My whole life we were taught in Canada that we were the nicest people in the world. It was our stereotype that we were all so proud of.
Simultaneously we were always taught that American exceptionalism was some sort of mirage and their capitalistic society was built on the back of arrogance and that Americans were a brash and unkind folk.
Both of these stereotypes are false. As a Canadian I can confirm that I know so many terrible people who are self affirming followers of whatever the government tells them to do. There are lots of dumb assholes here. Lots.
Conversely in America where I’ve been told everyone is fat, stupid and dangerous I’ve met some of the best people I’ve ever met. Amazing people and amazing morals. American exceptionalism is… well… exceptional
I live in a border state. I hate seeing Alberta plates even more than Oregon, Texas, or Klownifornia. Canadians are the second rudest people on the planet. They manage to edge out the Germans, and are right behind the French.
I've been to SE Asia, Japan, the middle east, Australia, Canada, and Mexico, and Canadians beat every one of the rest, hands-down. You know you're a fuckup when muzzies in muzzieland are more polite and better drivers.
European living in Alberta here, can confirm. I fucking hate most Canadians. Only about 10% are awesome people. Guess what, that seems to be what the percentage of the unvaxed is! (Not all unvaxed are great people, however)
As an American citizen living in Canada for the last almost 20 years, I agree 100%. I finally told my Canadian husband to stop telling people I’m American. I mentioned some of what you just said - before I read it - in my reply to another post above. There are some very wonderful Canadians, but even the nice ones have preconceived notions about Americans - and I don’t think they even realized it. I left a family dinner with my husband’s family one time over the anti- America(n) conversation my brother-in-law was spouting, knowing full well I’m American and I was sitting right there. (Get this: his own Dad was born in Canada to American parents.) As I mentioned above, Canadians are too focused on their southern neighbours and they’ve not looked after their own business. That’s how they’ve gotten to where they are now.
My whole life we were taught in Canada that we were the nicest people in the world. It was our stereotype that we were all so proud of.
Simultaneously we were always taught that American exceptionalism was some sort of mirage and their capitalistic society was built on the back of arrogance and that Americans were a brash and unkind folk.
Both of these stereotypes are false. As a Canadian I can confirm that I know so many terrible people who are self affirming followers of whatever the government tells them to do. There are lots of dumb assholes here. Lots.
Conversely in America where I’ve been told everyone is fat, stupid and dangerous I’ve met some of the best people I’ve ever met. Amazing people and amazing morals. American exceptionalism is… well… exceptional
The media and school are a lie
I live in a border state. I hate seeing Alberta plates even more than Oregon, Texas, or Klownifornia. Canadians are the second rudest people on the planet. They manage to edge out the Germans, and are right behind the French.
I've been to SE Asia, Japan, the middle east, Australia, Canada, and Mexico, and Canadians beat every one of the rest, hands-down. You know you're a fuckup when muzzies in muzzieland are more polite and better drivers.
European living in Alberta here, can confirm. I fucking hate most Canadians. Only about 10% are awesome people. Guess what, that seems to be what the percentage of the unvaxed is! (Not all unvaxed are great people, however)
As an American citizen living in Canada for the last almost 20 years, I agree 100%. I finally told my Canadian husband to stop telling people I’m American. I mentioned some of what you just said - before I read it - in my reply to another post above. There are some very wonderful Canadians, but even the nice ones have preconceived notions about Americans - and I don’t think they even realized it. I left a family dinner with my husband’s family one time over the anti- America(n) conversation my brother-in-law was spouting, knowing full well I’m American and I was sitting right there. (Get this: his own Dad was born in Canada to American parents.) As I mentioned above, Canadians are too focused on their southern neighbours and they’ve not looked after their own business. That’s how they’ve gotten to where they are now.