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Moonlight Graham

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  1. They've been trying to cancel Eminem since the very start of his success. Good luck.
  2. I fully trust the intentions of Tucker and Trump regarding Russia and Putin. Although, I'm only saying this so I don't get thrown out a window.
  3. You don't put your name or any personal information on an election ballot. Do they put their name or any identifying info on the ballot?
  4. Only 5 were arrested. There were more involved. The size of the protest is irrelevant. Why didn't they arrest the truckers or the indigenous protestors blocking railways across Canada the year prior? The same laws apply. When people do illegal things and won't leave or comply with the law you arrest them. The only difference between small protests and larger protests is the fear from politicians and police of a PR backlash if things get messy. Deescalation is good, but when it doesn't work and someone resists arrest you're supposed to use the minimal force (violence) necessary to force them to comply. Let's pass a law to make government including police grow some balls and do their jobs.
  5. Nobody should be blocking traffic or public infrastructure (ie train lines etc) as a form of protest. Stop turning this into some silly "right vs left" competition. There's already laws against this sort of thing, they just have to enforce it, no need for new laws.
  6. Yesterday. https://ottawa.ctvnews.ca/group-calling-for-national-firefighting-agency-splashes-paint-on-prime-minister-s-office-in-ottawa-1.6759655
  7. Systemic racism against Caucasians, males, and straight/cis people etc is legally codified in the Charter of RIghts. A south asian business only hiring south asians is not. I'm a radical who thinks all discrimination is wrong.
  8. I'm glad the Liberals are having a national summit to sit around and talk about another important issue to make it seem like they're trying to fix it while not having to actually bother doing anything about it. Also #DefundThePolice
  9. I'm pretty sure FOX News has been infiltrated by Russian government influence and i've thought that for years.
  10. Any different than Iran attacking their enemies like the US and Israel through funding and arming proxy groups?
  11. If only there was a way for the government to increase the population while ensuring the non-urban population that doesn't vote for their party will consistently decline in numbers every single year. If only there was a way to reduce global GHG emissions without needing to tax people or invest in expensive new tech etc. Hmm... If only there was a way to make the cost of living so unaffordable that Canadians didn't feel they could afford having kids. If only there was a way to make old baby boomers die earlier. If only there was a way to encourage Canadians to kill themselves.
  12. Aren't public pools free? What are the hurdles? Paying for swimming lessons maybe Whoever thinks of these things have too much time on their hands.
  13. Anonymous opinions are different than non-anonymous census records.
  14. That's called democracy. It's not like a census form at all, which is used to extract your personal information. They want their anonymous opinion for consensual law-making, not to invade their privacy.
  15. Older and rural people tend to vote more conservative. Younger working urban people tend to vote Liberal or MDP. Retired people don't need a 3 day voting window or access to any polling station. Wish I wasn't cynical about this but the Liberals haven't earned the benefit of the doubt. They've shown they care a lot more about their own power than the national interest or democracy.
  16. The citizens who borrow money, through their government, should have to pay it back. That would be the ethical thing to do. Imagine if we as individuals had the ability to charge our credit cards and force our grandchildren, or other's grandchildren, pay for it.
  17. It's a provocative statement. It uses a bit of emotional language maybe. We can even call it somewhat inflammatory. But it's still true. Maybe you mostly just dislike the tone of it and want something more civil and constructive that won't make anyone react in anger. We could try to civilize the statement and change some of the language to something more civil, but the meaning will be largely the same. Instead of policing tone, tell us why you don't agree with the statement. Let's break it down. I do think we've become more afraid to have opinions contrary to modern social norms. This makes us just accept things even if we don't quite agree out of fear of repercussions. We've become more compliant in the real world, maybe not on twitter where we can be anonymous. They want compliance, not disagreement or debate, and fear is used as a tool to enforce compliance. People who are less self-reliant and more reliant on government to help them with the necessities of day to day life become more dependent and less independent. Children are dependent and healthy well-functioning adults are independent, so we become more like child dependents to the government "nanny state" as they call it. When we help people too much they never learn to survive on their own, which is extremely detrimental in the long run. "Teach a man to fish...". I don't need anyone to "take care of me", I only need some help when I'm in a dire situation but not normally day-to-day. I don't need anyone to pay for my dentist, prescriptions, daycare, or retirement. It feels good to not have to do some things for ourselves, but it's like a disease that erodes our competence. For the poor? Sure, they do need some help, they're not able to take care of themselves, so they're like dependents. I've met some poor people who say "I'll never take welfare", they don't want handouts, they want to deal with things themselves and stand on their own 2 feet. Not to say there's anything wrong with welfare for people in need, at least short-term. The people also aren't clamoring for some of the changes the government enacts, they just do it without asking us if we want it. The Liberals have always tended to think they're the smartest people in the room and tell us what we need. The current Liberals are also heavy handed and use the power of the state to enforce their goals even when its contrary to our rights in a liberal democracy. The compassionate left are well-meaning but don't understand that sometimes they treat people like overbearing helicopter parents. Every virtue, when taken to an extreme, becomes a vice. Including compassion.
  18. The Crown doesn't make any decisions whatsoever though, Parliament does, who are supposed to represent us. It's not the 15th century anymore. Serving the Crown just means you follow the law. We should all follow the law... usually.
  19. What if it's mostly the truth though? At least we have MAID. Doomlight Graham is back! It's not hopeless though if the suicide cult leader can be voted out.
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