Hadn’t heard that one, and I’m annoyed by it for the same reason you uphold Canada’s right to identify by what they’re not: That’s usually enough to form an identity.
Kelefa Sanneh, the originator of the concept of “poptimism”, if not the actual term, has a premise in his recent book Major Labels that cultural movements form based on shar…
Hadn’t heard that one, and I’m annoyed by it for the same reason you uphold Canada’s right to identify by what they’re not: That’s usually enough to form an identity.
Kelefa Sanneh, the originator of the concept of “poptimism”, if not the actual term, has a premise in his recent book Major Labels that cultural movements form based on shared dislikes. It’s why I think Canadian and my Reformed Judaism have been noted to be similar (to clarify, I’m Reform Jewish and American, meth lab indeed!): Canadian’s primary identification is “not American”, my Jewish identification is “not Christian”. There’s more to it than that as a Reform Jew, but it’s still substantial, I’d argue.
Think of how “Owning The Libs” is an identity unto itself with Republicans, and has been for a very long time (there’s a joke about Vermont without snow is like finding a Democrat there in the movie White Christmas; might be slightly different than “the libs”, but then again Adlai Stevenson was labeled an “egghead” by another bald guy). As a thoughtful person, it’s good to self-reflect on being constructive, but identity is more base than that. “We’re not American” is fine as is. “We’re not Europe” is fine for us Americans.
The author mentions the threat of an enemy as a national rallying cry. It seems that Canadians and half the U.S. public now have more in common with the threat of the 'Domestic Terrorist in Chief' soon to be inaugurated.
Hadn’t heard that one, and I’m annoyed by it for the same reason you uphold Canada’s right to identify by what they’re not: That’s usually enough to form an identity.
Kelefa Sanneh, the originator of the concept of “poptimism”, if not the actual term, has a premise in his recent book Major Labels that cultural movements form based on shared dislikes. It’s why I think Canadian and my Reformed Judaism have been noted to be similar (to clarify, I’m Reform Jewish and American, meth lab indeed!): Canadian’s primary identification is “not American”, my Jewish identification is “not Christian”. There’s more to it than that as a Reform Jew, but it’s still substantial, I’d argue.
Think of how “Owning The Libs” is an identity unto itself with Republicans, and has been for a very long time (there’s a joke about Vermont without snow is like finding a Democrat there in the movie White Christmas; might be slightly different than “the libs”, but then again Adlai Stevenson was labeled an “egghead” by another bald guy). As a thoughtful person, it’s good to self-reflect on being constructive, but identity is more base than that. “We’re not American” is fine as is. “We’re not Europe” is fine for us Americans.
The author mentions the threat of an enemy as a national rallying cry. It seems that Canadians and half the U.S. public now have more in common with the threat of the 'Domestic Terrorist in Chief' soon to be inaugurated.