You’ve completely missed the entire point of this post.

As a Canadian, I get pissed off when ignorant Americans fob themselves off as Canadians to avoid confronting the high level of scorn and contempt that much of the world has about America.

If you really love being a gun toting, middle America Republican, then don’t hide and pretend you’re something your not. Especially not a Canadian! Bah.

Don’t you hate having to prove it though!? But it’ll never change.. so we gotta keep working at it :)

Keep writing!

hahaa rick steves is the ultimate traveler there, how funny!! :)

It is the only place where I had seen everyone speak English in an American accent, where Rick Steves was the ultimate traveler and everyone spoke about supermarkets :-P

Thanks for reading Laura. I don’t meet many bad apples so I have a feeling it’s just stereotypes. It doesn’t help that they play Here Comes Honey Boo Boo in other countries lol. How random about Billy boy, I didn’t even know he was from Arkansas.

That is lucky! My boyfriend is the same. In India they speak Hindi to him and in Mexico they think he’s Mexican!

Yeah, I agree with you. If someone asks me if I’m a proud American I say that I am and depending on my mood I might talk to them about it- but sometimes as you know people already have a formed opinion (sometimes having never visited the U.S.) and they just want to argue. In that case, instead of getting defensive I just shake it off and change the subject.

That’s a nice quote and I like that article by Matt but actually it doesn’t have much to do with anything that I said. This entire post is about NOT being ashamed of being American, and definitely not being scared. The Canadian comment was said with laughter, and the only time I would say I’m from Canada is if I’m on a bus/train exhausted & don’t feel like answering 21 questions- that’s why I said “if you’re sick of it…” as in, tired of talking politics with very opinionated people.

I agree which is exactly what this post is about as well as most of the comments. Only of which 3 of 36 talk about Brits being drunk and/or loud.. Jessica and I both have British boyfriends, so I think it’s fair to say we have nothing against the Brits, and as you said in your own comment there are crude Brits behaving badly abroad like their are other nationalities.

http://www.nomadicmatt.com/travel-blogs/of-americans-canadians-and-flags/

What saddens me is that on a post that tries to put an end to “American-bashing,” so many of the comments are actually “Brit-bashing.” People seem to have missed the point that there are many Westerners travelling Asia and other countries who are a bit ignorant and go out there just looking for cheap beer and a party – it’s not just all Brits and it’s not just all Americans.

Certainly Americans commenting on this blog who don’t want to be negatively stereotyped themselves, shouldn’t be negatively stereotyping other cultures either!! I agree that there are a lot of crude Brits who behave badly abroad, but that’s true of nearly all Western countries, and it’s sad that people would tar us with the same brush. People shouldn’t be judging and labelling people based on their nationality, but seeing the individual for who they personally are.

Exactly, no one is going to fit the same mold

Yes, that’s what I WISH I would hear (that we are least obnoxious) but I never meet those nice people! Just yesterday, my boyfriend introduced me & my english friend to this older italian lady, she asked where we were from, I said U.S. and she rolled her eyes, and my friend said UK and she beamed and shook her hand….!?