Radunagi
United States
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If you change the question to "which people are the most blunt," as in willing to say exactly what they are thinking and not get caught up in notions of social niceties, the answer for me is Israelis. But of course, that isn't really rude for them, it's just normal. Americans from the Northeast are also more blunt than those from the South, and Northern Mexicans are more blunt than those from the South. In China, I've found that Northern people are often more straightforward, but I've been in several cities in the south, like Ningbo, where people are proud of a having a plainspoken reputation. If you are asking, which people are more rude based upon them violating their own standards of politeness, well, it wouldn't be polite for me to say which country I mean, right? :)
Rudeness changes across cultures. For example, in some countries, it is considered acceptable to eat with your mouth open or make noise as you eat. This is considered extremely rude in other countries, like the USA. We don't slurp or soup, and we close our mouths when we chew. Online, the most rude people are generally men below the age of 40. The illusion of anonymity gives a lot of people permission to be much more of a jerk than they otherwise would be. As a 22 year old man, I do my best to remember that my words can be read and traced forever, once they go online, and I try to keep them appropriate. But it's not always easy.
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