Still, it seems somewhat petty, or beneath us, as Americans to give such weight to what the French "think of us." There likely is widespread anti-American sentiment there, but that's hardly unique to the French. Even the nations that support the current war, amongst the British population, for instance, you still find lots of anti-American sentiment expressed.
I'd hoped Americans felt more secure about who they were than to let themselves feel bothered by what the peoples of other countries think of them. What good is being a Superpower if one is so sensitive?
No, actually, there is something uniquely French about this brand of antiamericanism. While it is true that they hate pretty much everybody (fair enough, I suppose) they take particular delight in poking the U.S. in the eye.
They have an economy being dragged into the gutter by their own socialist anchors around the necks of business... and they think we are the only reason they never recovered after Bastille Day.
Should we be insensitive?
What is the good of being a superpower if you have to keep giving money to people who actively work against you?
I see what you mean about a diversity of people being anti-us. But obviously, that segment of the popultion doesn't rule the land in Britain. There they are, with us in Iraq.
The French, on the other hand, are to busy having thier daughters raped by Islamic immigrants and collecting unemplyment to do anything but tell us how bad we are. Why buy from someone who hates you? Look at what their philosophy is doing for them, and they wish it on us, as well.