Newsweek reports United States is the 2nd most hated country in the world

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Part of the Cornerstone Speech (aka The Cornerstone Address) given on March 21, 1861 by Alexander H. Stephens, acting Vice President of the Confederate States of America:

"Our new government['s]...foundations are laid, its cornerstone rests upon the great truth, that the ***** is not equal to the white man; that slavery—subordination to the superior race—is his natural and normal condition. This, our new government, is the first, in the history of the world, based upon this great physical, philosophical, and moral truth."

The speech in its entirety can be found here: Cornerstone Speech
 

Pepper said:
No sympathy for your GGGrandfather. Wrong side. F him. Sorry
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Ah, the compassionate progressive voice—"F him, sorry." A textbook example of that modern blend of smug ignorance and moral grandstanding. My great-great-grandfather didn’t own slaves, didn’t invade anyone's homeland, and survived a war he never asked for fighting to defend his home, not to conquer someone else’s. But sure, let’s keep cheering for torching history and condemning long-dead men whose lives you’ve never tried to understand. So, I can only opine if self-righteousness were knowledge, you’d have a PhD.
 
oslooskar said:
great-great-grandfather didn’t own slaves, didn’t invade anyone's homeland, and survived a war he never asked for fighting to defend his home, not to conquer someone else’s
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I think that most of those fighting for the South weren't slave owners, were they? I bet those that did own slaves thought they were lucky at first that they had convinced so many non-slave-owners to fight for their cause. But the rich have been convincing the non-rich to fight the rich man's wars for a long time. Same old sad story.
 
Pepper said:
Pot calls kettle black dear
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Ah, the classic deflection, when in doubt, toss out a tired cliché and hope it sticks. That's cute, Pepper, but if calling out a rude comment makes me the kettle, I’ll gladly wear it because at least I’m not the one yelling "F him"at someone’s ancestor and then pretending that’s enlightened discourse. Try again!
 
officerripley said:
I think that most of those fighting for the South weren't slave owners, were they? I bet those that did own slaves thought they were lucky at first that they had convinced so many non-slave-owners to fight for their cause. But the rich have been convincing the non-rich to fight the rich man's wars for a long time. Same old sad story.
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Most Americans don’t realize it, but slavery was legal in four Northern states, Kentucky, Maryland, Delaware, and Missouri, not just during the Civil War, but for eight months after the war ended. The Emancipation Proclamation didn’t apply to those states because they hadn’t seceded. Slavery wasn’t abolished nationwide until the 13th Amendment was ratified in December 1865. So, slavery ended in the South before it ended in the North.
 
England abolished the slave trade in 1807, meaning the buying, selling, and transporting of enslaved people across the British Empire. However, it did not abolish the ownership of existing slaves until 1833/1834, and at great expense, as the government paid compensation to slave owners (not the enslaved) to help secure enough parliamentary support for the Slavery Abolition Act.

Before 2010, there was no single modern statute in England that clearly criminalised the act of owning a slave under domestic law. Slavery had long been outlawed in practice, but it wasn’t technically a standalone criminal offence under English law until the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 came into force in 2010. It seems this had been somewhat overlooked until then.
 
Magna-Carta said:
England abolished the slave trade in 1807, meaning the buying, selling, and transporting of enslaved people across the British Empire. However, it did not abolish the ownership of existing slaves until 1833/1834, and at great expense, as the government paid compensation to slave owners (not the enslaved) to help secure enough parliamentary support for the Slavery Abolition Act.

Before 2010, there was no single modern statute in England that clearly criminalised the act of owning a slave under domestic law. Slavery had long been outlawed in practice, but it wasn’t technically a standalone criminal offence under English law until the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 came into force in 2010. It seems this had been somewhat overlooked until then.
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The 2006 movie Amazing Grace depicts the struggle to abolish the slave trade by William Wilberforce in the English parliament. It was a very long and difficult struggle because the trade was very lucrative.

Worth viewing.

Amazing Grace (2006 film) - Wikipedia
 
I'll take the part at the bottom.

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seems accurate to me.

It is interesting though to read the various posts that some manage to ignore the 4 points outlining why America is supposedly hated.
 
Warrigal said:
And....? For one thing it did not require a civil war to abolish slavery. It required grit and determination by a small group of committed parliamentarians and clergy to stop the English from profiteering from a very unholy business.
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Yes, a great movie about it is Amazing Grace, 2006, starring Ioan Gruffudd and Albert Finney, wonderful movie.
 
Magna-Carta said:
And if they did visit, did they experience all aspects of the country in order to come to their sense of 'hate'.
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I spent a lot of time traveling between the Marines and when I worked in the Pentagon. I have read here that other people have also visited a lot of countries. I only wanted to state that each time I spent days, weeks, months or years in other countries, it was always the best feeling when I got back on U.S. soil. I would imagine foreigners that were gone from their homeland for any length of time may have felt the same way when they returned to their country.

If I had to choose the worse country I was in for at least a month, it wouldn’t be all that difficult to list my top three countries. I think you need to spend at least a month to get a good feel of a country and to have an honest opinion of it. I remember the moment I stepped off the plane in Indonesia. I immediately thought I’m not going to like it here.

However, as it turned out, I enjoyed my time there. The attractions, food and things to do were all very good. We went scuba diving (Bali and Gili) and in some of the clearest waters I had ever been in. The only downside that I didn’t like were the many different species of reptiles, especially the Komodo Dragon, which is scary just looking at it.

We hired a guide to take us on a nature hike. Being there on U.S. Government work, I was permitted to carry a weapon. The guide carried a rifle. The beaches are beautiful and the food was very different, but good. We ate Mango right off the tree. The worse fruit is Durian. That fruit smells so bad, you aren’t allowed to eat it on the plane, but it does taste good, if you can get past the smell.
 
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