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July 1 is Canada Day, the Canadian equivalent of Independence Day in the United States (basically). And because Canada's neighbor to the south has become an out-of-control tire fire of political and social unrest, folks in the U.S. are feeling some remorse.

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So they're using the occasion of Canada Day to apologize. The holiday's celebratory Twitter hashtag is currently overrun with various flavors of "I'm sorry" from U.S. residents who are very much aware of and embarrassed by our shared racist uncle who's been charged with running the country.

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Some of the utterances are vague "this situation sucks" acknowledgments. Others address The Current State of Things with more specificity. A few try to defuse the obvious tension with stabs at humor. But the common thread is, simply: "I am so sosorry about this."

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Happy Canada Day! We're sorry for everything!

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