Economically dependent on their northern neighbor, business owners in Washington state are laying off employees and shutting their doors.
Economically dependent on their northern neighbor, business owners in Washington state are laying off employees and shutting their doors.
I do want to feel bad, especially when hearing Canadians say, “go back to the US” like in that article. Then I hear stories about my Canadian friends going to Arizona for business and people making jokes about being a 51st state to their faces and my compassion dips.
I mean, I and others friends have made jokes about the 51st state thing with a Canadian friend in our group. But everyone in that group knows how fucking absurd the idea is, and everyone in the group knows that no one in the group is in favor of it. Sort of gallows humor.
I have to hope that’s what those others were trying with their jokes, trying to relieve tension by mocking the absurdity. But obviously if that backfires, it’s certainly not the fault of the receiver of the joke. Intention matters but it isn’t everything.
Yeah, my friends and I have made jokes that could be construed as the worse things you’ve ever heard unless you understood that that’s the point. Out of context they’d be terrible, so I know what you mean.
The way my friend described it was quite unpleasant. They could have been joking with him but I think a few of us are more on edge about this so that can be in play. I’ve also seen news reports about Canadian’s in Florida and Floridians joking about taking over Canada and Canadians being quite upset about it too.
I would hope that the Americans were not being intentionally provocative and that it’s us Canadians that are not getting their jokes. However, I think most of us just don’t take Trump’s threats lightly. He’s caused so much damage and he’s only getting started.
Don’t ever feel bad for giving exactly what is being asked for.
The shitty part is that the people suffering aren’t the people making decisions, but then that’s what needs to happen for voters to vote for someone else.
Hate is never needed
I hate fascists
We don’t hate Americans, we just don’t think about them anymore, and actively try to avoid American made things.
As an American, please to allow for actions to continue to have consequences.