[stevem]

This must be a minority view among Canadians. Oh, and I suspect the liberal press likes to play up how intellectual it is for thinking Canadians to disdain the U.S. I suspect the average Canadian likes the average U.S. citizen just fine and visa versa.

[albertabound]

Thank you for that insightful comment. The leftie press is just like the energizer bunny and keeps on tickin'and spewing out the saaame old rubbbish.

[phxaz]

"This must be a minority view among Canadians."

there is a good article at the top of this thread that describes the widespread anti-americanism in cantada. you may want to read it.

[ExSoldier]

When I was living in Washington State and training on a regular basis with the Canadian army. They were all good blokes and to serious drinkers. For them a social drinker qualifies for us as a full on alcoholic. Whoa. They displayed no anti American bias in the mid 1980's. But I think that changed with the Clinton adventurism into Bosnia wherein a lot of good Canadian soldiers got waxed to cover his tail in the Monica scandals. A lot of Canadians see it that way. Also, a LOT of their youth are in schools so communist so as to make our leftists look right in comparison. So the attitudes of the youth filter into society. But that doesn't stop the little cretins from slipping across our borders to buy our video games and clothes or listen to our music.

[editor-surveyor]

" I suspect the average Canadian likes the average U.S. citizen just fine and visa versa."

Depends on where you are talking about. Alberta is very pro-US, while coastal B.C. is rabid, socialist, anti-US to the core.

Rural populations are accustomed to providing for themselves, while urban populations tend to be less intelligent, and seek to be supported by government. These dependent populations exhibit effervescent bitterness, hatred, and bigotry.

[retrokitten]

This must be a minority view among Canadians. Oh, and I suspect the liberal press likes to play up how intellectual it is for thinking Canadians to disdain the U.S. I suspect the average Canadian likes the average U.S. citizen just fine and visa versa.

Agreed. Neither country is perfect, but average Gordy and Mary Canadian probably aren't foaming at the mouth about the horrible Americans. People are people where ever you go and they just want to happily get through life.

If someone is going to be a nasty to someone else just because they are American or Canadian then they are probably a jerk on a lot more levels.