LogFAQs > #966413855

as a non-American I have to say that the need for non-Americans to pat themselves on the back for not being the US is incredibly annoying and fosters complacency

hear it all the time about people dismissing racism/xenophobia as a problem in Canada by saying "we're not the Americans" meanwhile shit like the niqab debate strongly resonated with voters in the 2015 election, not to mention the active and inactive treatment of indigenous populations

I'm thankful that Canadian politics has stayed away from anti-trans rhetoric, but even still knowing how much Canadians supplement their media intake from both the US & UK (mostly the former) I absolutely dread where we'll be come the next federal election season (ignoring provincial elections that literally nobody pays any attention to).