[uwish]

typically hypocritical however, when Americans show patriotism is all good, anyone else, 'evil dooers!"

[PublicAnimalNo9]

There is nothing wrong with national pride but patriotism, to me anyway, is a disease of the middle mind. It smacks of jingoism.
THis is oversimplified but to me national pride is a case of personal opinion, as in "I think Canada is the greatest country on the Earth".
Patriotism is a bold statement of fact, as in "Canada is the best damn country on the planet".
You can't argue with the first statement as it is opinion, and opinions are neither right nor wrong.
The second statement however is highly subjective based on where you live and how you perceive life in your own country.
Should we be pround of our Olympic athletes? Yer damn skippy we should be. They did a damn fine job and put on a good show. But to tie our identities in with these events that the vast majority of us had dick all to do with, is kinda lame, just like when any other country does it. My Canadianism isn't based on whether we win hockey, or how many golds we won.
That being said, I certainly don't agree with the slant of the original article.
If you wanna talk rabid patriotism during the Olympics, one need look no further than Salt Lake City. Fuck, we STILL hear about the "miracle on ice" there

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andyt andyt:

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Sadly, this is just another in the long line of anti-Canadian crap that bubbles up out of the US every once and while (such as the shite Tucker Carlson, Ann Coulter and Bill O'Reilly spout whenever we don't do exactly as they want).

I love that stuff. Makes me feel so virtuous when those morons get spouting. The best was being called Canukistan (what was that guy's name again - ran for pres?) I thought we should change our name for that one. I mean if we're getting rightwingnut Americans pissed off at us, we must be doing something right.

You've obviously never looked at my signature...

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2Cdo 2Cdo:

bootlegga bootlegga:

Sadly, this is just another in the long line of anti-Canadian crap that bubbles up out of the US every once and while (such as the shite Tucker Carlson, Ann Coulter and Bill O'Reilly spout whenever we don't do exactly as they want).

Similar to the long line of anti-American crap that bubbles out of Canada every once in a while. Nothing new here, and no reason to get ones panties in a bunch.

Agreed, but the problem is that anti-americanism here is viewed by half a dozen people on CBC, while jackasses like Carlson, O'Reilly and Coulter are seen by millions on Fox.

A really good look into anti-Canadianism in the media can be found in a book called Bomb Canada, by Chantal Allan. It was a really interesting read, going all the way back to before Confederation.

http://www.aupress.ca/index.php/books/120159

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bootlegga bootlegga:

2Cdo 2Cdo:

bootlegga bootlegga:

Sadly, this is just another in the long line of anti-Canadian crap that bubbles up out of the US every once and while (such as the shite Tucker Carlson, Ann Coulter and Bill O'Reilly spout whenever we don't do exactly as they want).

Similar to the long line of anti-American crap that bubbles out of Canada every once in a while. Nothing new here, and no reason to get ones panties in a bunch.

Agreed, but the problem is that anti-americanism here is viewed by half a dozen people on CBC, while jackasses like Carlson, O'Reilly and Coulter are seen by millions on Fox.

Now that line made me laugh out loud.

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A really good look into anti-Canadianism in the media can be found in a book called Bomb Canada, by Chantal Allan. It was a really interesting read, going all the way back to before Confederation.

http://www.aupress.ca/index.php/books/120159

Might be worth a read.

[Zipperfish]

They're still pissed we beat them at hockey.

[Public_Domain]

[MacDonaill]

Such an American thing to do, to go to Vancouver and bitch about all the damn Canadians running around cheering for their home team (what a disgrace ). What, did the guy expect us to cheer for Kazakhstan instead? And it isn't even true that we didn't give any coverage to foreign athletes. I read stories every day about the Norwegians etc... but the fact is, all countries' media outlets concentrate on their home athletes. It's normal.

This guy obviously just needed an article to write.

It's disappointing to see this from the Star-Telegram. All those years I lived in the DFW Metroplex, I respected the Fort Worth Star Telegram way more than the shitty Dallas Morning News. Guess I was wrong.