Donald Trump

BS44325 said:

mrussel1 said:

Thirty Bills Unpaid said:

my2hands said:

Nobody has a problem with the canadians participating in the discussion... or my Swedish friend

But, having the same group of Canadians constantly bash, stereotype, and name-call my country and it's people, therefore stereotyping me in the process, gets a little fucking old. 

This is a beautiful country filled with beautiful people, it's frustrating to see people lazily stereotype a country of 325 million people... and it is the same group of canadians, and the swede, who constantly do it. Educate yourself or find a new schtick, uf not dont get your feelings hurt when there is push back. That's all i'm saying

My feelings aren't hurt. Call me down as much as you want.

From the sounds of this post and several others of yours... it sounds like your feelings are a little hurt though.

Your country elected a f**king moron. Deal with it. Don't sit there and say, "Hey. Just cuz we elected a f**king moron... that doesn't mean we're morons." Because... actually... it does.

It means we have a bunch of morons, not that we're all morons.  The vote wasn't unanimous.  

It's not about morons or not morons. My province now has a Doug Ford government after many years of a liberal government. My city used to have a Rob Ford government and now has a more centrist government. We're all the same people who on occasion decide to choose a different path. We don't just one day wake up with morons voting or not voting. You guys do yourself a disservice by continuing to cast the "moron" aspersion on to the other half of your country.

Choose Homer Simpson for shits and giggles. Got it.

This ease of comity with simple compliments is almost...Trumpian.

njnancy said:

Thirty Bills Unpaid said:

Ledbetterman10 said:

Thirty Bills Unpaid said:

my2hands said:

Nobody has a problem with the canadians participating in the discussion... or my Swedish friend

But, having the same group of Canadians constantly bash, stereotype, and name-call my country and it's people, therefore stereotyping me in the process, gets a little fucking old. 

This is a beautiful country filled with beautiful people, it's frustrating to see people lazily stereotype a country of 325 million people... and it is the same group of canadians, and the swede, who constantly do it. Educate yourself or find a new schtick, uf not dont get your feelings hurt when there is push back. That's all i'm saying

My feelings aren't hurt. Call me down as much as you want.

From the sounds of this post and several others of yours... it sounds like your feelings are a little hurt though.

Your country elected a f**king moron. Deal with it. Don't sit there and say, "Hey. Just cuz we elected a f**king moron... that doesn't mean we're morons." Because... actually... it does.

You're basically...proving...his point

  My team plays a game that we lose. I don't say, "Hey. Only some of us lost."

That would be something a loser would say. A winner takes responsibility for their performances.

Somewhere in that list of replies is a stat that only 20% of the country voted for him. And what... 22% voted against him? Own it. Go out and do something about it. Nothing was really done at the midterms compared to what should have been done.

The Presidential election is not a popular vote. It's the electoral college that decides. The electoral college is used to give more weight to states that have less people. So even though more people voted for another candidate, Trump was elected. I ain't owning Trump, sorry.

I understand this.

But a defence to Trump being your president was only 20% voted for him. The actual stat is 19%. And... 20% voted for Hillary.

Ultimately, 80% of the country is responsible for Trump. That's more than just a generalization.

HughFreakingDillon said:

it wasn't a defence, thirty. I was saying that 20% does not a majority make. 

80% does.

As an American, what these Canadians are saying doesn't bug me one iota.  When you wield the influence the USA does (and when you thump your chest the way the USA does) you're going to get more scrutiny.  They are criticizing the good ol' USA because they care about what's happening here.  We don't criticize other countries because we don't care what happens there (and I am quite guilty of being ethnocentric that way).   And, while a Pearl Jam board is obviously not a good crosscut of what the rest of the world is thinking and feeling about things, I think there is value to hearing what others are thinking.  And it's not just here, but in other arenas that I at least anecdotally have the sense that a lot of the world is laughing at us for electing this nitwit and some of the world is scarred of/for us.

I mean, Dunkin' Donuts is better than Tim Horton's and the CFL is goofy, but otherwise, you guys are all right.  

Thirty Bills Unpaid said:

njnancy said:

Thirty Bills Unpaid said:

Ledbetterman10 said:

Thirty Bills Unpaid said:

my2hands said:

Nobody has a problem with the canadians participating in the discussion... or my Swedish friend

But, having the same group of Canadians constantly bash, stereotype, and name-call my country and it's people, therefore stereotyping me in the process, gets a little fucking old. 

This is a beautiful country filled with beautiful people, it's frustrating to see people lazily stereotype a country of 325 million people... and it is the same group of canadians, and the swede, who constantly do it. Educate yourself or find a new schtick, uf not dont get your feelings hurt when there is push back. That's all i'm saying

My feelings aren't hurt. Call me down as much as you want.

From the sounds of this post and several others of yours... it sounds like your feelings are a little hurt though.

Your country elected a f**king moron. Deal with it. Don't sit there and say, "Hey. Just cuz we elected a f**king moron... that doesn't mean we're morons." Because... actually... it does.

You're basically...proving...his point

  My team plays a game that we lose. I don't say, "Hey. Only some of us lost."

That would be something a loser would say. A winner takes responsibility for their performances.

Somewhere in that list of replies is a stat that only 20% of the country voted for him. And what... 22% voted against him? Own it. Go out and do something about it. Nothing was really done at the midterms compared to what should have been done.

The Presidential election is not a popular vote. It's the electoral college that decides. The electoral college is used to give more weight to states that have less people. So even though more people voted for another candidate, Trump was elected. I ain't owning Trump, sorry.

I understand this.

But a defence to Trump being your president was only 20% voted for him. The actual stat is 19%. And... 20% voted for Hillary.

Ultimately, 80% of the country is responsible for Trump. That's more than just a generalization.

People who can't be bothered to vote are lazy & irresponsible. People who didn't vote for him find him disgusting. Feel free to generalize about those who voted for him. 

The real person responsible for Trump, though, is Trump. The asshole COULD have made a half ass attempt at being a below average President that didn't destroy the entire republic. But he and his sycophants have decided to take a shit all over the American Constitution. 

I do not own that and I will never own that. 

Ultimately... Canadians and Americans are different type of people. I think the overwhelming Canadian outpouring has something to do with the fundamental differences in mentalities.

I simply cannot fathom any human being getting behind a guy like Donald Trump in any way. He's vile. I guess I should just accept these differences as 'cool' and something to be down with.

PJ_Soul said:

Tim Horton's is disgusting, and I'm embarrassed every time a Canadian acts like it's good. It makes it look like we have literally the worst taste in coffee on the face of the planet FFS, and like we think a completely average pastry is a delicacy. I made the huge mistake of getting a Timmy's coffee a couple weeks ago because I was too lazy to go up another floor to the Starbuck's, and omg, it was worse than drinking water out of the washing machine. I wish Tim Horton's fans would stop disgracing Canada the way they do!

I don't know. I like it. although I feel like recently the quality as deteriorated. I actually buy starbucks to brew at home now. 

njnancy said:

Thirty Bills Unpaid said:

njnancy said:

Thirty Bills Unpaid said:

Ledbetterman10 said:

Thirty Bills Unpaid said:

my2hands said:

Nobody has a problem with the canadians participating in the discussion... or my Swedish friend

But, having the same group of Canadians constantly bash, stereotype, and name-call my country and it's people, therefore stereotyping me in the process, gets a little fucking old. 

This is a beautiful country filled with beautiful people, it's frustrating to see people lazily stereotype a country of 325 million people... and it is the same group of canadians, and the swede, who constantly do it. Educate yourself or find a new schtick, uf not dont get your feelings hurt when there is push back. That's all i'm saying

My feelings aren't hurt. Call me down as much as you want.

From the sounds of this post and several others of yours... it sounds like your feelings are a little hurt though.

Your country elected a f**king moron. Deal with it. Don't sit there and say, "Hey. Just cuz we elected a f**king moron... that doesn't mean we're morons." Because... actually... it does.

You're basically...proving...his point

  My team plays a game that we lose. I don't say, "Hey. Only some of us lost."

That would be something a loser would say. A winner takes responsibility for their performances.

Somewhere in that list of replies is a stat that only 20% of the country voted for him. And what... 22% voted against him? Own it. Go out and do something about it. Nothing was really done at the midterms compared to what should have been done.

The Presidential election is not a popular vote. It's the electoral college that decides. The electoral college is used to give more weight to states that have less people. So even though more people voted for another candidate, Trump was elected. I ain't owning Trump, sorry.

I understand this.

But a defence to Trump being your president was only 20% voted for him. The actual stat is 19%. And... 20% voted for Hillary.

Ultimately, 80% of the country is responsible for Trump. That's more than just a generalization.

People who can't be bothered to vote are lazy & irresponsible. People who didn't vote for him find him disgusting. Feel free to generalize about those who voted for him. 

The real person responsible for Trump, though, is Trump. The asshole COULD have made a half ass attempt at being a below average President that didn't destroy the entire republic. But he and his sycophants have decided to take a shit all over the American Constitution. 

I do not own that and I will never own that. 

If one never felt threatened enough by him to get off the couch and vote... then own it. 80% of your country is responsible for this idiot one way or another. That's a really really significant total.

And Trump is who he is. You knew what you were getting. If you didn't... well... what do you want me to say?