My ex from Norway mentioned how unusual it was that so many places and people here fly our flag (USA), so I was curious to hear what it’s like for others here on the fediverse.

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    1 year ago

    Flying Canadian flags is generally a more subtle sign that someone is like that. Usually the people that do are polite and not overtly assholish, just avoid the following topics with them:

    1. Immigration
    2. Indigenous rights
    3. China
    4. Russia
    5. India (Canada has a huge Indian diaspora and sadly they experience quite a bit of hate and racism)
    6. Islam (non-Christian religions in general)

    They will still be super polite while being racist. Canadians seem to have mastered that.

    Interesting thing is that racist Canadians are often still fairly LGBTQ+ supportive, those are generally seen as separate issues in Canada, which is better than nothing I guess? The way that is counteracted like in your example is if they fly the Canadian flag with another country’s flag, immigrant families do that a lot and they are usually genuinely pleasent and nice people.