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They are trying desperately to normalize countries trying take nations like Russia is with Ukraine. It is such dumb and ham fisted propaganda.
The US President should have been immediately removed the first time he suggested it. As an American who has always considered Canada our closest ally it is a disgusting betrayal.
Removed by who?
The legislative and judicial branches have voluntarily subjugated themselves to the executive.
Nobody has the power to remove him except via an election. And that did not work out too well last time.
Removed through impeachment. Something we are long overdue in the US for. Until we make an example and prosecute the President no one will ever fear retribution.
This classism that exists in the US and the rot it is causing is far past the breaking point.
This executive supremacy nonsense is garbage policy supported by garbage people.
Again. Impeachment by who?
That failed twice already and that was back when we all thought Congress was an independent branch of government.
You need to, at the very least, get rid of Mike Johnson before you can even dream of getting rid of Trump. But even that still leaves the Senate. Have you compared your views on legislative oversight to those of Tom Cotton?
And see the SCOTUS decision on presidential immunity for their thoughts on judicial oversight.
By Congress, which he was successfully impeached by twice already. The second part of the removal process involves the Senate and a trial where the President would be relieved of their duties.
I get that you are skeptical, but that is the way it is done. The United States has payed lip service to legal equality for far too long with classism being the defining factor in our culture.
This problem isn't just holding a President accountable, but also holding those who are wealthy accountable. You could argue that when you put both these together you create the perfect storm of privilege.
The US should change their motto to by the rich for the rich so its citizens can finally understand why their country is the way it is.
They continue to lay the foundation for this, I'm not sure how they could make it any more clear that the new (old?) world order that has toppled US' previous more diplomatic one is siding with the sort of dictators, tech bros, and billionaires that seem overly keen on invasions and neocolonialism. Canada, you need to build up your defense and your borders in the same sort of way Ukraine wishes it would have against Russia before its "three day special operation".
Tucker Carlson delivered a series of explicit, uninterrupted statements
They aren't statements so much as outrageously blatant lies.
Fuck that fascist and all his cronies.
Venezuela is a test. If the world does not stop them, Canada is next.
Has anybody seen that World War II movie? They do a pretty good job of this storyline in that.
Fuck Tuck the Cuck.
finally got his marching orders from the kremlin after being really quiet for the whole year.
Come up to Canada and say that shit, Tucker is a fucking coward and a fascist loving piece of shit.
Nope
Nope
You can try, I suppose. I'd rather you didn't, though.
Nope
Yeah, he's been on this anti-Canada kick since near the end of his Fox News career. Word was, he'd made a "movie" for airing on Fox News that urged an invasion because Trudeau was a communist. The sooner this propagandist is relegated to the wastebin of history, the better
Jamil Javani created the group Protect Christians Canada in December 2024, using the same kind of language and misinformation to justify their position. One thing that seems to be coming from the US evangelicals is this idea that religious rights are human rights. That Christians religious rights should take priority over personal rights because giving people personal rights is against their religious rights.
This kind of insane bullshit is the reality for many conservatives in Canada since Postmedia and the CPC seem to be courting it. If you look at Postmedia, then places like Rebel or Juno, and finally move onto Twitter, there is a ramping up of this same narrative. Where Postmedia has the volume turned to 3, Rebel is at 7 and Carlson is turned up to 11, but if you really listen, it's the same song and dance that relies on the same cognitive distortions.
The sooner this propagandist is relegated to the wastebin of history, the better
Or shoved in a literal wastebin.
In fairness, you guys do have a lot of oil
Our oil is very dirty and expensive to extract. It’s highly susceptible to being made unprofitable every time oil prices drop.
So is Venezuela's. Hasn't slowed them down.
You know what country has the most advanced infrastructure specifically designed to process Canadian heavy crude. That would be the United States.
Its the processing that happens on site that is insanely costly. The stuff is almost coal in viscosity, but doesn't burn because its mostly sand.
YouTube and Twitter platform him.
They don’t just host him: they spread Tucker Carlson algorithmically, preferentially, deliberately, because it’s outrageous and engaging, and make many millions doing it. And people nodding along will never be shown this article in their feeds.
If you want a “root cause” boogeyman here, it’s Big Tech. No one would give a shit about Tucker Carlson if it was a “fair forum for free speech” like they pretend it is, and they’re the ones that will percolate this up to the White House.
So, yeah. It’d be great if y’all could ban those sites in Canada, if they don’t fix that.
And the rest of the world.
Ban us. Please. Thanks.
Banning stuff isn't the answer. I believe in actually free speech and discourse. Our media up here is already so saturated with American thinkslop, the CBC is our last stand (and under constant attack by Conservative grifters).
I believe in the right for Tucker to say what he's got on his mind, just as much as I believe in the right to point our fingers and say, "get a load of this fucking idiot." Buddy looks like an absolute tool bag, and obviously is just karma farming. That's how these people like trump and him get so rich, they karma farm this shit. That's true evil by the way.
Twitter/YouTube isn't free speech. It's not open discourse. It is an algorithm that decides what to show people based on how engaging it is, individually.
I can't emphasize this enough; there is nothing fair about it, and it's not a "debate" because it sycophantic by design. Any right to free speech shouldn't be equated with that.
Ok but banning speech goes both ways, hey!? That means the speech you find acceptable might come into question by others.
It's a slippery slope. Maybe the slipperiest. Freedom of speech also means sometimes you need to hear some stuff that makes you want to vomit.
As soon as some speech is chosen over another, it's not free. As long as a platform decides what is acceptable, it's not free. YT and Twitter actively vet who is allowed to speak on their platforms, which means it's not free. It also means they are somewhat condoning the speech on their platforms.
It's already not free.
I really wish we'd ban or even regulate American tech companies but the minute we try, we end up getting bullied out of it by your country. I'm still mad that we cancelled it but I'm hoping as we fully cut ties, we'll actually be able to go through with things like that.
Though realistically given our geography, our situation is akin to trying to improve things for ourselves while being caged in with a paranoid and cocaine fueled mountain lion so who knows.
I'm just hoping you guys can get yourselves under control whether that be through balkanisation, complete rebuild of government or anything because while I will proudly fight myself into a grave to defend our sovereignty, I really don't fuckin' want to have to
Honestly, from my perspective, the US is bad.
People act like things will get better here. But our social media has an iron grip on everything, especially leadership, and now we basically have an influencer government that knows how to work it and wants to entrench social media. Corporations love it. Attention spans are short.
I just don’t see a force that wants to get us out of this spiral. Anecdotally, I have smart, postgrad-educated family that’s repeating stuff from Fox News I never thought I’d hear from them, family working jobs where their CEOs are drinking the Kool Aid…
What’s going to happen is US corporate power will increasingly influence the government, fiscally, politically and psychologically. Unfortunately, I think it will stay central, not balkanize. The States have ceded too much power, and there’s too much vested interest.
Other countries I’ve traveled to seem sensible, though. Even with a Big Tech problem.
My hope is you guys band together with the EU, Mexico, the rest of the Americas, Africa, Asia and such. Lean on the British. It’d be much harder for the US to try something if there’s some kind of pact that would complicate it.
If the US invades, we Canadians will be more than happy to update the Geneva Checklist as part of a long, drawn out, insurgency that will make Vietnam look like a sewing circle and Afghanistan a minor quibble about who picks up the cheque.
If America invaded Canada, I'm going full insurgent on Canada's side. There's a lot of railways and bridges to... update.
It's a short walk to a poorly monitored area of the border.
And I can look and sound enough like an American to blend in while looking for things that might accidentally fall apart an an unexpected moment...
The mere thought of the things I'd do if Canada was invaded makes me think deep down I'm a complete psychopath...
Tucker Carlson is a wholly owned Russian Asset. Tying up the USA in fruitless wars with its immediate neighbors would be a Russian and Chinese wet dream.
Trump is going to start a war somewhere in North or South America to weaken America before Russia and China make their moves on Europe and Taiwan.
he even went there like last year to help with thier propaganda.
He’s already been trying to start a war with Venezuela for a while now.
They will come for us when they need the next out-group to persecute. People like Fucker Carlson are leading the call.
He should have kept the bow tie. Dude got so scarred by Jon Stewart he's never been the same.
The dude is living out the opening act of Canadian Bacon.