The Gutfeldization of Canada is sending an entertaining, but unfortunate shockwave over the tundra and into igloos from coast to coast to coast. (Did You Know: Canada has the world’s longest coastline) It’s been a week of indigestion of the anti-Canadian military remarks heard on “Red Eye” and Canadians are either right pissed or apatherically tickled/unaffected. This bothers me. Let me explain.
It seems be a True-North-Strong-and-Free hobby of ours to muse over the general ignorance of Americans. (I’m not saying they’re all ignorant… puh-leeze.) We love those vacation stories about the bartender asking, “do you know Dan from Saskatchewan?” (Did You Know: Saskatchewan is the 6th most populous Province in the Canada) We love the email about tourists arriving at the border in July wearing parkas or asking in Toronto, “which way to Vancouver?” We love it! It makes us feel good. For some reason, it pisses us off when these stereotypes are expressed in the media.
I have to regroup here. I don’t want to write a blog about those Canadians who are vehemently anti-Afghan War, but feel they must answer the call of Fox News.
Why do we have this kind of overwhelming outrage toward the US when one of their pundits says something so invidious? We all want to take part in the discussion. Yet, when you listen to talk radio in Canada, we don’t take exception to the words of the commentator. Are we too polite? This is funny, but I’m hoping I’m dead wrong here. I’m hoping I’m so far out to lunch that you’ll fill the comments with counterpoint. That’s what I want. I want to fight you. I want to debate you. I want to point at the issue and start a discussion. And I want to do it now, while there’s no election to spotlight the issues.
