you’ll probably attract far less attention if you don’t do anything like this. Nobody is thinking about you as much as you think they are. I live in the Detroit area, which has people crossing the border all the time to and from Canada (Ambassador Bridge, Detroit-Windsor Tunnel, Blue Water Bridge.) Nobody on either side really gives a shit what you’ve got stuck on your car.
Don’t assume Canadians are all one big hive mind of like-minded people. I was in Tilbury recently and believe me, I was surprised at the number of people I met who were just A-OK with someone like Trump. And I’m sure the Canadians you hope to try to “impress” are intelligent enough to know that just because you’re from the United States doesn’t automatically make you a Trump supporter.
this whole thing of yours sounds incredibly juvenile, like making sure you have the right brand of clothing or shoes so your 7th grade classmates will think you’re awesome.
I assume the sticker idea is a joke, giving you the benefit of the doubt.
But somebody said how you couldn’t assume everyone in Canada disapproves of Trump. Though probably a big majority overall do disapprove. But I guess it would depend somewhat whether you counted how long it takes to drive through areas of Canada where Trump might not be as unpopular as you think compared to areas where he is just as unpopular as you think.
Which would apply more to Minnesota. Clinton barely won statewide. But if you drove around your own state you’d be in areas which went for Trump the great majority of the time, everywhere but the Minneapolis area and the Iron Range in the northeast. My daughter was living in Stearns Cty MN near the center of the state at that time: Trump by 28 %-points. People are ‘nice’ in MN (to your face anyway, excuse my NY’er cynicism) and don’t usually trash people’s cars for political stickers (though people don’t do that most places usually, fortunately) but you wouldn’t be scoring points with the locals by driving around most of your own state with an anti-Trump sticker.
OP, I think you’ll be fine. I looked at a few other Internet fora, some populated by die-hard American Trump supporters, and their remarks indicate that they would never set foot in Canada, unless:
– They can bring guns for protection (because there is no Second Amendment in Canada, and according to them, Canada is full of Muslims who want to rape visiting American women);
– They can say, “I hate [minority]” on Canadan soil without being jailed (stating such is actually fine, under our laws);
– Canada agrees to eliminate its punitive trade tariffs on American goods (when the US has a surplus in trade with Canada); and,
– Canada stops being socialist (hey, when we Canadian workers own the means of production, maybe there’s an argument; until then, Stelco and INCO and Canada Life and the Toronto Star, and most other corporations, are all in private hands.
The ignorance I found, it burned! :smack:
Anyway, in other words, OP, if you’re an American visiting Canada at this time, I think it’s a safe bet that if we meet you in our country, you’re not a die-hard Trump supporter. We will welcome you, tell you where the best restaurants in town are, give you directions, and wish you well.
Just don’t diss hockey and Tim’s (thanks, Dino), okay?
Ohhh…”Timmies” is Tim Horton’s! We have those in the U.S. now (surprisingly, 725 U.S. locations—just looked it up), but I hadn’t heard that nickname for them. Yes, good donuts, no worries.
ETA: River Hippie, I feel ya. Hang in there!
And dissing hockey would be just as troublesome here in northern Minnesota as in Canada, I think. Especially given that my father-in-law is a coach for a high school team that went to the state finals not long ago (and for those who don’t know, the Minnesota state hockey tournament is HUGE, getting more attendance than most NHL games).
Go ahead and dis Timmie’s. I don’t care. The donuts are mediocre at best, and the coffee is just okay.
But I concur about not sticking politics on your bumper. It really isn’t a thing Canadians do much. In fact, I would generally assume that if you feel you need to announce your politics on your bumper you’re probably going to insist on talking about them at every opportunity and will you please just shut up already.
But obviously not everyone in the US puts glue stickers (absolutely no way) or even magnetic/electrostatic stickers on their cars. If it’s not legally required (license plates, state inspection sticker, local street parking permit) it’s not on my car.
Huh, I thought you were asking for our comments about your idea to need to virtue-signal to Canadians, but I guess you don’t want to be told that it’s not necessary, because you’ve already decided it is.
Personally, I think the idea of putting magnets on your car to brag about not being a Trump supporter rather goofy.
I really would have thought that was clear right from the jump. My OP asks for help choosing a good one, not for advice as to whether or not I should get one. But you were not the only one who took it as the latter, so I guess maybe it translates differently in Canadian, eh?
BTW, the virtue signalling I was referring to was the bit about “this is Canada, you won’t get shot”.
OK, in some parts of Canada you might be shot, but mostly, you likely won’t… As someone who lives in one of the Trumpiest parts of Canada I can tell you that if putting a sticker makes you feel better, go for it. However, it really isn’t a big deal.
Get one that’ll make them stop and think: Don’t Blame Me - I Voted for McGovern. I was living in South Dakota in 1973 when I first saw this on an old beat-up pickup truck, and it was controversial even there and then. I think this was probably the first bumper sticker that really poked the president in the eye.
I’d have to disagree there. In Québec, you did see stickers for political parties, mostly PQ, in the 1970s and 1980s. There were various OUI (and a few NON) stickers around the referendum periods (1980 and 1995). There were also “Le Québec aux Québécois” and “Québec en français” and similar stickers in the 1980s. We still see a few union affiliation stickers. And I guess even a Québec flag would look political outside Québec.
Nowadays it’s “bébé à bord” and stick figure families and Calvin peeing on the back of pickup trucks, like everywhere else.
Canadians must be buying some of them.
As someone who lives in one of the Trumpiest parts of Canada I can tell you that if putting a sticker makes you feel better, go for it. However, it really isn’t a big deal.