Nothing makes an American feel classier than a Brit on a pub crawl in Magaluf. The Wall Street Journal found exactly that on Saturday, in Mallorca: “This Spanish Island Wants to Ditch Drunk British Tourists for Rich American Ones.” * Read that headline again. The problem: drunk Brits. The solution: rich Americans. And the heroes of the story are, conveniently, the paper’s own readers. * Now read the first lines of the same article. Mallorca, it says, is “the epicenter of Europe’s backlash to overtourism.” Locals have protested again and again this summer, “united by one message: ‘Tourists, go home.’” * Tourists. Go home. Not “British tourists.” Not “drunk tourists.” All of them. That includes the ones with very white teeth and a platinum card. * We could only read the start before the paywall kicked in. Maybe an official further down says the island would love more Americans. The Journal’s own summary says Mallorca is taking “a less-is-more approach to tourism.” Less. Not “swap the Brits for us.” * It’s an old game. Britain and America have been teasing each other for 250 years: the tea, the teeth, the spelling. A sunburnt Brit is the perfect prop. He lets an American reader feel superior without leaving the sofa. * And somewhere in all that, the real story gets lost: people on a beautiful island who can’t cope with the crowds anymore. * Here’s a tip for the Journal. The locals holding the signs don’t care which passport you carry. Tourists, go home. Yes, you too.