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Why do Canadians hate America?
posted Monday, 14 May 2007
Actually, they don't. Well, not really. But apparently, it's important for a significant number of Canadians to at least be publically disparaging towards the United States.
This article supports a recent Canadian book -- a book that shreds the public anti-USA sentiment that he claims is running rampant in the Great White North. Written by a Canadian professor, it challenges many of the commonly-repeated stereotypes and notions that many Canadians seem to cling to when discussing their southern neighbor -- and outs many of these claims as hypocritical.
Don't get me wrong: I think this argument (and the notion that it would requie an entire book to disuss) is kinda bullshit. I wouldn't even be mentioning this article at all if it wasn't for what I've recently read about Canadian politics -- that one political party has recently used anti-USA sentiment as one building block for their victory in the polls. I find that a bit troubling.
The only other country a national politician in the USA could exploit in the same way is Mexico. But that's mainly because Mexico has been flooding the USA with both legal and illegal immigrants for decades. I can't see where the USA has dramatically affected Canada's sociological landscape in such a controversial way.
Anyone care to shed light on this?
This article supports a recent Canadian book -- a book that shreds the public anti-USA sentiment that he claims is running rampant in the Great White North. Written by a Canadian professor, it challenges many of the commonly-repeated stereotypes and notions that many Canadians seem to cling to when discussing their southern neighbor -- and outs many of these claims as hypocritical.
Don't get me wrong: I think this argument (and the notion that it would requie an entire book to disuss) is kinda bullshit. I wouldn't even be mentioning this article at all if it wasn't for what I've recently read about Canadian politics -- that one political party has recently used anti-USA sentiment as one building block for their victory in the polls. I find that a bit troubling.
The only other country a national politician in the USA could exploit in the same way is Mexico. But that's mainly because Mexico has been flooding the USA with both legal and illegal immigrants for decades. I can't see where the USA has dramatically affected Canada's sociological landscape in such a controversial way.
Anyone care to shed light on this?
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