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Yep, I travel a lot internationally and have never encountered someone who was unpleasant to me just because I’m American. I think many Americans who don’t travel abroad much seem to *hugely* overestimate the odds of non-Americans being rude to them simply for being Americans.

Someone will doubtless get mad at me for this (ironically) but I suspect that those Americans who claim they’re constantly treated poorly abroad merely for being American are actually just being treated poorly because they have Rancid Vibes

It's kind of like Russians complaining about Russophobia or whatever in western Europe. If you're having a bad experience/feel discriminated against (except in the way that all people of EE background do occasionally, not specifically Russians), it's almost certainly you and not your nationality.