• Rose56@lemmy.ca
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    2 hours ago

    ‘IT WAS MEANT TO BE!’ Trump Trolls ‘Great People of America’ Let US Take Over Country and Serve US. Fixed it for you!

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    9 hours ago

    He is not trolling. He is genuinely threatening our sovereignty, and we are taking that seriously. The United States is an enemy nation.

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      And even in the most insanely charitable world where we assume he is “trolling”, he’s still saying an intensely offensive thing to Canadians without any reason other than “lulz.” That’s the most charitable possible interpretation and it’s still awful.

      Of course, most Americans don’t realize it’s an intensely offensive thing. That’s a major part of the problem.

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        I wonder if Musk taught him this trick. He keeps pulling it out of his ass every time negative news (that he actually cares about like his recent polling numbers) comes out and he wants to distract from it. This is exactly what Musk used to do before he took the mask off.

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        As someone who lives in America, I don’t understand how anyone DOES NOT think it’s offensive and threatening and a horrible stance for a president to have. But the ones that don’t think it’s a big deal is how we got where we are and I’m disappointed in my country… again.

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        Of course, most Americans don’t realize it’s an intensely offensive thing. That’s a major part of the problem.

        “America is the greatest nation on earth, why wouldn’t another country want to be part of it?”

        That’s what happens when a population is spoon-fed “patriotism” from birth. All the nationalism and propaganda is doing its job promoting American exceptionalism while diminishing empathy and critical thinking.

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          Reciting every day in school how great your country is, is peak brainwashing to me. When I learned about that, it was so weird to me.

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            Yeah after a while I just stayed seated during the pledge, seems goofy as hell to be performed everyday at school.

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        9 hours ago

        If you mean “go vote to change things” or something along those lines, then I need to remind you that only people from USA can vote in the USA elections and that not everyone you’ll find online is from USA. Have a good day.

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          Canadian election is today. Who they choose is who’s gonna have to handle or succumb to Trump.

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          I need to remind you that only people from USA can vote in the USA elections and that not everyone you’ll find online is from USA. Have a good day.

          I was addressing my fellow Canadians, because the Canadian election is today. Ironically, it seems you assumed I was an American talking about the USA.

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            5 hours ago

            No, I simply assumed your comment was referred to me since that’s who you were answering to.

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      Should drive turnout for Carney.

      Ah yes another liberal who’ll fail to defend our countries borders, another Trudeau but this time with pizzaz.

      If there ever is a war with the US I sure as shit want access to real firearms, none of this 3 rounds per mag headache we got now.

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        And how, pray tell, is a “real” firearm going to help defend against the most technologically advanced army in the world, who can take you out from half a planet away without you ever seeing anyone until you are ginsu-bladed in half (reference: https://www.pcmag.com/news/us-used-drone-carrying-knife-missile-to-kill-al-qaeda-chief)?

        We don’t need more firearms in personal hands when it comes to our national defence, we need alliances, a better standing army, and probably some form of nuclear deterrence. Thinking you’ll make any meaningful difference with your personal firearm and a couple of hours on the gun range is the exact same magical thinking 2FA nuts keep using while the US government takes their rights and freedoms away.

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          And how, pray tell, is a “real” firearm going to help defend against the most technologically advanced army in the world,

          Their tech is pretty advanced I’ll give you that, but i sure as hell know if people had more access to firearms we could actually have a chance to defend ourselves from such a threat.

          Our military is a joke technology & armoury wise, simple and plain, the more people who stand to defend the better.

          We don’t need more firearms in personal hands when it comes to our national defence

          This is where we differ, I fully believe South Korea has the right idea to train all their children in CQB and to safely handle firearms given how close North Korea is.

          The same should apply to Canadians, we have a potential threat down south and a small handful of people actually know what they’re doing.

          we need a better standing army, and probably some form of nuclear deterrence.

          I 100% agree however, I don’t think we’ll ever see this in our lifetime with another Liberal leader.

          Thinking you’ll make any meaningful difference with your personal firearm and a couple of hours on the gun range

          A couple hours at the range is better than no hours at the range.

  • Em Adespoton@lemmy.ca
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    10 hours ago

    Sorry… is hectoring supposed to be heckling? Trump is the hector in this case; he can’t make Canada the hector. When the first non-proper-noun word out of a writer’s keyboard is that far off what they meant, I have difficulty taking anything else they write as anything but regurgitated vaguely understood hearsay.