From an American-

I’m sure by now you all have seen our government’s ‘official response’ to your wildfires. I saw that, and as an American I am beyond appalled. Please know that the public statements made by our government do not reflect the thoughts and beliefs of the majority of the American people.

When the US had wildfires, Canada sent us significant support including numerous firefighting aircraft, air crews, and support equipment. This was not a small token contribution, it made a real difference. It saved lives and property and forest. That is how neighbors and friends are supposed to help each other out, and we appreciated the hell out of it. It is not forgotten.

To hear that our ‘official response’ to your wildfires is to threaten… I have no words to describe the feeling. I am proud to be American, I love my country, but today I am ashamed. That these things are being said as representative of me and my countrymen… it is beyond shameful. We are supposed to be better than this. Better allies, better neighbors, better humans. I am ashamed and angry that my government is representing me and my fellow Americans in this manner.

I can only say that the majority of Americans do not feel this way. Forget the propaganda you see on the news (and it is mostly propaganda). The people of this country love our northern friends, we feel for you. We don’t want to annex Canada or punish you for a natural disaster or any of this crap. We want you all to be safe. We want to help.

THAT is who we are, even if we suck at electing politicians that represent that belief.

Stay safe. Be well. We love you.


Je passe ce texte par Google Traduction car mon français est médiocre…

De la part d’un Américain…

Je suis certain que vous avez tous vu, à présent, la « réponse officielle » de notre gouvernement face à vos incendies de forêt. En tant qu’Américain, j’en suis profondément indigné. Sachez que les déclarations publiques de notre gouvernement ne reflètent ni les pensées ni les convictions de la majorité du peuple américain.

Lorsque les États-Unis ont été touchés par des incendies, le Canada nous a apporté un soutien considérable, notamment en envoyant de nombreux avions de lutte contre les incendies, des équipages aériens et du matériel de soutien. Il ne s’agissait pas d’un simple geste symbolique ; cette aide a fait une réelle différence. Elle a permis de sauver des vies, des biens et des forêts. C’est ainsi que les voisins et les amis sont censés s’entraider, et nous avons énormément apprécié ce geste. Nous ne l’avons pas oublié.

Apprendre que la « réponse officielle » de notre pays face à vos incendies consiste à proférer des menaces… les mots me manquent pour décrire ce que je ressens. Je suis fier d’être Américain et j’aime mon pays, mais aujourd’hui, j’ai honte. Que de tels propos soient tenus en mon nom et en celui de mes compatriotes… c’est tout simplement honteux. Nous sommes censés valoir mieux que cela. Être de meilleurs alliés, de meilleurs voisins, de meilleurs êtres humains. J’éprouve de la honte et de la colère de voir mon gouvernement nous représenter, mes compatriotes et moi, de cette manière.

Je tiens à dire que la majorité des Américains ne partagent pas ce point de vue. Oubliez la propagande que vous voyez aux informations (car il s’agit bien, pour l’essentiel, de propagande). La population de ce pays aime ses amis du Nord ; nous sommes de tout cœur avec vous. Nous ne voulons ni annexer le Canada, ni vous punir pour une catastrophe naturelle, ni rien de tout ce non-sens. Nous voulons que vous soyez en sécurité. Nous voulons vous aider.

C’est cela, notre véritable nature, même si nous sommes incapables d’élire des responsables politiques qui incarnent ces valeurs.

Prenez soin de vous. Portez-vous bien. Nous vous aimons.

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    It IS the majority of americans stop lying to yourself. Go out to any business whats on the tv? Fox news. We’re a bunch of amoral greedy assholes just like the chomo-in-chief that the majority voted for. Our country is fucked.

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      Looks like you’re falling right into their trap. Yes, there are absolutely far too many right-wing fascist shitbirds, but it is nowhere near the majority. The fascists want everyone to think that they are the majority though, to embolden racist idiots and to demoralize good people, but it isn’t true.

      Don’t let them win by giving up

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        No America is a selfish country who consumes to much and that is almost way American whether right or left leaning. Or is it just a coincidence that the people have more credit card debt and consume more then any other country.

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      Talking to most of my neighbors, family members, and coworkers, the significant majority do not support trump, and I would say at least half are very vocally anti-Trump.

      I won’t pretend there aren’t way too many shitheel Americans. But it’s wrong to imply that the majority of Americans support Trump. And to do it so confidently just makes you lose all credibility to whatever point you are making. Look at this approval rating which is literally a measure of how many Americans approve of him. Tell me what you find

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        A whole half are anti-trump? Wow. Fuck off, leave Canada alone you parasites.

        We don’t trust any of you anymore.

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          I said half are VOCALLY anti-Trump. And I also said it’s not enough. So you and I are on the same side, other than you implying I’m a parasite because of the country I was born in. Which is pretty fucked up.

          But my point was it harms their credibility to claim more than half of Americans support trump when they clearly don’t. And it hurts YOUR credibility to call all Americans parasites. But if you’re just here to stir shit up and be divisive, have at me.

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          41% of eligible Americans didn’t vote in 2024, which is too many, but was actually better than many previous elections.

          For comparison, about 31% of eligible Canadians didn’t vote in 2025. So there’s about a 10% difference between what’s considered acceptable vs. not, by you.

          So I’d ask you back, of that extra 10% Americans that don’t vote, how much of that do you think is based on personal choice, and how much is based on things like voter disenfranchisement, misinformation, and making it nearly impossible for poor people and people of color to vote in red states?

          If you ask me, that 10% difference between our countries’ voting behaviors is probably more due to the government than the population. So maybe that’s where we should direct our ire? But again if you just want to hate all Americans, I’m probably not going to change your perspective.

          It’s not fun to live in the US right now, nor to be lumped in with the bad apples when many of us are doing what we can to resist them.

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          Which blue states have you visited where you’re consistently seeing Fox News played in all businesses? I’m asking because your experience doesn’t seem to match mine.

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            Well, Washington and California come to mind… the reason they’re blue is that the cities hold a majority of the population and are blue. Step outside the cities and it’s Fox News everywhere. So by land area instead of population, the US west is overwhelmingly Republican.

            Interesting thing is, in red states, there are a lot of blue cities too.