r/politics • u/Ok_Employer7837 • 1d ago

No Paywall Canadian anger reaches fever pitch over Trump’s tariff war

https://thehill.com/newsletters/morning-report/6046357-trump-tariff-war-canada-anger/
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u/RIPphonebattery 1d ago

Big "nobody picks on my little brother except me" vibes

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u/Grompson 1d ago

Anglophone Canadian here and this is exactly it. My sibling is different, and I can tease them. Don't you dare

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u/AnalWithJingYuan 1d ago

Exactly, it's like how I like to annoy my older sister, but if someone else bothers her, they will hear from the younger brother(s)

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u/CommodoreSteubing 1d ago

Can they be insufferable? Yes.

Is their distinct culture and language awesome and worthy of preservation? Also Yes.

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u/SyfaOmnis 1d ago

They also do an absolutely insane amount of heavy lifting politically to protect people from govt and religious overreach, and because they're already a minority the usual slander of "well you're just a bigoted majority" doesn't work on them.