Real Talk: I have to travel abroad for work soon and I'm so nervous as to how I'll be recieved as an American.
Normally, it's just "normal embarrassment" but due to the threatening and harmful actions of the current administration I'm genuinely unsure of how folks will respond to normal folk.
Normally, it's just "normal embarrassment" but due to the threatening and harmful actions of the current administration I'm genuinely unsure of how folks will respond to normal folk.
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99.9% of the people I have encountered are worried for the United States and the people. They do not assume you are a Trump-lover.
Whenever I've been mistaken as american when traveling I've always been immediately apologized to. So you could lie? Say your Canadian? Story is americans have done that for years abroad.
People calling her stupid on the train.
In all seriousness most people are super sympathetic, so long as you tell them you’re don’t support *all this*
We’d prefer to not associate with y’all.
Instead, maybe take responsibility for what your country is doing to Americans and the rest of the world.
Go yell at a fascist.
I travel abroad frequently and I’m also planning on emigrating away from North America, but I don’t want to get somewhere and be treated poorly as a Canadian who is not responsible for this nightmare we are in.
Does that still work? 🇨🇦
I was going to suggest a fuck trump one but the Ukraine one would be generally more positive
Actually buy the t shirt first thing in the UK. You may not be allowed out of the USA without manacles if found in your luggage
Maybe you’ll get some pitying comments but more than likely nothing aggressive
I do hate being told “I thought you were Canadian” because that’s not a compliment
But we scanned our global entry thing and were waved right though without so much as a question.
The French also tend to say that all Americans are stupid, but it never applies to the ones they actually meet so... =p (unless they're stupid of course)
Just saying, it’s not comfortable to be an American abroad right now.
Even now, I would say the majority of Canadians are intelligent to know that the current administration down south doesn't speak for all Americans.
And there's no need to paint everyone with the same brush.
🇨🇦❤️🇺🇸
Works well.
As for being in 🇨🇦, the advice I gave to one of my husband’s 🇺🇸 friends was to just not make 51st state jokes, and you should be just fine.
My boss recently had to go to a meeting in the states and the head of sales (who is a MAGA dipshit) tried that with him, and it did...not go over well.
It's not funny to us.
Besides...it's not like you'll be wearing the flag. :P
Thank Chris Evans for that! ^___~