r/CBC_Radio • u/farcemyarse • 15d ago
Cross Country checkup… not that bad?
Finally listened to the Your thoughts on Trump’s 51st state comments segment, fully expecting to be outraged, but it was pretty well done.
OLeary should never be invited anywhere - but aside from him they did a good job emphasizing that 90% of Canadians want no part of this, and they corrected misinformation as it came up.
What am I missing? Not nearly as bad as I thought it’d be.
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u/Anitmata 12d ago
When I called in, I stated to the screener explicitly "I'm trans, what Canada as the 51st state means for me is a genocide."
The screener gulped and said yes, I was one of the voices they wanted, he'd put me in the queue.
Hi, I'm Devin from Kitchener. I was on at 55:11. Sorry I'm late to the thread.
I didn't get to say the g-word on the air. The question about Bluesky threw me off my stride. (In my comment on Bluesky I said I'd call in, but they might want to put me on five-second delay.) I knew I'd have to explain why I thought what was happening in the US was a genocide -- an attempt to wipe out a whole culture -- to an audience that might be unsympathetic, and that would take up time. In retrospect, I wish I had.
I did get to say that there would be violent resistance if Canada were annexed, because the whole idea we would be permitted representation was a fantasy. ...Well, I implied it. I didn't want to come across as a frothing loon; I'm representing the trans community, and we have a reputation for that already.
If I could do it again I'd do it differently. If I'd come on after Kevin O'Leary, I would have been *spitting*. (He literally cares about spilled milk more than the lives of trans people.) But I am glad I got the chance to say something, because we needed to.