[The Hierophant]

Heh, I wouldn't take it to heart folks (and for thye most part it doesn't seem like you are anyway). Some people just like to complain. It's essentially just tall-poppy syndrome where the 'underdogs' like to take pot-shots at those who are a little more 'influential' so to speak.
The fact is, most people who run off at the mouth complaining about how much the don't like a particular group of people (be them called 'Americans', 'Europeans', 'Israelis', 'Arabs', whatever) don't really have any concrete reasons or information to base their gross generalizations of dislike upon. It's just complaining for the sake of complaining. Sheer ridiculousness.