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Maybe because cowboys typify what's good about America, and they hate that. I think they are threatened by the fact that America is so successful, in spite of being a bunch of backwoods hicks (by their estimation).

[1rudeboy]

I don't think that's it, at all. I honestly believe that the use of the term "cowboys" is simply an example of the [world-renowned] German sense of humor.

Face it, guys (and gals). Some guys lifted a COW. What else would you call them?