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    Fuck the US Government, everyone in it, and every citizen living under it.

    Every single person in the US is either in full support of this nonsense, pretending like a petition or election is going to stop a “Fascist regime” from taking over, don’t care as long as it isn’t them, (edit) or chronically online ignoramus’ who believe violence is the only solution because being a lazy cunt hasn’t worked yet. Like always, we have to deal with their shit when it hits the fan because of proximity and I am sick of it.

    It doesn’t matter who is in power down there, Canadians always get fucked over by the US Government.

    We need to completely disconnect from that country and close our borders to them. No more US Companies in our borders, no more trade, no more tourism, no more intelligence cooperation or military support, just a complete disconnect. Not until Trump is out, or the Democrats regain a little power, but indefinitely until the point when our ideologies actually align and the US can demonstrate they aren’t a terrorist state masquerading as “Leader of the free world”.

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        Did I miss another category or are you just upset by the group you are a part of?

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          I know you’re upset. We all are. But blaming every American isn’t the answer. Take a few deep breaths and collect your thoughts.

          Remember, WE actually have to live in this country. People are suffering more than our neighbors right now. Please don’t disregard their feeling because you’re next door and upset. We actually have to live through this daily.

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            I know you’re upset. We all are. But blaming every American isn’t the answer. Take a few deep breaths and collect your thoughts.

            I am not blaming every American and expecting it to be an answer. I am airing my grievances with your shit ass Government and uneducated population because it is a big fucking problem hoping you get your collective shit together.

            Welcome to Democracy. It is a team game. Everyone is to blame for a loss.

            I have collected my thoughts and concluded that your pretentious attitude should have been left out of your response.

            Remember, WE actually have to live in this country. People are suffering more than our neighbors right now. Please don’t disregard their feeling because you’re next door and upset. We actually have to live through this daily.

            Remember YOU got what you put in. I have been alive for almost 36 years and the entire time the USA has been a fucking joke to Canada and the rest of the world, and it is because of shit like Trump always happening. Even your “good” Presidents are hostile to Canada and the rest of the world. Biden increased Trumps tariffs from the previous admin continuing to damage my home province, and Obama really loved those drone strikes.

            We have to live through this shit daily too but the difference is we can do shit all about your shenanigans. We cannot vote the idiots you let in out. We cannot educate the 75% of your adult population that is functionally or clinically illiterate.

            One last time:

            Get your collective uneducated shit together.

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          You’re just another commenter spouting bullshit into a void. Keep going if want. Just making it clear to others how much bs is out there.

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            You’re just another commenter spouting bullshit into a void. Keep going if want. Just making it clear to others how much bs is out there.

            Pot meet kettle.

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                No shit, but it wastes your time for a brief moment

                It is always interesting when trolls self depreciate in an attempt to attack another. I know, like every one in your life has always known, that any interaction with you is a complete waste of time. We all choose to waste time in different ways and one of the ways I choose to do that is interacting with ignoramus’ so that I can later laugh at them with my partner.

                I appreciate your continued effort to “waste my time” by providing us with comic relief in these troubling time. 👍

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      This is a class war, don’t get it twisted. The working class in the US are a bulwark against that shit coming here.

      By all means, fuck the Cheeto & large American corpos. But working class is working class. Don’t be selling us out to Loblaws just because you decided some farmer in Minnesota is to blame for the broken system they have down there.

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        This is a class war, don’t get it twisted. The working class in the US are a bulwark against that shit coming here.

        Trump is dismantling the country piece by piece and no one is doing shit all to stop it, including and especially the working class. This is not a class war. This is the beginning of an Economic war which could escalate further because Trump intends to annex Canada.

        This is the fault of every US citizen whether they voted for it or are currently standing by and letting it happen.

        By all means, fuck the Cheeto & large American corpos. But working class is working class. Don’t be selling us out to Loblaws just because you decided some farmer in Minnesota is to blame for the broken system they have down there.

        No, fuck all of them. Class doesn’t matter here, every citizen of that country is responsible for this mess.

        I haven’t shopped at Loblows in almost 20 years and anyone who thinks shopping there supports Canadians is an ignoramus.

        Farmers are not working class, the people who work on their farms are. They also voted for Trump in large numbers.

        Every US citizen is responsible for the broken system. That is how Democracy works.

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          If you think democracy is to blame here, you need to educate yourself about how things work down there. Capitalists have bought and paid their way through elections playing both parties for decades & pumping out propaganda from the media networks they own.

          There is no party for the working class in the US. Voters largely did NOT vote for Trump. They voted to abstain or held their nose and voted for the least-bad option. And of those who did vote for Trump they did so in protest & a lack of better options. That’s why Trump is in office, and the oligarchs are just playing you into believing otherwise lest the working class realizes we outnumber them.

          Blaming common folk for the exploits of billionaires is exactly what your owners want you to be doing. Your anger and outrage is important and valuable, but you need to wake up and place the blame where it belongs.

          Start here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizens_United_v._FEC

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      very single person in the US is either in full support of this nonsense, pretending like a petition or election is going to stop a “Fascist regime” from taking over, or don’t care as long as it isn’t them. Like always, we have to deal with their shit when it hits the fan because of proximity and I am sick of it.

      That’s false, I care, I’ve been screaming at the top of my lungs for 25 fucking years now that the fascists were taking over while liberals were weak, ineffective controlled opposition in service to capital. That stupid march around with signs protests don’t matter. That we can’t vote our way out the system has been so corrupt for so long the only way out is [redacted] leading me to lose all of my corporate owned social media accounts.

      I’ve been gaslit, mocked and ridiculed for my views. I’ve been told I’m an extremist. Most mainstream liberals are going to be whining about not having vegan gluten free options to the concentration camp guards if they’re not whining about their pronouns and other micro aggressions. Oh and this group needs trigger warnings for clapping and loud noises. We’re utterly fucked. The so called left in this country let whiny weak fucks run the show, too busy painting rainbows in the street, flying BLM flags and being snarky on Twitter to actually fucking do something effective!

      Oh and if you do anything but suck the democrat party’s cock, balls and all, it’s your fault the fascists won. 🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄

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        That’s false, I care, I’ve been screaming at the top of my lungs for 25 fucking years now that the fascists were taking over while liberals were weak, ineffective controlled opposition in service to capital.

        Crying wolf for “25 fucking years” didn’t help when a real Fascist came to town? Colour me shocked. I will add the vocal minority you belong to in an edit, stay tuned.

        That stupid march around with signs protests don’t matter. That we can’t vote our way out the system has been so corrupt for so long the only way out is [redacted] leading me to lose all of my corporate owned social media accounts.

        Have you considered leaving the corrupt system? Before you say “I can’t because -insert excuse-” remember that people from countries where the state puts their life or family at risk pick up and leave to find something better. If the US is so bad, get on a raft and try for the UK.

        I’ve been gaslit, mocked and ridiculed for my views.

        Most people have, you aren’t special.

        I’ve been told I’m an extremist. Most mainstream liberals are going to be whining about not having vegan gluten free options to the concentration camp guards if they’re not whining about their pronouns and other micro aggressions. Oh and this group needs trigger warnings for clapping and loud noises. We’re utterly fucked. The so called left in this country let whiny weak fucks run the show, too busy painting rainbows in the street, flying BLM flags and being snarky on Twitter to actually fucking do something effective!

        You gave away your hidden right wing, and demonstrated clearly what made someone say you are an extremist. Kudos.

        Oh and if you do anything but suck the democrat party’s cock, balls and all, it’s your fault the fascists won. 🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄

        No, its your fault because you live in a Democracy and didn’t do enough to prevent people with Fascist Ideologies from taking power. You cry on social media about people crying on social media instead of doing something actually effective like trying to educate voters on the other side about what is wrong with voting for that side, preferring to make calls to violence because that is all your ignorant brain can come up with.

        You are the problem like the rest of your countrymen. Under educated, chronically online, and can never be the problem even though they are always the common denominator. Get your collective shit together.

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          Crying wolf for “25 fucking years” didn’t help when a real Fascist came to town? Colour me shocked. I will add the vocal minority you belong to in an edit, stay tuned.

          crying wolf? Are you fucking serious? Each offense to democracy weakened it allowing to the eventual rise of fascists, however, the fascists were always there in the shadows or more since the foundation of fascism and the prototypes to it (ya know, transatlantic slave trade, genociding natives - an inspiration for Hitlers final solution). Some say in the modern era it started with not holding Nixon accountable. I wasn’t alive then. But I was alive and old enough to see bush’s 2000 election theft (look up brooks brothers riot - lots of notable names involved) and the lack of response towards it. And then 9/11 and the patriot act, Guantanamo, the NSA spying, authorization for drone strikes abroad on American citizens without due process, the forever wars on terror in Afghanistan and Iraq, establishment of homeland security, blocking Obama’s ability to pick a SCOTUS judge, funding Israel’s genocidal state, there’s so much blowback from the middle eastern adventures in imperialism it’s not even funny. I can go on and on and on. I forgot a major one - nobody responsible for 2008 financial crash going to prison. Not one fucker. All got golden fucking parachutes while everyday people lost their homes. Thanks neoliberalism for the material conditions that bring fascism! Can’t say Marx and Engels didn’t warn you 175 fucking years ago!

          Then there’s the persecution of the actual left - the people who fought for environmental, animal, civil rights and against capitalism getting life sentences on terrorism charges. So much of the rise of the authoritarian state has been a bipartisan power grab and infringement on the civil rights of citizens. And all protesting does is get one wrapped up in the system and put on a list. The people in power aren’t afraid of the masses. And now they’re fucking around so badly, they should be. There’s a gun behind every blade of grass in America, the only thing protecting the rich right now is propaganda. But the second people start getting hungry it’s over for them.

          You gave away your hidden right wing, and demonstrated clearly what made someone say you are an extremist. Kudos.

          Right wing?! LMFAO I’m an anarcho communist you can’t get much further left. My so called “extremism” was warning of right wing violence ahead of it happening and saying we need more Luigi’s because we’ve tried changing things the civil way. Civil rights weren’t won without violence. Being against capitalism is a threat to the corporate social medias profits and the interests they represent. The tech industry is so obviously fascist I don’t understand how people aren’t seeing things for what they are. Fucking unbelievable.

          No, its your fault because you live in a Democracy and didn’t do enough to prevent people with Fascist Ideologies from taking power. You cry on social media about people crying on social media instead of doing something actually effective like trying to educate voters on the other side about what is wrong with voting for that side, preferring to make calls to violence because that is all your ignorant brain can come up with.

          Typical sniveling liberal. All you’ve got is vote harder. what, for the friendly fascists with their BLM and rainbow flags confirming trumps nominees in total complicity? Fuck outta here.

          You are the problem like the rest of your countrymen. Under educated, chronically online, and can never be the problem even though they are always the common denominator. Get your collective shit together.

          Blue MAGA liberal fucking cope. Grow up. Stop being played like a fool. You vote blue no matter who team sports liberals are at fault for not stopping fascism, not the completely shunned and mostly eradicated (our civil rights leaders assassinated by the FBI) actual left.

          Y’all couldn’t even hold a fucking primary. So much for “protecting democracy” 🙄🙄🙄 the democrats lost because they’re not a real opposition party, they’re controlled opposition on behalf of their capitalist donors and simply play the good cop routine on the spiraling collapse towards fascism. They’re collaborators, not allies despite their fucking messaging.

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            Typical sniveling liberal. All you’ve got is vote harder. what, for the friendly fascists with their BLM and rainbow flags confirming trumps nominees in total complicity? Fuck outta here.

            I said nothing about voting, nor am I a liberal. Read up on what “Divide and conquer” is and realize that you have fallen for it.

            Blue MAGA liberal fucking cope. Grow up. Stop being played like a fool. You vote blue no matter who team sports liberals are at fault for not stopping fascism, not the completely shunned and mostly eradicated (our civil rights leaders assassinated by the FBI) actual left.

            I vote Orange. The Liberals are Red, and the Conservatives are Blue. This is because I am a proud fucking Canadian and not an ignoramus from the US.

            The fact that wasn’t clearly obvious to you proves you are a bad faith troll or bot posting where you do not belong.

            Kindly see yourself the fuck out.

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              I’m referring to American politics since that’s what this is about. 🙄

              My criticism of liberals and the utterly irredeemable democrat party they support is coming from the left not the right. 🙄

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                (edit) or chronically online ignoramus’ who believe violence is the only solution because being a lazy cunt hasn’t worked yet.

                Based on further interaction I am going to pat my own back and be done with you.

                Have fun being ignorant and angry.

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                  What’s your solution if you were American? Vote for the democrats, who confirm trumps nominees and enact many of the same terrible policies? Your only solution is vote harder. Vote harder doesn’t fucking work.

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      I don’t think isolating ourselves from the only people that we can trade with without crossing an ocean is feasible, but we should certainly give nothing voluntarily.

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        I don’t think isolating ourselves from the only people that we can trade with without crossing an ocean is feasible, but we should certainly give nothing voluntarily.

        I don’t think proximity is a good enough excuse to do business with a hostile nation, especially in a world of technology that makes things like inter continental trade much easier. We have ports on both sides of our country, and negotiated trade deals, to reach these markets with further negotiations taking place as we speak.

        Will it hurt? Yes.

        Is that a reason to not disconnect from the USA? No.

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    I’m definitely serious about Scarlet Johansson sitting on my face. That’s more likely to happen than Canada becoming part of the US.

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    Take anything a leader says seriously, and at full value. They represent a group, even if that group would rather they not do so, as they hold power to bring what they say at least a little closer to reality (or burn their constituency trying). Just because they say “oh, I’m just joking BTW” afterwards, doesn’t mean that they weren’t serious at the time and intended to do their best to make it reality before receiving backlash or something.

    Anything Trump says should be treated as if he has already signed an executive order to make it happen. If he won’t take responsibility for his own words, he should be made to by others, because words, even the most absurd and casually said ones, carry the power of office, and reveals at least a part of the leader’s actual intent.

    It is in not taking such words seriously that so many tragedies have happened over the course of history. These days, rhetoric is sounding eerily close to those said back in the 1930s, and I don’t mean only those from one southern madman. Many of our own leaders spend all their time and effort deflecting and blaming others for their own failings.

    Fail to learn from history, and you fail to prevent its repetition.

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      It’s a fascist tactic, to sow confusion by “just joking” right up to the day when suddenly they’re not just joking but pointing a gun at you.

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    And [White House Deputy Chief of Staff James Blair] told us point blank, take the president seriously. Don’t dismiss it as humour.

    “That is a chilling comment coming from the president of the United States, the leader of our closest ally, our biggest trading partner,” he also said.

    When asked whether he has any insight into Trump’s motivations for wanting to take over Canada after his conversations in Washington, Furey said he “didn’t do enough psychiatry in medical school to pretend to understand what motivates the president of the United States at this particular moment,” and called the latter an “erratic actor.”

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    If Trudeau was smart he’d go ahead and set up an Office for American Defectors, it’s going to be busy and you want to get ahead of these things.

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      I’m one of those, unfortunately. I’ve been fighting for my right to exist in the US since I was 5 only to be “rewarded” with Pumpkin Spice Shitler and President Swasticar. I’m fucking exhausted, the US is a lost cause full of uneducated psychopaths.

      Besides, I have lots of friends & community up here. Integrating with the local culture has been a breeze, everyone has been welcoming and I’ve been very much enjoying my time here.

      I guess my point is that the people fleeing right now are not the people y’all should be worried about. Those are the sane ones who are beyond fed up with the US’s bullshit, we are on the same page as you. It’s the people who willingly stay behind that everyone should be afraid of.

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    Premier Trump looking to rape more women.