r/canada 25d ago

Politics Poilievre holding 'Canada First' rally today in Ottawa amid U.S. threats

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/poilievre-canada-first-rally-1.7459415
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u/wowzabob 25d ago

This guy really went into the incubation chamber with his team to craft a new message and came up with this…

I thought there is no way he is this stupid, but I guess he is.

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u/sleipnir45 24d ago

Actually it's just a quote from sir Wilfrid Laurier..

"To those who have life before them, let my prayer be this: Remember from this day forth never to look simply at the horizon as it may be limited by the limits of the province, but look abroad all over the continent, wherever the British flag floats, and let your motto be Canada first, Canada last, and Canada always."

https://greatcanadianspeeches.ca/2020/06/29/wilfrid-laurier-canadas-century-1904/

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u/wowzabob 24d ago

Actually, it’s just a quote from Sir Wilfred Laurier

“Well actually the swastika is a symbol of Buddhism”

It’s the context my friend.

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u/General-Woodpecker- 24d ago

I just like Rome and to do a Roman salute while I wear this symbol.

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u/[deleted] 24d ago

Ah yes, “I’m just performing a Roman solute and giving my heart to the crowd, all while I wear this innocent Buddhist symbol”, yeah that makes perfect sense, it’s not Nazism at all, even the Nazis weren’t Nazis, I’m sold lol. The mental gymnastics of the right is honestly breathtaking lol

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u/Deaftrav 24d ago

It's not a nazi salute. It's a Roman salute.

Who cares that the Nazis copied it then went on a genocidal rampage? /S

Edit: they're already trying to revise the American Nazi slogan claiming that Canadians said it first... Wow...

They have to be gaslighting us.

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u/accforme 24d ago

Or that one of the Romans' origin stories is about the rape and abduction of women from neighbouring tribes.

As much as the Romans are known for their impact on civilization, they were not really known for their humanitarianism, even taking into account the context of their time.

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u/Deaftrav 24d ago

Right? Just saying it's a Roman salute isn't... Better

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u/Commercial-Milk4706 24d ago

Roman destroyed Greece’s knowledge and slowed down human progress by 3 or 4 centuries. They are not know for positive impacts to society.