tonyh29 Posted September 16, 2013 Share Posted September 16, 2013 with apologies to the American VT'ers it's only fair that you get your own thread for this one Nina Davuluri has been hit with Twitter abuse after becoming the first woman of Indian descent to be crowned Miss America. After her victory in Atlantic City, the 24-year-old beauty queen, who was born in Syracuse, New York, and is believed to be a practising Hindu, said: "I'm so happy this organisation has embraced diversity. "I'm thankful there are children watching at home who can finally relate to a new Miss America." Some people accused her of not being American, others said she was an Arab and looked like a terrorist. "I am literally soo mad right now a ARAB won. #MissAmerica" "How the **** does a foreigner win miss America? She is a Arab! #idiots" "It's called Miss America. Get outta here New York you look like a terrorist. #bye #americanforamerica" "Well they just picked a Muslim for Miss America. That must've made Obama happy. Maybe he had a vote." I know it's Twatter and only a small minority but having been accused of being Australian every time I visit the States it's clearly time they started to teach geography at American schools .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legov Posted September 16, 2013 Share Posted September 16, 2013 (edited) Hmm Edit: Er...actually, I don't think she's that hot at all Edited September 16, 2013 by legov Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Kingfisher Posted September 16, 2013 Share Posted September 16, 2013 What on earth compelled miss America to enter such a ridiculous competition in the first place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villaajax Posted September 16, 2013 Share Posted September 16, 2013 Say what you will about America but at least they don't have any dirty Tories. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted September 16, 2013 Share Posted September 16, 2013 (edited) Great film and I love America. I met the love of my life there. Edited September 16, 2013 by PaulC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFCforever1991 Posted September 16, 2013 Share Posted September 16, 2013 Say what you will about America but at least they don't have any dirty Tories. Tory, Labour, Lib dem, Democrat, Republican, it's all the **** same. Shite. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villaajax Posted September 16, 2013 Share Posted September 16, 2013 Well, it isn't, at all. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post BOF Posted September 16, 2013 Moderator Popular Post Share Posted September 16, 2013 You're always going to get some reactions like that. In a country of 300 million people, many of whom get their opinion on foreigners from Fox News, I'd be surprised if there weren't a selection of horrible tweets. I'm not going to lambast the whole country for it though. There are plenty of other sticks to beat America with and I feel sorry for the many intelligent and informed Americans who just have to sit back and accept that they can do nothing about the way the rest of the world views their country when stuff like the above happens.Just remember that this America that's being criticised is the very same America that just voted this woman as their beauty queen in the first place. 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted September 16, 2013 Share Posted September 16, 2013 on the one hand, it's a big place so if it has the usual proportion of idiots then it's going to have a lot of idiots on the other hand, we could see this as reason for a strategic air strike 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted September 16, 2013 Share Posted September 16, 2013 just to show my own ignanance: Is 'america' called that (america) in any official capacity? Do the other countries of north, central and south america refer to the USA as 'america'? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted September 16, 2013 Author Share Posted September 16, 2013 BOF, on 16 Sept 2013 - 12:25 PM, said: You're always going to get some reactions like that. In a country of 300 million people, many of whom get their opinion on foreigners from Fox News, I'd be surprised if there weren't a selection of horrible tweets. I'm not going to lambast the whole country for it though. There are plenty of other sticks to beat America with and I feel sorry for the many intelligent and informed Americans who just have to sit back and accept that they can do nothing about the way the rest of the world views their country when stuff like the above happens. Just remember that this America that's being criticised is the very same America that just voted this woman as their beauty queen in the first place. feel free , the thread doesn't just restrict it to this example I like America , and the American people that I've encountered along the way ( I spent 6 years working for an American bank so encountered them daily during that time) .... some of the nicest people on Villatalk are Americans ... but saying that this is Villatalk so you know how it goes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted September 16, 2013 Author Share Posted September 16, 2013 villaajax, on 16 Sept 2013 - 12:20 PM, said: Say what you will about America but at least they don't have any dirty Tories. boo hiss Politics to the Politics thread please Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awol Posted September 16, 2013 Share Posted September 16, 2013 Say what you will about America but at least they don't have any dirty Tories. Yes they do, in America they're called Democrats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentVilla Posted September 16, 2013 Moderator Share Posted September 16, 2013 villaajax, on 16 Sept 2013 - 12:20 PM, said: Say what you will about America but at least they don't have any dirty Tories. boo hiss Politics to the Politics thread please I think you both have a point 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted September 16, 2013 Moderator Share Posted September 16, 2013 feel free , the thread doesn't just restrict it to this example No I think I'll keep it to the surveillance thread. I've absolutely no problem with the American public. They're without doubt the friendliest people I've ever met (I can even now detect the sometimes fake 'have a nice day' you get from people who'd rather stab you in the eye). My problem is entirely with the people who run the place. If anything I sympathise with the American people because they're in an ever-increasingly restrictive police state. The tweets above could easily be seen as being symptomatic of what they're being fed by their media. Calling people terrorists as a default reaction is a consequence of them being told that 'this is what terrorists look like' by irresponsible news media paid to perpetuate fear to keep up support of foreign policies that aren't in their interests. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted September 16, 2013 Share Posted September 16, 2013 dont see the shock. their is idiots like that everywhere not just in USA, was similar here from Irish people about the Queen visit a year or two ago. Twitter and Facebook etc is now just a platform for these idiots to have their opinions made more open to the public Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted September 16, 2013 Share Posted September 16, 2013 sometimes I regret Prince Madog ever having discovered the place Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted September 16, 2013 Author Share Posted September 16, 2013 chrisp65, on 16 Sept 2013 - 12:59 PM, said: sometimes I regret Prince Madog ever having discovered the place Leif Ericson says Hi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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