Posted on 11/03/2016 11:52:27 AM PDT by ZULU
If you are a patriotic Conservative, Rick Steves is NOT your tour. Recently, a friend of mine took a tour to Sicily sponsored by Mr. Steves. The Tour went fine until the last day when they visited a war museum in Catania. The Tour Guide, a creature called "Alfeo" went on a long anti-American tirade, attacking us for our effort in Europe, blaming Black Lives Matter on the police, stating American troops raped Sicilian women, American flag waving Sicilians were forced to do so under armed force, 9-11 was our own fault, etc.
My friend spoke out and told the guide to shut up and stop attacking America, he was on vacation and did not want to hear politics. "Alfeo" ignored my friend and went on with his rant, stating RICK STEVES WANTED THIS TIRADE DELIVERED, IT WAS HIS POLICY.
Steves was in Massachusetts last pushing for the recreational use marijuana referendum.
Pot head too. Probably spent too much time smoking joints and broiled his brains.
I visit Sicily on occasion to see my husband’s family. Sicilians are wildly anti-American as well as Jew haters (their walls are often filled with anti-Semitic junk). And, yes, Rick Steves, despite his oily Mr. Rogers persona, is another leftist. After all, he managed to get into Iran to promote it as a peaceful place filled with fun lovers.
Agreed. However that is why they control American public opinion; i.e. they spent years infiltrating all important institutions such as media, churches, academia etc.
I’ve always thought he was gay; just like Ken Burns is gay and my next door neighbor is gay. Married gay men are the worst.
Of course, you’re telling the truth. My brother just got back from a vacation in Italy and noticed the constant anti-American crap. Your friend needs to write a serious letter to Steves. That should never have happened.
I had to look up to see what YELP was. Frankly, when I have a complaint about a product or service, I complain directly to the company I did business with. If they don’t respond, or you don’t get the result you want, then you can bad mouth them on other forums. There’s no sense in complaining if you’re not going to alert the company of something you found offensive. You never know, they might have had other complaints about the same person or thing. They can’t do anything about it if they don’t know what occurred.
Yeah. Most contemporary Italians are a bunch of rotten commie sell-outs who hate America like so many of those western European creeps. I think the only ones over there who are worth anything are the Brits. My ancestors came over here overt 100 years ago. Different world back then.
He talks with a lisp.
There is some truth in your statement that allied soldiers raped women in war torn countries during WWII. Just before his discharge my Dad was ordered to watch American soldiers that were criminal and told to shoot them if they crossed a certain marked line. From what Dad said these prisoners had a bulls eye painted on the back of their shirts.
He complained directly to Rick Steves - no response.
We always use Rick Steves’ recommendations, his packs, etc. Great good ideas. I probably wouldn’t go on a tour with his org, because everyone in Seattle is a leftie and he comes across like that. But then, I don’t do tours. I think his guide books are the best. The guide sounds like an ass. Your friend should report him to Rick Steves - I bet the part that’s a lie is ‘Rick Steves told me to do this.’
He’s really light.
Great idea!
He still needs to write to him. And to threaten to tell the story on social media. What would it take for Steves to get a new tour guide? Italy is full of them!
You’d be surprised how Yelp and Chowhound promote or hurt restaurants. I always check Yelp when I’m using a new service. I agree the person should directly appeal to Steve’s organization.
Possible. Maybe Steves reads FreeRepublic. :)
There wasn’t anything gay in it, so far as I recall. I think Steves was married with kids 25 years ago. It was just a travel book.
Almost as corrupt as Washington, DC.
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