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Albertans 'crushed' by Liberal election win rally to separate from Canada (www.cbc.ca)
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Katheryn Speck said she used to be a Canadian nationalist, travelled the world with a maple leaf on her backpack and once lived in Quebec so she could become fluently bilingual.

But on Saturday she was among hundreds of people who rallied at the Alberta Legislature to support separation from Canada, with many in the crowd waving Alberta flags and a few even displaying the U.S. Stars and Stripes.

"I thought it was a beautiful, fantastic country. But now I'm so disappointed. I'm literally crushed that we'll never be represented in this country and there's never a chance of changing the government," Speck said.

Earlier this week, Premier Danielle Smith's government proposed legislation that would lower the bar for holding a referendum.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (1 children)

I think the actual term you're looking for is federalist

I think it was the subject of the article who described herself as nationalist

[–] [email protected] 4 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

I am not.

Nationalist:

a person who strongly identifies with their own nation and vigorously supports its interests, especially to the exclusion or detriment of the interests of other nations.

Federalist:

a person who advocates or supports a system of government in which several states unite under a central authority.

Both pulled from the OxfordLanguages dictionary that Google uses.

And, of course, Nazi is short for the German pronunciation of "National Socialist."

The problem is not a belief in government. The problem is in the belief that there is something intrinsically better about your nation that gives you justification to look down on other nations. Fuck nationalism.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 hours ago

Sorry, i misunderstood your comment.

I think we both agree that nationalism sucks, but we want a strong and united canada