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Too bad. Keep it coming Canada. And other countries need to follow their lead.
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America could literally start a shooting war and if we fought back they would complain we're killing their innocent soldiers.
The boycott will continue and we really dont care if you did or did not vote for Trump. This is about your country actively trying to hurt ours. We arent just gonna sit here and take it to spare your feelings.
In summary, get fucked bud.
"innocent" people that allowed a fascist to inhabit the Whitehouse.
Whether you voted for him, or you didn't vote, you allowed it to happen.
Those that voted against, you're cool, come up for a beer sometime eh?
I’m one of those that voted against. And not too far away here in the PNW. Got Guinness?
Won't anyone think of the innocent shareholders! /s
CNN's willful ignorance of the Trump Regime's malice is hurting innocent people.
Sounds like CNN is completely deep throating the boot.
Conservative media outlet spins for Trump. I'm absolutely shocked and amazed. 😒
Seriously, why the hell did I have to open this godawful site to read this when OP said he was going to post the text in comments?
Just want to chime in and say that my mom and her friends were just in Canada and they said the people there totally understand that half of America is against Trump and everything he stands for and don’t blame all Americans at all, but they feel they have to punish the country for electing him nonetheless.
Totally reasonable IMO.
I moved from NY to Canada and have only felt welcomed by everyone. I absolutely love it here and have no desire to return.
The desire to reduce reliance on the US is very real. There's a strong movement to shop local, which I do love. Canada has better food anyways.
One of us! One of us! One of us!
Welcome to the neighborhood bud.
I hope you're having a grand time here in the great white north. We're happy to have you. 🍁
I'm sorry to tell you that's not really true.
The general attitude in Canada is that most Americans are complicit, uneducated, unprincipled, and themselves guilty.
155 of 340 million Americans voted.
To me, this means that 185 million people, with the exception of a small percentage, didn't care, or was fine with whatever, making them complicit.
In addition to that, 77 million voters, voted for Trump.
So 262 million Americans either voted for Trump or were complicit in the decision that was made by their countrymen. That's a whopping 77% of Americans either asked for this or they were completely fine with it if this was the outcome.
So yeah. There's some Americans, about 23% that tried, at least.... The rest of the Americans are either complicit or wanted this.... And as a Canadian, that 77% is why I'm actively avoiding American made goods, and I will continue to do so, regardless of tariffs, for the next few years.... I'll probably stop around 2029 or so... We'll see how things go from there....
ChatGPT says the voting age population is 258m
I say it's 270 million.
Rather than argue over that detail the point is it doesn’t make sense to blame the entire population and turn it into more apathetic voters than voters. Our numbers are bad enough on their own, thanks
That is completely true. Even the ones who don't like this are just saying "Aw drats! I guess we just have to vote harder next time!" Without actually examining why we lost in the first place or any systemic issues that led to this.
Well, if that’s the case, that’s a shame, as it simply means Canadians are having an emotional over-reaction to the situation and it’s biasing them into blaming an entire group for only part of that group’s actions.
I suspect some Canadians see it the way you describe and others see it the way my Mom described. I’d be interested to know if there’s any correlation with political alignment.
Perhaps, but I'm not going to debate or engage in that conversation. Just letting you know that your report from somebody else's experience is not reflective
Opinions are diversified, like anything else. It's difficult to generalize. My brother in law lives in a small town, doesn't speak English, and is a Trump supporter. But for me, I think at least half the US population voted for this. They are lacking education and as much as it's difficult to blame people for being manipulated, at some point, I can also see them as very naive and gullible. I'm not blaming all the population of the US, but there's a significant chunk of it that holds part of the blame.
AFAIK it's also why some states were hit harder than others by the boycott, because Canadians targeted the red states first. And for the rest, you know, "collateral damage". Sorry.
Also, you try not to have an "emotional over-reaction" when your country is threatened to be annexed or invaded. If Xi from China said a few times, just jokingly, that the US should be part of China, and that a few other Chinese politicians started to push the idea of annexing or invading the US too, I don't think most Unitedstaters would see the Chinese government, and a part of those people pushing for this, with a neutral view.
Also, you try not to have an "emotional over-reaction" when your country is threatened to be annexed or invaded.
I understand the response, but it’s still biased and wrong. Don’t think angry Canadians don’t have my empathy—I’d be pissed for a few days too, probably. But it’s important to not let your emotions cloud your thinking and your judgment. To the extent that angry Canadians blame the entire U.S. population for Trump, while understandable in a certain light, they’re still wrong.
That's the point
“We’re not in politics. We’re just some guys in Virginia making good whisky. But unfortunately, we’re the victims.”
Are you a business owner who does international commerce? Guess what, shit-for-brains: you better get interested in politics really fast. Your fucking president is violating treaties, threatening allies, breaking international law, and arming and publicly supporting a genocide.
For Christ’s sake, your country is actively threatening your customers. Why the ever-loving fuck would your customers sit still for that? Not everyone is American-stupid.
You use the word stupid which is fair but more specifically there is a profound level of ignorance and disconnection from reality. So many live as if their heads are perpetually in the sand, making it hard to decipher how much of it is intentional because they don't want to answer for their government vs how much is being spanked so hard by capitalism-daddy that they don't have time to look up and see whats happening.
I think stupid is fitting here. Stupid is willful ignorance.
Americans are willfully ignorant of what they voted for with Trump.
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100% played for and got.
"Innocent bystanders" aren't a thing in this sort of case. Punishing the public so that they apply pressure to the government to get the pain to stop is the entire fucking point!
It's the same reason why effective protests are disruptive on purpose.
There’s a strong argument to be made FOR being political. He was like, ‘we stay out of politics’. Maybe that was your mistake, dude.
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plus you can get bougie wine from EU, too why buy cheap made american alcohol.
Lots of wine made in Canada, the buy local mentality is fairly strong.
Not sure what you mean by bougie wine though a I'm not a wine drinker. I mean I assume France still produces some of the best wine in the world if you care about awards and what not
Good wine?
I'm not a wine guy so I can't say, but BC Okanagan is wine country
There are a about a dozen wineries around Vancouver as well
You should come here, try some, then tell me if they were good. I think this is an excellent idea.
I was introduced to honey wine and some of the ones I tried were tasty
I did not enjoy everything but they were always trying new things.
I'm not suprised at all Canada has good wine just curious! Mexico also has some fantasitic wines. I definately will be up in BC at some point and will have some wine!
Yes! BC has some amazing wines.
LOL. LMAO, even.
Nelson County VA Presidential election voting:
2016: +5.6% Trump
2020: +5.2% Trump
2024: +7.5% Trump
Have the day you voted for, you idiots.
Trump hurt these companies, not Canadians who refuse to pay for Trump's tariffs and instead support their own domestic producers.
Read the article. They do not once blame Trump or the Republicans, they're just crying victim. Now look to the journalists who didn't ask any hard hitting questions, hell, not even easy questions. "Do you blame President Trump?"
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I guess it is just too hard to blame this administration for royally fucking up by threatening our closest ally (both literally and figuratively) and then imposing a bunch of tariffs in direct violation to the constitution and existing trade agreements.
It must be the consumers fault!?
and closing a bunch of agencies.
Have they tried saying "thank you" even once?
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It's not even worth sourcing a stock photo. "Not political" maybe you should've paid attention, fuckwad.
Who's "legally allowed" in nazi USA is entirely a gamble with how big a nazi the border agent you're dealing with that day is.
I'm surprised it's only a 30% drop in visitors.
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