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Look man I know you that it pisses you off. I understand. But look at this way. The ones that are coming are the one you want. Or at least I hope you want. If I could leave and keep my retirement I would.
It's not unreasonable to prefer people from a country that isn't trying to colonize you. Even 'the good ones' don't get that, which illustrates the point.
"Mexicans are invading our country!" -trump
You sound just like trump
It's not comparable at all. Show me where Mexico has been economically and culturally colonizing the USA for a hundred years, and made it part of their culture.
US cultural ignorance about Canada and built-in arrogance is exhausting. Most of you folks just don't get it, and this thread is a fine example.
We've been housing refugees from the USA for centuries, and getting the first bit of the next flood already. Them we take just fine. We're good for that.
Your reasons for being unhappy aren't completely unfounded. We get that. It just doesn't change the fact that you're wallowing in a Canadian brand of conservatism in response to our even stupider conservatism. It isn't going to stop folks from rolling their eyes at the tone deafness or finding amusement at your microcosm of our own bullshit.
It's clutching poo to your chest while complaining that we're exporting our stinkier poo on your doorstep. Is ours stinkier? Sure, I'll be the first to admit it and include our right leaning "liberal" party in that statement. It's still poo.
Nah man fuck that noise, the point is not appealing to conservatives who want more Americans up here, and by not getting it really you just are proving the point: more Americans moving to Canada in a surge will mean shifting Canada's overton window to the right, as even well intentioned democrats are conservatives here.
And I would happily say send us your lefties but you need them, and because if you don't fix this now, we're pretty sure you are going to invade.
Yes, yes. Fix our shit but don’t move away from the shit because it’s our fault for being born here. We’re statistically more likely to be right leaning than any Canadian because most of us don’t even know what the overton window is, let alone pay attention to world news. Those of us who consider ourselves left leaning don’t recognize that the rest of the world considers us conservative.
I understand the logic you are pushing. It is perfectly reasoned, bargain basement NIMBY xenophobia. It’s grounded in a kernel of truth, self-convinced that it is completely divorced from racism, and completely ignorant of being an active participant in the shift to the right that it is so concerned with.
You are not stupid. Unfortunately the slide to the right isn’t purely a function of stupidity.
A slide to the right that is anti-colonial, that says send us your refugees, that says keep your authoritarianism and individualism from ramping up the colonial takeover that has been under way for decades?
Conflating that with USA populism and xenophobia (and you implied racism ffs which is classic no-u bs) is just whining that the colonial people are not welcoming enough.
Most Canadians are fine with Americans moving here that aren’t enemies. The bar on trust has risen, so prove you aren’t a threat is the new rule. Don’t fucking blame us.
I'd argue the point, but you're already preaching our southern border rhetoric perfectly.
Trying to colonize? Looks to me like we've already succeeded! :D