This Teen Tweeted The Reasons Why ‘Canada Is Better Than America’ And… She Kind Of Has A Point?

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With Donald Trump now headed to a general election as the Republican presidential nominee, don’t expect threats from Americans claiming that they’re going to move to Canada to subside anytime soon. But if this 17-year-old girl named Mackenzie from Ontario, Canada has anything to say about it, there are worse places to live! Mackenzie recently made waves by tweeting an exhaustive, comprehensive list containing reasons why Canada is better than America, and you know, she’s not entirely wrong.

Mackenzie originally started the list as a joke between her and her circle of friends, one of whom even happens to be an American, but as her tweets went viral, they naturally sparked vitriol of American citizens furious with some such and such Canadian teen having the nerve to insinuate that her country was better than theirs. She later told The Daily Mail, “We were joking around and saying why we liked Canada, so I tweeted it as a joke at the one American in the group. When more people started re-tweeting it, I was shocked because it was just a joke.”

And just what had people so riled up? You can see the thread of her entire list here (starting with #35 and working on up), but here are a few of the pieces of her more — shall we say — compelling evidence.

https://twitter.com/capricorniall/status/716117067859107840

https://twitter.com/capricorniall/status/716117733243490304

(She could have ended the list right there, TBH.)

https://twitter.com/capricorniall/status/716118320940974080

https://twitter.com/capricorniall/status/716119531874336768

https://twitter.com/capricorniall/status/716119930056343552

https://twitter.com/capricorniall/status/716121206227918848

https://twitter.com/capricorniall/status/716121372666241024

https://twitter.com/capricorniall/status/716124418846666752

(Note to self: Find out what “Beaver Tails” are ASAP.)

https://twitter.com/capricorniall/status/716125331120381952

https://twitter.com/capricorniall/status/716438400090431488

https://twitter.com/capricorniall/status/716483438186868737

https://twitter.com/capricorniall/status/716484628157059073

https://twitter.com/capricorniall/status/716493795257221120

https://twitter.com/capricorniall/status/716494631534403584

https://twitter.com/capricorniall/status/716504977166864384

https://twitter.com/capricorniall/status/716508068234670080

https://twitter.com/capricorniall/status/716511945784840192

In Canada, I believe that’s what they call a mic drop, eh?

(via Daily Mail)