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Maraya1969

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Thu May 21, 2026, 11:33 AM Thursday

Not sure why this had me so upset. There is a post on Instagram where the woman is talking about [View all]

how hard it is to travel now in the world because when you tell people where you are from they just immediately think "Trump" So she is wearing a Canadian flag to help stop that.

And the first 4 comments I read are Canadians telling her to stop saying she is a Canadian because she isn't. It is like they don't want to be associated with us.

God, I know what it is like now to be from a shithole country. But I would never tell anyone to stop saying they were American if they just wanted to stop harassment. It is not that big a deal.

Here is the link in case anyone wants to check it out.
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DXYyxjdCDDO/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==

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