Wow @ people who blindly hate Canadians. Maybe from getting to actually venture outside of the USA and spend enough time in Canada instead of staying in the same damned town my whole life like a lot of sheltered people, I actually have come to realize that blindly hating Canadians is stupid, LMAO. Some people don't even realize how many different fucking accents there are over there. It's fucking ridiculous.
I don't see how anybody can hold anything against GSP. He's a fantastic Mixed Martial Artist and an example of good sportsmanship through and through. People that hate on other people because of accents need to travel more and realize that their accent is the minority in the world, LOL.
im a HUGE GSP fan and have nothing against him. but, in all fairness, americans who are not as uneducated as your typical racist may still have something against the french.
"The French" = People from France. And yes I agree, they hate Americans.
GSP is "A Canadian" who happened to be born in Quebec and was raised speaking the Canadian version of French. Which is completely different then the France version of French. And he likes American's just fine, seeing how he is a North American.
It urks me to no end the people who make the mistake of French (France) and French Canadian. I'm French Canadian, and live in the US. In fact 1/2 of my family moved to the US from Quebec. There is a HUGE!!! difference between a Frenchmen from France and a Frenchmen from Quebec. It's not even the same type of french. I have a hard time understanding someone from France when speaking to them.
95% of the Quebec french people I know are very humble and extremely friendly. it's not just GSP. Evil Master hit it right on the head...it's completely different then the european french .
GSP came to my gym in Toronto to film some training dvds, so I walk over and it's a bit of a hot day but not too bad. When I arrive it's cool in the gym but the transition of hot to cold made me break out in an immediate sweat. I mean my t-shirt became drenched.
Not 15 minutes later he agrees for some photos so I get in there, shake his hand and he puts his arm around me for the shot. It's then I realize I'm a sweaty pig and he's all dried off and dressed. Not 2 minutes later some folks say go in for another shot with GSP and this time around I have some compassion for the guy and say to him, "heh I'm kinda sweaty here..." he waves it off and gives me a look like 'don't worry about it' and puts his arm around me for a second shot.