Oh those Americans…always obsessing with themselves and blathering on nonstop about how awesome they are at everything. At least, that seems to be the Canadian definition of what makes an American.

And yet, what do I see? An inundation of CANADA AWSUM! crap. All that I see is Canadian hypocrites whining about US nationalism and self obsession…then engaging in the exact same behaviour towards this country. We criticize them for their supposed faults, then engage in those same behaviours to describe in detail how we’re better…uhhh, pot? Have you met kettle?

Making it worse…the Olympics. How many times have we all seen and heard and read critiques of US Olympic coverage as only covering US athletes? Yet, I see CTV and its sister stations doing THE EXACT SAME THING with regards to Canadian athletes right now. Oh, but that’s okay because we’re somehow magically exempt from the rules against fervent nationalism?!

SHUT…THE…FUCK…UP. If you aren’t willing to follow the same rules you’re throwing down on others, shut your fucking mouth.

Oh, and on the Olympic issue itself…do you ever follow amateur athletics during non Olympic years? How many Canadian Olympic competitors could you have named before the games started? Yeah, that’s what I thought…stop claiming you support amateur athletics if the only time you give a fuck is during an Olympic year. Shut up.

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