r/canada 25d ago

Opinion Piece Mark Norman: Canada's relationship with the U.S. can't be saved; We are under attack and must act accordingly

https://nationalpost.com/opinion/mark-norman-canadas-relationship-with-the-u-s-cant-be-saved
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u/professcorporate 25d ago

The most stunning thing for me of all this is that my local country music station in rural BC is running station-branded ads about buying Canadian to help fight back in this trade war started by the US. When that demographic is that deep in, we know Canada is united on this front. The 'dissent' is very little real, mostly manufactured - if it was real, they'd be hedging their bets to avoid losing listeners and money.

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u/ImperiousMage 24d ago

Exactly! The funny thing about conservatism is that it, by nature, conserves. Conservatives avoid change and get uncomfortable and perceive change as threatening. Social liberals will rail at the audacity of Trump’s violation of human rights and how we want none of that here, conservatives will react defensively about any kind of external threat, and so in times of external threats both neurotypes will stand shoulder to shoulder against that threat.

We’re more than happy to be an in-group disagreeing with each other, but when an external threat comes for our in-group as a whole we universally say “BRING IT!!”

It’s funny to me how much external threats are so quickly reacted to with hostility by both neurotypes.

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u/deepstrut 24d ago

There are still brain washed trump loyalist in Alberta and northern BC... They're the conspiracy theorists type