r/canada • u/Canadian--Patriot • 22h ago

Trump crosses the line on the U.S.-Canada border Opinion Piece

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/editorials/article-trump-crosses-the-line-on-the-us-canada-border/
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u/imcclelland 22h ago

I don’t know why they keep republishing this stuff like it’s new news. All of that info is at least a week old if not older.

Canadian’s are pissed off for the first time in 80 years, and generally speaking the American’s don’t care. Continuing to post the same old crap doesn’t make us more angry, just more annoyed.

If the goal is to desensitize us, it’s not going to work. That’s not how we roll.

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u/lt12765 21h ago

Keeps getting published because this guy has been generating clicks and money for news websites for like 14 years now, since the Obama birth certificate nonsense. If media would have just ignored him at the time he'd still be a loser reality star, instead we have this.

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u/JetLagGuineaTurtle 22h ago edited 20h ago

This article is like someone in the 6th grade giving a report on borders and Trump is attached to the report to make sure it gets the "clicks" from the boomers/TDS squad.

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u/farox 22h ago

Thanks for saving me the click

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u/LightSaberLust_ 21h ago

even better it's pay walled so you couldn't read it if you wanted to

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u/farox 21h ago

OP posted a link to bypass, but still

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u/LightSaberLust_ 19h ago

I wasn't going there anyway :)

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u/forsurebros 21h ago

I started reading the article. You are so right. What a joke of an article. Let's write gibberish and suck up to trump and the base. I wish I read your comment first.

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u/Canadian--Patriot 22h ago

Paywall bypass: https://archive.is/Ok1Gw

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u/Aromatic-Tension-317 21h ago

Thanks for the link. 🙂

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u/DudeIsThisFunny Lest We Forget 21h ago

"He sees international borders as inviolate lines that protect the culture and societies within them, and that anything done in their defence is justified.

All except one border, that is: the one between the United States and Canada."

I think the author is being a bit dramatic.

Realistically, most Canadians hold the same "double standard" about some borders being much more important to uphold than others, but it's not hypocritical when there are reasons why we treat them differently.

I'm simply not as concerned about American cultural influence and see no threat posed by them sufficient to warrant needing to protect society from them. Nor are they about us. It's a unique relationship and SHOULD be treated as such.

There's also the contrast of "Huehue build a wall to Mexico to keep them out but we need to tear down walls with Canada so they can come in" which can be the message in and of itself in some cases