• @[email protected]
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    5818 hours ago

    Not just the threats, but the deafening silence from Americans in general about it (outside Lemmy) is something we will not forget for a generation.

    • @[email protected]
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      1915 hours ago

      What gets me is that no one seems to be mentioning exactly what it means that US is entering their ‘Papers please’ phase, and that supporting a fascist state isn’t a very Canadian thing to do.

      Not wanting to be hassled at the border, or having our sovereignty threatened is an understandable reason for avoiding the US, but it’s also pretty selfish.

      I wish I see more people, and Canadian news media talking about the bigger side of it as in ‘We don’t support fascism’

      That should be an integral part of our identity, especially if we want to ensure the Conservatives stop trying to normalise maple maga ideals.

    • Malle_Yeno
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      4117 hours ago

      Seriously. I have too many American friends who are confused when I tell them I have and will have no interest in going down to America, even if it’s just to visit them, for the foreseeable future and they wonder why.

      Could it be because your country was having open public discourse on the merits of annexing us? Or maybe that I don’t want to get thrown into an ICE concentration camp for no reason?

      • @[email protected]
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        1115 hours ago

        My inlaws are dual and living in the US. Very surprised and confused why I was still upset about it.

      • TimLovesTech (AuDHD)(he/him)
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        717 hours ago

        Interesting that they would be confused at all. I have an interest, because Canada is cool, but I won’t be visiting anytime soon because I know we are the worst and nobody is going to want us there. I also don’t want to deal with assholes at the border, even though I’m a US citizen they have carte blanche to do anything they are in the mood for.

        • gonzo-rand19
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          1314 hours ago

          Honestly, we’re generally fine with individual Americans that are respectful. Not many of us, if any at all, will be rude towards you unless you’re an openly hateful Trump supporter.

        • @[email protected]
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          1517 hours ago

          I certainly don’t judge Americans who come here unless they’re acting MAGAish (wearing the hat, American flag clothes, etc).