Comments on: Hate-speech against Australians? http://www.bloggernews.net/15257 High-quality English language analysis and editorial writing on the news. Thu, 04 Dec 2008 18:34:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Step http://www.bloggernews.net/15257#comment-356014 Step Tue, 27 May 2008 16:24:20 +0000 http://www.bloggernews.net/15257#comment-356014 You say: [Australians] "get more offended than they should be when some ignorant English twit mouths off about Australians" Excuse me? I have much experience of Australians, and, in my experience, it is twits from that country that mouth off about the English far more regularly than the other way round. However, in a sense you are correct. they sure do get very aggressively defensive if someone dares to offer a different opinion in regards to their homeland! You say: [Australians] “get more offended than they should be when some ignorant English twit mouths off about Australians”

Excuse me? I have much experience of Australians, and, in my experience, it is twits from that country that mouth off about the English far more regularly than the other way round.

However, in a sense you are correct. they sure do get very aggressively defensive if someone dares to offer a different opinion in regards to their homeland!

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