“The Constitution Doesn’t Apply Here”: Europeans Share Their Worst American Tourist Encounters

And Hitler declared war on THEM, they didn't choose to join the war

Brazilian here, but with a military history degree, so I have no skin in this game. This isn't precisely true. The United States provided material support to the Allies prior to entering the war. Also, nearly half a million American soldiers were killed in the war, which is a pretty hefty commitment.

Yeah, they did only get going in 1942. But wow, did they get going. The fact is, Australia could not POSSIBLY have defended itself against the Japanese, the British were neither willing or able to help us, and if it wasn't for the Americans on Guadalcanal, Australia would have really been cut off from help (and Queensland bombed heavily). I'm Australian, and i've been learning about the Pacific war for a long time.

We need them to say 'The allies, of which the British were a member, but to be clear I wasn't alive then, won the war.'

That’s always been amusing to me as well. I don’t think the ancestral lineage or link to a corner of the globe means f**k all. Do things and be someone that you are proud of. That’s what really matters. But if you don’t or haven’t done anything worthwhile, I guess you can be proud of your heritage, team, or political party. People bashing another for something they didn’t have anything to do with personally is weak. It’s illogical but also kind of amusing that people take such pride that their parents, their grand parents, or whatever were born on some particular bit of rock and not another and that makes them somehow great or better.

Did you here whst is going on in Ukraine . Russia is known for " we will throw bodies at them and win by attrition" tactic. But they knew it would make them unpopular so they got North Koreans.

Well it’s about to end here, to all practical purposes, unless somebody starts saying something about the blatant abuse of power going on with DJT right now.

Eh, from what i've heard it's not applying anymore inside of the US border either.

Have you met a conservative American lately?

In fairness, the Constitution no longer applies in the United States either.

It is if you're Murican...............

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Apparently

It is for the orange man in the oval office…

it stops with the head thats on your money...

Well, no, but keep in mind that the rights of the Constitution are an enumeration of human rights which the American founding fathers considered "self-evident." OTOH, in America at least, this is usually a preface to something which is not a right, and at best a privilege.

Tell that to yhe people screaming about constitutional rights to illegals

Not true. An American citizen has the protection of the American government while abroad the same as while at home.

I was watching a TV show about the Canadian border in BC. An American couple took their newborn child out for the day to the park and took a wrong turn and ended up at the border. They both had holstered hand guns and over 100 rounds of ammo. How dangerous was the park they were going to?!

There a lot of businesses outside the US which will accept dollars - at incredibly unfavorable rates of exchange.

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It's gonna be interesting to see what DT's pet Supreme Court justices do with birthright citizenship when it shows up on their docket.

That is the excuse used to come for your oil.

To be fair, Irak once HAD weapons of mass destruction - delivered in the 80s by the United States as a geopolitic counterweight to neighbouring Iran. So the army probably really was surprised when they did not find any...

It was never about WMDs. It was always oil

The UK, France and Russia have WMDs.

Oh, we will know the accusation is enough...

You woke the cat? You sinner !

I'm stealing that one.

Is the cat ok?

Dumb Americans! (I’m American)

Last Christmas, I gave you my heart...

Not to mention that in French, 'Province ' means everywhere in France except Paris and it's suburbs

Et la ville de Provins.

they won't learn, they'll only confront and resent

Brains will fry

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In fairness, I'd say Europeans are 100 times more likely to think that the U.S. is a single state, rather than a federation of 50 semi-autonomous states. If I read one more internet meme (including on BP) stating astonishment that there is no "American law" prohibiting such-and-such, I'll scream. Unless it involves interstate matters, it's a state issue. Mail your neighbor a package of ricin? That involves the post office, so it's a federal matter. Stab your neighbor in the neck? That's a state matter; there's probably no "American law" violated.

Pot calling the kettle black. South America and North America aren't one continent. 😉