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Jack Daniel's maker says Canada pulling US alcohol off shelves 'worse than tariff'
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Feeling insulted when the PM is insulted seems weird. Do you think Americans feel insulted when someone calls Trump a clown?
You're not the guy who put tariffs on Chinese cars to appease the American car manufacturers, the US president calling him a stooge of America for doing his own bidding is genuinely funny.
"Your country is so small and weak you might as well have a mayor instead of a real government. We should and will annex you because we can"
"Why are you offended, that seems weird"
Yes, nationalism is weird, why do you identify with the Canadian government? I sure as hell don't identify with America's actions.
If another country was threatening to invade your home, would you take joy in that?
I mean my home is also the evil empire pillaging the rest of the world, so if I believed them, on some level, yes.
But no, I'd laugh at them because of how absurd it would be.
Can I have your house? You can still live there, I'll just own it.
Oh, by the way, you're not going to be able to vote or contribute to democracy in any meaningful way anymore.
We live under Trump, and our last vote was a choice between Trump and Trump's 2016 platform, what meaningful democracy?
You're on the same trajectory as us, with a choice between "progressive" neoliberals continuing to hollow out social programs while poisoning indigenous people's water at home and supporting wars of imperialism on the other side of the world, and conservative neoliberals doing the same, and you're probably going to end up with the greater evil this time.
Also who the hell can afford a house?
We don't have that luxury.
So maybe don't tell us we're weird about our own nationalism/patriotism when said evil pillaging empire threatens to pillage us?
Have you seen how big and white Canada is? There's not going to be an invasion or even drone strikes.
Canada has been helping us the whole time, I'm going to be even more flippant when Britain and the EU's economies are next to be sacrificed to maintain the rate of profit.
Assuming you don't work for Bombardier, neither of us has benefited from the spoils of empire.
Go on back to reddit, troll
There absolutely are Americans who get insulted when you make fun of Trump, you can meet them at any Trump rally. I'd also point out, Trump insulted the PM and the entirety of Canada.
OK, excepting the weirdo MAGAs, but I assumed the Canadian equivalent wouldn't be on Lemmy. Do they even have internet in Alberta?
I’d imagine Alberta has a better grid than Texas. 0 celsius and the entire state goes dark
Probably, I just assume any right-wing weirdo would live there because of the confederate flag pickup trucks.
Funny thing, I just looked this up this morning. Texas is actually 47% Democrat and 38% Republican, but their gerrymandering is controlled by the GOP and drawn to hugely suppress the Dem vote. They are basically the poster child for suppressing the will of the voters.
Texas also gets its reputation from a sort of zealous immigrant effect. People who move to Texas are more likely to embrace a new identity of their perception of Texans. So you get people who moved to Texas 2 years ago and go around in cowboy hats and talking with a ridiculous accent, further reinforcing Texas's reputation, even though those people are an extremely loud minority.