Some American travelers are ‘flag jacking’ and Canadians are livid

For people all over the world wondering if that person with a Canadian flag on their back is an actual Canadian - just talk to them. You'll know.

If they act like assholes, treat them like assholes, nationality aside.
Not if English is not their first language.

This has always been a thing.

I considered that until Trump threatened them. Then I realized it was disrespectful and insulting and decided against it. Sorry y'all. America has been embarassing for a long time. We're all ~~about to be~~ fucked if it is any consolation.

Fix your effing country and you won't need to pretend that you're from a more humane society.

My country is about to disenfranchise me and probably prevent me from working. If I am not in concentration camp, I will be on the street.
What if we would rather be Canadian but can't afford to move, and aren't special enough to breeze through immigration? What if we wish BC and the Pacific states could join forces and be a chill, socialist coast? Baja can come too.
- As someone from BC, you can fuck right off. Fix your own shit. Don't try to absorb BC into your nonsense.
- Absolutely not.
- What if your grandmother had balls?
  Fix your country so you don't have to wish you were part of a more civilized one. Don't spread your pollution into our lands.

Nothing new. I already met some in Europe 25 years ago. They told me they are from Toronto. “The beautiful west coast” 🤦🏻‍♀️

This has been a thing for decades...

That's been a thing for generations now. To the point that as far back as the 00s, a Canadian flag on your backpack was a sure sign of being an American tourist/hiker/etc., but if said backpack was a specific brand made & sold exclusively in Canada, it was generally assumed you were a local. (or, at least an informed, savvy traveler)

Livid? Fuck off, sensationalism.

Try back as far back as at least the 80s

This has been advice I've heard literally my entire life as an American. People like Canadians way more than us. For good reason

This was commonplace back in the '80s already. Old news. Americans know they've been hated around the world for most of my life.

I thought 'Muricans were whatever flavour of European is most present in their ancestry

Or whichever ethnicity they prefer this week.
Yes, so many say "I'm Irish", yet can't point it out on a map.
Oh, I am 1/64th Romanian, I'm basically Vlad Dracula.

Buddy, if you're gonna impersonate us you're gonna have to pay us the tariff!!!!!!!

This is great, reads sort of like an onion article before the onion ran out of satire and got an overstock of reality
- The Onion was ruined when VCs bought it. The Beaverton is still themselves, not a soulless corpse under the same name like The Onion.

I was down in Mexico when I was younger, I was talking with a street merchant I was talking Canadian and all that. He tried selling me something for $20 so I pulled out the queen and he was all like “no no no US money.” I ended up just walking away.

Later in life I was down in Jamaica I was talking to a street merchant and he tested me on which province I was from, I said “Saskatchewan but I can name any other one if you have no idea if where Saskatchewan is.” But the merchant believed me that I was actually from Canada.

as soon as i can move there i won't have to pretend

Have you considered instead just fixing your own place instead of moving and bringing your trash upbringing with you?

If I was American, I would do the same! I really don’t mind. It’s the Canadian thing to do! 💪🇨🇦

This has always been a thing.

The joke when I was you was "how can you tell a Canadian from an American travelling abroad? The Canadian only has one flag on their backpack."

It used to be a cross we would bear, but if I see it in the wild now, I'll probably get a knife and cut it off.

Fuck 'em. Yes, even the left-leaning, trying-to-fix-things Americans. Fuck 'em all.

The most worrisome thing is they will still be Americans after they flag-jack, and still act like Americans, thereby ruining Canadian's reputations.

like a good liberal who wants the money and the guilt

This shit right here is why your country is a festering shitpile. Just thought I'd let you know.
- Sir this is a wendy's

Lmao, I have been wearing a Canada hat abroad for like 20 years. Half because I think it's funny, and half because it consistently leads to awesome conversations.

I hope people spit in your food everywhere you go.
As a polite Canadian, let me say this:
FUCK YOU you rotten bag of shit! May you wake up somewhere with no teeth.
"People need to understand that liberty and responsibility are two sides of the same coin."
You deserve neither.