Why do a lot of people think Americans are fat and lazy and stupid?

Why do a lot of people think Americans are fat and lazy and stupid?
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answer:Over ⅔ of Americans are overweight. I don’t know exactly why they might be calling us stupid. Maybe because they see clips of Jay Leno asking Americans on the street history or geography questions and the people don’t know the answers or give stupid answers. When they look at how America is doing in education our test scores are often lower than other countries in many subjects. Many Americans only speak one language, have very little tolerance for people dissimilar to them, and the religious right is perceived as ridiculous to most other countries and they get a lot of air time because of politics. it isn’t that the majority of our population is stupid, it’s that there are just enough ignorant people and people who the outside world would judge harshly that we get stereotyped. One gentleman I was talking to from Australia said he dislikes American tourists in his country, but when he meets them while he is visiting America he likes Americans very much and America itself. A lot of the world judges harshly that America interferes with other countries geopolitically. They feel we don’t understand the long term ramifications.
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