I'm from the Netherlands, middle-aged and have never met a person in my circles with a genuine hate of America or Americans.
There's plenty of critique on the state of US society, but that doesn't translate to general hate for any random American, unless you're intentionally provocative.
Likewise, we do not hate US products. It's just that in the case of food and cars, we have plenty ourselves of an equal or better quality.
Should you be conservative and drop a few of those views in casual conversation, I can assure you that this doesn't shock the average European. In fact, counter intuitively you may find out that progressive Americans are far more progressive than progressive Europeans. Culturally that is, not economically.
Do avoid obnoxious patriotism or bragging about the US.
I'm from the Netherlands, middle-aged and have never met a person in my circles with a genuine hate of America or Americans.
There's plenty of critique on the state of US society, but that doesn't translate to general hate for any random American, unless you're intentionally provocative.
Likewise, we do not hate US products. It's just that in the case of food and cars, we have plenty ourselves of an equal or better quality.
Should you be conservative and drop a few of those views in casual conversation, I can assure you that this doesn't shock the average European. In fact, counter intuitively you may find out that progressive Americans are far more progressive than progressive Europeans. Culturally that is, not economically.
Do avoid obnoxious patriotism or bragging about the US.