I lived in the U.S. and like the Nicaraguan friend of Rickard I was really amazed at what was acomplished in America in pretty much the same time that Brazil had. And Brazil hasn`t done nearly enough to compare.

I wouldn`t dare to try to discuss geopolitics in a newsarama thread. LOL.

That’s how we, in SOUTH AMERICA (I’m from Brazil), learn our continents. To us, it is Oceania, Antartica, Europe, Africa, Asia and America.

That’s the academic view of geography we choose to subscribe to (well, not us, but the people who choose these things and what we learn in school). He doesn’t have to go study Geography. He already did, and that’s what he learned, and he is not exactly wrong, either.

I’m sorry, but do you guys even know why it’s called “America”? A dude named Amerigo Vespucci explored the coast of BRAZIL, in SOUTH AMERICA, for King Manuel I of Portugal. He was also trying to discover the route to India through the West, that Columbus failed to find. He wrote a bunch of reports to King Manuel I and, because of that, the continent got named America, because in the Portugese language, his name was AMERICO Vespúcio.

So, in fact, you guys got NO REAL CLAIM on the name “AMERICA”. Actually, youse guys only use it because your country doesn’t HAVE a real name. You are a bunch of States (got read the definition up on the dictionary), that are in the American continent, that decided to be together politically. IT SAYS SO IN THE NAME.

I mean no disrespect by that, mind you. I’m just pointing out that you americans are way too guarded with the words “AMERICA” and “AMERICAN”. They actually don’t belong to you. And can be used by a lot more people to describe themselves than you think. But we have all agreed that it would be easier to call you that, “AMERICANS”, because how else would you call a person from THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA? The Unitedstateans? Well… actually, in Portugese, we already do… Hmmm…

If you want to see how stupid Canada has become you should take a look at the current issues of Alpha Flight. The writers who happen to be American have truly captured what Canada has turned into. Ugh, I’ve so wanted to move to Australia these past few years. It’s too bad they have terrible video game legislations, and ban games left and right.