• modernangel@sh.itjust.works
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    20 hours ago

    I am utterly baffled as to why any Canadian in their right mind would want to be annexed by the U.S.

    Sure, charge them with treason, but give them psych evals. Maybe offer mental health treatment in lieu of whatever Canada does to treason, it’s clearly a cry for help to overcome Fascist Oligarch Cuck Syndrome.

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      9 hours ago

      I am utterly baffled as to why any Canadian

      You succumbed to the ethnic colonial kool-aid (nationalism) fed to you in school and subsequently believe all people of a nation are culturally the same. You have never been to Alberta. There are ‘dumb redneck’ equivalents in every nation everywhere. It’s silly to think dumb canadians don’t exist, unless you have a strange image of canada which doesn’t include Alberta

      I coulda said that way more politely but I’m hangry and hate nationalism and what it does to people when they were children

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      9 hours ago

      There were people in Europe doing this 90 years ago, so nothing new I’m afraid

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      17 hours ago

      I am utterly baffled as to why any Canadian in their right mind would want to be annexed by the U.S.

      They think it will make them more money, somehow.

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        10 hours ago

        I think a lot of it is way more racist than that.

        “Old stock white Canadians, and that’s us, and we don’t have to apologize for this room being filled with white people. This used to be what Alberta was. We’re not apologizing for being ourselves… If we have control over immigration, we can control who comes here.”

        • Alberta Prosperity Project CEO Mitch Sylvestre

        He also said, “the replacement theory is real.” (i.e. the federal government intends to replace “white Canadians” with other races through immigration.) And he claimed Justin Trudeau said this explicitly. (I’m pretty sure he did not…)

        https://edmontonjournal.com/news/local-news/anti-racism-watchdog-field-complaint-arising-from-immigration-comments-made-at-separatist-town-hall

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          9 hours ago

          Old stock white Canadians, and that’s us, and we don’t have to apologize for this room being filled with white people. This used to be what Alberta was.

          Says the guy with european roots.

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            8 hours ago

            This used to be what Alberta was.

            After your ancestors came and genocided the dark-skinned natives. But they always leave out that part huh