An American stereotype

April Flor

I don't own a gun, I voted for Gore and Kerry in the last two elections and I agree with the separation between church and state.

I call the shingles on my house a roof and not a "ruff." I am guilty of being a little too loud at times.
My name is April Flor and I'm an American citizen.

A standard has yet to be set for what an American is supposed to look like, so I've been able to creep through the corridors of Canadian society undetected. As such, I've been privy to various complaints.
The other day, I entered a room in time to hear somebody say that they hated the way that Americans call pop "soda."

Other people threw down their rants, some of which were new to me, like the apparent American belief that donuts fall from cornucopias in Canada.

In my defense, I loudly declared that I would sue the entire lot of them if they didn't cease and desist with the emotional trauma they were causing me.

Just kidding.

I have a lot of faith that people would be more careful with their words if they were aware of their possible audience.

I don't like being lumped in with the stereotype of what an American is supposed to be.  In fact, I sometimes hate it. It's annoying to be confronted with the same display of ignorance that is supposedly only the domain of people from my country. It even becomes hurtful when the line is crossed right into the realm of hateful.

People that say Americans deserve all the bad things that happen to them because we all voted for Bush, I'm looking right at you.

Some people fit into the expected stereotype, but that doesn't mean that everybody will. I would think that to be understood by people that have to tell others that it doesn't snow year round in their country and that they don't all say "aboot."