Sam Stein can bite me. Yours Politely, a Canadian

i'm struggling to express my thoughts without breaking rule #1 here.

it seems impossible to persuade people like stein to reciprocate the respect canadians like myself showed and felt towards americans who are so alarmed and angry about the existential threat trump was - and is - to their own country. i took and take you guys seriously. you, on the other hand, don't. apparently stein still thinks '51st state' is a thing he can joke about in the interview with Tony Altman. and no, i'm not buying the 'it was just sarcasm' or the 'we need to laugh in dark times' excuses. all that says is 'i feel entitled to disrespect you guys /use your concerns for light relief, and then tell you you have to feel fine about it.'

there's nothing i can do to stop bulwarkers like stein being flippant about us if that's what he wants. but i don't want you guys to ever pretend you weren't told: the anger in canada is deep, and it's REAL. we;re not just 'hurt' or 'betrayed' like some kind of clingy sidekick. we are extremely, profoundly pissed off.