Do Europeans hate the Brits?

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We're in Spain at the minute and have encountered some pretty hostile behaviour. Not so much from the Spanish, as we speak the language, but from other Europeans. We've been coming here many years and I've never before encountered such hostility. It got me thinking, do many Europeans dislike the Brits?

It would be helpful if you could give one example OP

Then their grudge should be against the venues and government for allowing and PROMOTING the culture

I have noticed when abroad that it is usually Polish women and Russian's who tend to be quite rude and the odd german especially towards English people as apposed to Scottish Welsh people

The pp also mentioned attitudes to NI as a issue.

While there is nobody alive now who was responsible for the famine, there are plenty alive who are responsible for the Birmingham 6, Guildford 4 etc miscarriages. There are plenty alive who were responsible for bloody Sunday, Ballymurphy massacre, collusion wrt Monaghan and Dublin bombings, massacre of miami show band etc. There are plenty alive who are racist towards the Irish on a regular basis. While I haven't lived in England in quite some time, being accused of being a terrorist and to fuck off back home was a regular occurance when I lived there in the 80's. Most of those people are probably still alive.

That all said, I met loads of lovely English people and am still friends with many of them.

Erm we are in Europe though no longer in the EU. Unless we have more to a different geographical location.😂😂😂

Oh well - In Heaven the cooks are French, the policemen are English, the mechanics are German, the lovers are Italian and everything is run by the Swiss..

In Hell..
The cooks are English, the policemen are German, the mechanics are French, the lovers are Swiss and everything is run by the Italians.

England has a colonial past. Many people across the world have never forgotten that and still have bitter feelings to this day.

For example, whilst on business DH was recently advised by his company to use his Irish passport instead of his British one when travelling to India for smoother passage through customs and less hassle. It’s an inter generational phenomenon.

But again, the average English person had nothing to do with the Brimingham six, the Guildford four etc.

We should hate the people that did these things, not the entire country that they are from.

I was born in England and I think the Birmingham six, Guildford Four etc are awful miscarriages of justice. But it was the police at the time that were responsible, not anyone else in England.

Hate the person, not the country

I really don't think this is a thing. I'm English and we've travelled down from St Malo down the west coast of France to the western end of the Med. Several stops and pretty friendly everywhere. We've had similar holidays in previous years and it's all been nice. My spoken French is not great but I do try to use it. and I think that helps a bit.

Many countries have a colonial past.

Spain also has a colonial past. Spain invaded and colonised many many countries in the past.

What are your feelings on Spain's colonial past?

I don’t have any feelings on Spain’s colonial past as again, (guess what?!) I’m simply the messenger telling you what I know and have experienced.

I'm replying to your point where you said that England is not liked because of their Colonial past.

You only seem to remember England's colonial past, as you live in a country that England specifically colonised.

I'm pointing out to you that in history, many countries colonised other countries. That is how it was back then.

There were many wars , invasions and colonisations.

We've only really stopped doing it fairly recently.

I travel regularly to France and haven't encountered any animosity. I speak French, don't know if that makes a difference. I've had lots of questions about Brexit.

How do these hostile people even know you're English?

There are so many Europeans (and others) using English as a lingua franca. In shops in Europe we were often mistaken for other nationalities.

During several weeks in Europe we came across 1 rude tosser. But he didn't know where we were from.

This has been my experience, too.
We spent 2 weeks in the South of France in the summer. We went to places where other holiday makers were (the sea and a lake with water activities), but they were mostly French. We don't speak very good French but did make an effort. I can't think of a single negative experience.
[looks out of window and wishes we were still on holiday]

And what about the racist abuse? What about bloody Sunday, ballymurphy, miami showband, Dublin and monaghan bombings?

And yes, the average English person at the time had plenty to do with the Birmingham 6 etc. The general public were baying for blood which resulted in the police being desperate for convictions. Did you know that one of the maguire 7 was 14 and sentenced to 4 years? None of this happened in a vacuum.

England’s colonial past had a detrimental effect on my home island. Spain on the other hand has absolutely nothing to do with me. See the difference?

Google the Irish and intergenerational trauma. It may help you out a bit.

True, but immigration at the borders is a proper pain now.......

I think nationality is too rigid of a concept anyway.

They tried to put us in one small box.

If someone is born in England to an Indian mother and a French father for example, how can they be one nationality.

We are not from one place. We are all from the world

How do these hostile people even know you're English?

Well I guess it's because when we're not speaking Spanish to staff in restaurants etc, we're speaking English to each other?

Your OP makes no sense. Brits are Europeans.

Look OP, it exists to some extent but the people who answer this question are never unbiased. We have had many threads before where this question has been asked, same sort of posters, same sort of replies. Every time. Note the tone. They clearly have issues and I'll leave it there.

We were talking about Europe as a whole.

OP asked do Europeans dislike the British.

We are not just talking about Ireland.

I think it's like how people hate on Americans but Americans don't really care about elsewhere 😂
I'm not saying no Brits care about elsewhere but generally if they're being honest, they don't really.
And yes I expect backlash for this comment but in my experience it's true.
So don't let it bother you, it doesn't really matter.