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* Arguments between White and Black Americans on Affirmative Action, Racism in the modern and past USA, colonialism, black nationalism, etc. Given both sides feel victimized things can get nasty.
* Canada, seemingly unified to other people, is actually extremely fragmented internally. Many provinces, not just Quebec, have a long history of isolationism within the country itself. For a long time after Confederation, the attitude was "British Columbians are British Columbians, Albertans are Albertans, etc." Nobody was Canadian. That attitude still carries over today, especially with the clashing cultures of French Canada and English Canada. All of this misplaced provincial and cultural pride fuels flame wars on a truly horrific scale. The most unifying factor appears to be hatred of Toronto.
* You can still find in some places people arguing the merits of [[The American Revolution]] and the [[War of 1812]], reasonably but not exclusively divided over national borders in English speaking countries. It is helped along by the fact that many of the Loyalists that [[The Revolution Will Not Be Civilized|got away]] went to Canada. Oddly enough dispite the ferocity modern politics doesn't seem to get mixed up in this.
* Basically every single video with a social commentary on modern Mexico will result in a massive flame war between Mexicans themselves.
** This has its history, since many Mexicans love to argue about who is the worst president ever.
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* [[Big Applesauce|New Yorkers]] vs. [[Joisey|New Jerseyans]] on the issue of rightful ownership of the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island. The landmarks are technically on New Jersey's side of the Hudson River, and Jersey City uses the Statue of Liberty on official documents and on "Welcome to Jersey City" signs, yet legally, they are exclaves of the [[New York State|State of New York]]. The arguments can get quite fierce, especially as one gets closer to the Hudson.
** Likewise, the fact that the New York area's two [[American Football|football]] teams, the ''New York'' Giants and Jets, play in a stadium located in East Rutherford, ''New Jersey''. New Jersey governor Chris Christie even entered this fray by referring to one of the teams as the "Jersey Jets" as a [[Take That]] against the team's owners for leaving "New York" in the name.
== Towards South American Countries ==
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