• cecilkorik@piefed.ca
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      7 days ago

      British also hate the French because of hundreds of years of war. Canadians also hate the French because we’re basically Temu-British, and also because we hate Quebec.

      Only slightly tongue in cheek.

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        checks out.

        • A québécois who has been told “ooh, you’re one of those people” in Alberta on my way to the NWT.
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          In all seriousness, obviously I can’t speak for all, but I love you guys. My own french language skills may suck, but I’m glad you’re part of our country and I appreciate your distinctiveness and all the other things you bring to the table for us. I think Quebec in particular deserves a lot of credit for preventing the rest of us from becoming so easily Americanized that we would’ve actually ended up the 51st state eventually. Culture’s a hell of a weapon, and you guys defend yours fiercely, and that’s both understandable and awesome in my books. Any teasing is directed mainly at my fellow anglos, and I know from personal experience that some Albertans can be real bigots, so that fits what I saw in my few decades living there too. I hope it’s sufficiently clear that my comment is a joke and that it’s coming from a place of love.

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            Worry not! It was my single bad experience in two and a half year in the NWT / Northern AB area.

            And we also got our fair share of bigots. They seem to be everywhere these days, and borders don’t seem to matter in how they proliferate.