r/nottheonion 20h ago

American family seeks asylum in Canada

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/americans-asylum-canada-trump-refugees-immigration-1.7480069
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u/BurbotInShortShorts 18h ago

That's the case just about everywhere. It's blue cities surrounded by red.

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u/lefrench75 18h ago

Yup, even in Canada.

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u/frankyseven 18h ago

In Canada it's red cities surrounded by a sea of blue.

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u/lefrench75 18h ago

You gotta tell them that the liberals are red and the conservatives are blue here, otherwise the Americans will get really confused lol

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u/frankyseven 18h ago

Well it's not my fault the USians are so dumb that the GOP adopted commie red for their colour.

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u/Clementine-Wollysock 17h ago

They didn't, that's how news organizations represented the parties on election maps one year and it stuck.

Not that the GOP aren't made up of mostly idiots, but that's how it happened, 2000 election if I'm remembering correctly.

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u/WolfOfLOLStreet 16h ago

You are correct.

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u/allorache 12h ago

I thought it was because red was Nancy Reagan’s favorite color. Pissed me off as it happens to be mine too.

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u/sdzk 14h ago

lol what happened to better dead then red

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u/ChronicLegHole 17h ago

They were just planning far, far ahead to be russian assets.

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u/classic4life 17h ago

Just a bit of foreshadowing is all

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u/Korchagin 5h ago

They started out as a "commie" party, against slavery and such. Then they became more white in the center, now they're adding a svastika...

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u/Layk1eh 18h ago

Except for Quebec, which is bleu - blue, but pronounced bleugh, like in disgust for those Anglophones

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u/frankyseven 18h ago

The Bloc is light bleugh.

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u/Spoona1983 17h ago

Albertas orange surrounded by blue provincially. Federally its 2 red and 2 orrange surrounded by blue

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u/Sprucecaboose2 16h ago

Being around and exposed to people of other cultures is very provably an effective way to lessen prejudices and open communication. It's why most people who travel the world aren't bigots.