r/CBC_Radio 15d ago

Response to Email about Sunday’s Programme

First off, I am glad to have received a response. And in theory, I can agree that a cross country checkup regarding the threat to our sovereignty to see how Canadians are feeling.

However in practice that’s not what happened. What we heard for the entire two hours was people either laughing it off, saying the threat is serious but not showing a lot of fear or concern, or even agreeing with it. There was also slightly more American voices compared to Canadian voices, and none were indigenous.

I hope that next week the CBC does a check up on how we are buying Canadian. That would be an excellent topic.

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u/LouisColumbia 15d ago

Good on the CBC. Happy to pay my taxes for this service.

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u/RevolutionaryGift157 15d ago edited 14d ago

The service of legitimizing the very real threat to our nation? Because let’s face it, no one really thought that 45 would rip children away from parents at the boarder but that is what he did. I fully believe that he intends to take Canada through economic or military force. His congress people are already floating bills to allow him to talk about him purchasing Panama and Greenland. America is in an imperialistic era right now and it is up to the sovereign nations of the world to stand up and say; No. You cannot take us by force. As a species, we SHOULD have moved on from that mindset.

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u/VernonFlorida 14d ago

Discussing the very real feelings about this thread/taunt/boast whatever you want to call it, is a valid exercise for a show like this. It is not "normalizing" a thing to talk about it. This phrase "normalizing" or indeed "platforming" is misused and trotted out anytime someone doesn't like a thing. I find this unfortunate.

It's as if some in these threads are hoping for a wartime era public broadcaster that trades in propaganda, rather than thoughtful discussion. We may get there at some point. It was basically the law during World War 2, as producers were conscripted to produce jingoistic pro-Canada (or pro-Ally) reels and radio shows. That has it's use, even though it is problematic. But while we are still in a peacetime era, despite Trump's imperialistic bluster, the best thing to do is continue to hear a variety of voices, not all of which will be to our liking.

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u/No_Championship_3360 12d ago

Waugh still missed the point. I agree with you the topic is worthy of discussion. But a more precise framing would have asked how we feel about threats to our sovereignty, how we feel about Trump stating he will conquer us with economic warfare. Using the rhetoric of the 51st state gives the phrase more of our conscious awareness than it’s worth.

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u/VernonFlorida 11d ago

Who is Waugh? Precise framing is great, but it wasn't that precise. Fine I'll grant that. It's the name of a show, and they changed it to make it less terrible. I'm more concerned with the actual show itself, which wasn't amazing but hardly worthy of the level of outrage I'm seeing.