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    17 hours ago

    That’s the rub. No one in a position of power or influence having the stones to say the truth is a big fucking problem.

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      17 hours ago

      What “truth”? Do you consider escalating political violence to be a good thing? That may be a valid opinion, but it’s far from a verifiable truth. In the case of a leader of a country, whether or not it’s a “truth” matters even less. Let’s say Carney says exactly whatever it is you want him to say. Great. What does that gain the Canadian people? It will for sure antagonize Trump, so what’s that cost? Do the gains outweigh the costs?

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        16 hours ago

        Is it just how things are now that people pull whatever they want from a comment? I’m not talking about praising violence, I’m talking about saying that Kirk was a Nazi and he died because another Nazi adjacent moron didn’t like the particular brand of hate he was spewing. He wasn’t a good husband and father or a man just expressing his opinion freely; he was a hate and fear monger. Antagonizing Trump should be the point. But I guess you canucks are just as cowardly as most Americans.

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          Canada doesn’t have the power (or really the responsibility) to deal with Trump. The Americans have to get their shit together and do that themselves. Antagonizing Trump is fine if it gains us something. In this case, it would gain us nothing, and likely cost us in the future. Doing self destructive things just for hollow “victories” that feel good is how Trump got into power in the first place. I have no interest in following that strategy.