To err is to human American.
What happens when an American makes a mistake? They’re “acting American”.
What happens when any other group of people a mistake – according to the Americanophobes? They’re “human”. Or you’ll hear, “It’s a cultural thing.” However, in Canada, it has become a FAD to scold other Canadians for “acting American” if they do something “bad”.
That is why to err, really is to American.
You may become even friends – good friends even, with someone coming from a predominantly Americanophobic country. But what I’m finding these days is that if you don’t walk on egg shells around them trying so hard not to offend, not to make a spelling error, not to “sound arrogant” or whatnots…. you’re bound to look “too American” or be accused of “Americanism” to be exact.
Will this stop me from wanting to make friends with others from predominantly Americanophobic countries? No. That would be stupid. I still have some faith in humanity – some inkling of hope that I won’t run into someone that is going to go out of their way to “look for American-behavior” (whatever that is?).
Newsflash: We are human first. Then, Americans.
