Comment on Why does most American's give shit to the French when if not for them we would have lost the revolution?

• Etterra@discuss.online ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Okay I’ve never sorted it all out so why not.

  • I’m American. I grew up with all the usual “ha ha France sucks” jokes, not directed at me though, NBD.
  • My grandfather was originally from New Brunswick, Canada; I have a very obviously French last name.
  • Canada has long been a punchline in America, but a good-natured “big brother-little brother” kind, not like “haha you ran like a bitch” kind of way.
  • But France has historically been a badass, and one defeat (even a huge one) out of many fights does not a wimp make.
  • French Canadians have a reputation for being kinda jerks, but mostly in Quebec - my grandad wasn’t from Quebec.
  • Also he moved to America, but in the decades since then America has changed a lot.
  • Modern America sucks. I kinda want to move to Canada, but have family obligations here.
  • A recent legal change in Canada says that grandchildren of Canadian citizens qualify and Canadian citizens (once you prove it and the paperwork is processed).
  • The family in question is very old, and America is getting worse, but I have an unfair advantage by being white and 3rd generation minimum by way my grandfather (more with other grandparents).

  So yeah, it’s a complicated bouquet of feelings.

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