▲ 583 ▼ 6 in 10 Canadians say they can never trust Americans the same way again (globalnews.ca) submitted 1 year ago by Sunshine@piefed.social to c/boycottus@lemmy.ca 150 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] MourningDove@lemmy.zip 26 points 1 year ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (5 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] PoliteDudeInTheMood@lemmy.ca 15 points 1 year ago* (2 children) My parents are in this 4 of 10. They watch Fox News, donate regularly to the Republican party even though they are Canadian, they do not donate to the conservative party of Canada (I dunno), call me every time Carney does something they dislike because I voted Liberal, and still spend a good chunk of their time in Florida where they own property and are proud of it. Trump has become an unpopular subject as my sister will lose her shit at family gatherings so they no longer mention his name. But are big supporters! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] some_kind_of_guy@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child) "maple MAGA" like your parents kind of fascinate me. I wonder how deep the mentality goes for these people, and how much is just aesthetics and/or a deeply misguided attempt to escape from the relative boredom of a safe 1st-world country whose democracy is still intact. It demonstrates a stunning lack of awareness though, and it's cute how they don't seem to realize that actual MAGA would likely reject them out of hand for being "foreigners". permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] PoliteDudeInTheMood@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago They spend 6 months of the year in Florida and have a large group of MAGA folk they golf with. My step father is a former corporate COO, he has tons of like-minded friends down there. They're accepted and welcomed permalink fedilink source parent [–] IndridCold@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 year ago In my experience about 4 out of 10 people don't know anything about critical thinking; what it is or how to do it. permalink fedilink source parent [–] kent_eh@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago I wonder how many of those already had an opinion of the Americans that was so low it couldn't sink any further? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] PoliteDudeInTheMood@lemmy.ca 15 points 1 year ago* (2 children) My parents are in this 4 of 10. They watch Fox News, donate regularly to the Republican party even though they are Canadian, they do not donate to the conservative party of Canada (I dunno), call me every time Carney does something they dislike because I voted Liberal, and still spend a good chunk of their time in Florida where they own property and are proud of it. Trump has become an unpopular subject as my sister will lose her shit at family gatherings so they no longer mention his name. But are big supporters! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] some_kind_of_guy@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child) "maple MAGA" like your parents kind of fascinate me. I wonder how deep the mentality goes for these people, and how much is just aesthetics and/or a deeply misguided attempt to escape from the relative boredom of a safe 1st-world country whose democracy is still intact. It demonstrates a stunning lack of awareness though, and it's cute how they don't seem to realize that actual MAGA would likely reject them out of hand for being "foreigners". permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] PoliteDudeInTheMood@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago They spend 6 months of the year in Florida and have a large group of MAGA folk they golf with. My step father is a former corporate COO, he has tons of like-minded friends down there. They're accepted and welcomed permalink fedilink source parent
[–] some_kind_of_guy@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child) "maple MAGA" like your parents kind of fascinate me. I wonder how deep the mentality goes for these people, and how much is just aesthetics and/or a deeply misguided attempt to escape from the relative boredom of a safe 1st-world country whose democracy is still intact. It demonstrates a stunning lack of awareness though, and it's cute how they don't seem to realize that actual MAGA would likely reject them out of hand for being "foreigners". permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] PoliteDudeInTheMood@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago They spend 6 months of the year in Florida and have a large group of MAGA folk they golf with. My step father is a former corporate COO, he has tons of like-minded friends down there. They're accepted and welcomed permalink fedilink source parent
[–] PoliteDudeInTheMood@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago They spend 6 months of the year in Florida and have a large group of MAGA folk they golf with. My step father is a former corporate COO, he has tons of like-minded friends down there. They're accepted and welcomed permalink fedilink source parent
[–] IndridCold@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 year ago In my experience about 4 out of 10 people don't know anything about critical thinking; what it is or how to do it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] kent_eh@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago I wonder how many of those already had an opinion of the Americans that was so low it couldn't sink any further? permalink fedilink source parent