Canada Doesn't Want Us

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Re: Canada Doesn't Want Us

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Canadians have many more trees.
Gunnar wrote:Now, because of Trump, my beloved nation has become a laughing stock, an object of pity, and a pariah to most of the world, including even some of what used to be our closest allies! That's not the kind of exceptionalism to be proud of!
We have our voting and our Electoral College to blame. The only non-American factors are the media empire of Rupert Murdoch, the Kremlin, and Shub-Niggurath of Mars.
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moksha wrote:
Tue Jul 21, 2020 9:30 am
Canadians have many more trees.
Gunnar wrote:Now, because of Trump, my beloved nation has become a laughing stock, an object of pity, and a pariah to most of the world, including even some of what used to be our closest allies! That's not the kind of exceptionalism to be proud of!
We have our voting and our Electoral College to blame. The only non-American factors are the media empire of Rupert Murdoch, the Kremlin, and Shub-Niggurath of Mars.
I think you're right about that, especially about Murdoch's media empire.
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Gunnar wrote:
Mon Jul 20, 2020 11:04 pm

What a classic example of projection on subby's part! Themis is certainly right that people, who like you, who support Trump are abject morons. I and an increasing majority of my fellow U.S. citizens are deeply embarrassed by the presence of people like you and ajax amongst us. Doesn't it deeply embarrass you to know, deep down inside, that there is simply no way to escape or spin away the incontrovertible fact that no nation has botched the response to the coronavirus pandemic more horribly and incompetently than ours, under Dear Leader, Donald J. Trump? I find that very embarrassing, and also that we somehow managed to elect such an idiot!

So much for American exceptionalism! Now, because of Trump, my beloved nation has become a laughing stock, an object of pity, and a pariah to most of the world, including even some of what used to be our closest allies! That's not the kind of exceptionalism to be proud of!
Speaking of projection, your embarassment is for how woefully misinformed and shallow your emotions have become. That your grievance is based upon global peer pressure, groupthink, and imaginary boogeymen is the only thing people are laughing at.
We are not embarrased at your juvenile mentality but rather we are moved to pity you. For you prefer your government to represent style instead of substance.
Since 2016 you have been led like a child through an ever darkening tunnel of grievances with startling jolts of "offense" to your sensibility at every turn. And now the ever weakening mentality of Joe Biden appears as a light at the end of your journey...but alas, that light is mounted on the hair-sniffing nose of a train heading right for you. My only hope is that it knocks the stupid out of your posts as we have had to endure your childish tantrums for too long.
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Canada to U.S. Visitors: Please Don’t Sneak Across the Border
Some Canadian citizens, concerned about the spread of the coronavirus, are taking matters into their own hands and reporting illegal American visitors.
Wow. The Biden campaign got Canadians in on the hoax. It's weird how the do-nothing Democrats do so much.

The comments for that article are pretty revealing. Plenty of Canadians are essentially echoing the sentiment of the article. I loved this one (my bold):
Here's the thing that your deeply disturbed President and too many Americans do not comprehend: it's not about you. It's not about your relentless, self-absorbed focus on individual "rights and freedoms". Rather, its about being part of a community; respecting and caring for others. It's about not bringing the virus into a Canadian community, causing an outbreak where none previously existed, leading not only to sickness but death. Not to be melodramatic, but at its worst, its about not murdering Canadians via Covid. The virus is being well managed in Canada, business has re-opened, with suitable modifications. For the vast majority, our behaviour has adapted to current circumstances: wearing a mask, staying 6 ft apart, washing hands throughout the day. These simple actions hold case numbers down and allow us to return to daily life, and economic activity, similar to pre-Covid times. And we do this because we care about our own well being AND the well being of of family, friends, community and all others. When the virus clears, all peoples will be more than welcome to visit Canada. Until then, how about showing some respect? Even though it's not written into your Constitution, it is possible to learn.
Can't blame them. Another awesome comment from an American:
Maybe when they start separating kids from parents who try to cross, we’ll get the message.
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Yes, I know, that's the kind of thing Stonewall Jackson died to stop happening to the land he loved.
The life I enjoy now is because of men like Stonewall Jackson. I'm not sure I could ever give my kids as much as my ancestors gave me but I'm trying. I just brought my wife a $8k ring, my kids a 12V Mercedes, new bikes, paid for my daughter's summer camp, ballet classes, giant doll house, new Ipads, new bedroom suit, put money away for their college, and on top of they've a got a nice insurance policy in case I fall over and die sooner than expected. I've even managed to keep my son in new shoes in spite of how fast he's growing. None of that would have been possible if I had stayed home cowering in fear of the virus.

And you know, you are probably going to die a few years earlier than you would have done if you had been able to take the time you needed to get better.
I'm more interested in quality of life than length of life.
And when the confederates saw Jackson standing fearless as a stone wall the army of Northern Virginia took courage and drove the federal army off their land.
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Ajax, you’re quite the ATM! I hope your lovely wife is enjoying the lifestyle you’re affording her and her offspring.

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subgenius wrote:
Tue Jul 21, 2020 12:00 pm
Gunnar wrote:
Mon Jul 20, 2020 11:04 pm

What a classic example of projection on subby's part! Themis is certainly right that people, who like you, who support Trump are abject morons. I and an increasing majority of my fellow U.S. citizens are deeply embarrassed by the presence of people like you and ajax amongst us. Doesn't it deeply embarrass you to know, deep down inside, that there is simply no way to escape or spin away the incontrovertible fact that no nation has botched the response to the coronavirus pandemic more horribly and incompetently than ours, under Dear Leader, Donald J. Trump? I find that very embarrassing, and also that we somehow managed to elect such an idiot!

So much for American exceptionalism! Now, because of Trump, my beloved nation has become a laughing stock, an object of pity, and a pariah to most of the world, including even some of what used to be our closest allies! That's not the kind of exceptionalism to be proud of!
Speaking of projection, your embarassment is for how woefully misinformed and shallow your emotions have become. That your grievance is based upon global peer pressure, groupthink, and imaginary boogeymen is the only thing people are laughing at.
We are not embarrased at your juvenile mentality but rather we are moved to pity you. For you prefer your government to represent style instead of substance.
Since 2016 you have been led like a child through an ever darkening tunnel of grievances with startling jolts of "offense" to your sensibility at every turn. And now the ever weakening mentality of Joe Biden appears as a light at the end of your journey...but alas, that light is mounted on the hair-sniffing nose of a train heading right for you. My only hope is that it knocks the stupid out of your posts as we have had to endure your childish tantrums for too long.
And you are just upset that you know you still can't refute my exposing the fact that there is no way you can escape or spin away the realization that no government on earth has handled the corona virus pandemic worse than Trump and his administration. I am deeply ashamed of and/or sorry for my fellow countrymen, like you, who can't or refuse to acknowledge that glaringly obvious and irrefutable fact. If you voted for him in 2016 you may have been just a naïve, unfortunately deluded dupe. If you vote for him again, you are either as corrupt and immoral as he is, or ought to be committed to a mental hospital to help keep the sane among us safe!

Perhaps, more likely than either of the two alternatives I just mentioned, however, is that you somehow find pleasure in being an incorrigible troll.
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Doctor CamNC4Me wrote:
Sun Aug 09, 2020 7:27 pm
Ajax, you’re quite the ATM! I hope your lovely wife is enjoying the lifestyle you’re affording her and her offspring.

- Doc

I'd do anything for my kids. I know you'd do the same for yours.
And when the confederates saw Jackson standing fearless as a stone wall the army of Northern Virginia took courage and drove the federal army off their land.
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ajax18 wrote:
Sun Aug 09, 2020 7:06 pm
The life I enjoy now is because of men like Stonewall Jackson.
Yes, you've made it clear you have a thing for traitors to America... kind of like how Trump has a thing for dictators.
I'm not sure I could ever give my kids as much as my ancestors gave me but I'm trying. I just brought my wife a $8k ring, my kids a 12V Mercedes, new bikes, paid for my daughter's summer camp, ballet classes, giant doll house, new Ipads, new bedroom suit, put money away for their college, and on top of they've a got a nice insurance policy in case I fall over and die sooner than expected.
This is another of those tragically hilarious comments you can't help making.

So, your idea of a legacy is what material crap you gave your kids while you still lived? You mention bikes and iPads, but not a word about spending time and making memories? As long as you threw sh-it at your kids, you did your job. Is that it?

Don't get me wrong; the insurance policy (if real) does show an above average attention to your responsibilities, and I'm always impressed with men who do that for their families. But seriously, man, if you think the above list is what your kids are going to remember about you and not the way you actually were around them, you're in for a sad revelation.
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Re: Canada Doesn't Want Us

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ajax18 wrote:
Sun Aug 09, 2020 9:15 pm

I'd do anything for my kids. I know you'd do the same for yours.
Even endanger your fellow countrymen and our very democracy by voting for corrupt and incompetent would-be tyrants and traitors like Trump, because they share your white supremacist ideals?
No precept or claim is more likely to be false than one that can only be supported by invoking the claim of Divine authority for it--no matter who or what claims such authority.

“If you make people think they're thinking, they'll love you; but if you really make them think, they'll hate you.”
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