I keep a close eye on their media cesspool for one simple reason, you have to know your fucking enemy. It’s sickening to watch, but you need to know what lies the bastards are telling themselves.

That’s why I refuse to give them an inch of wiggle room.

The whole “it’s just the weak Canadian dollar” narrative is pure, cowardly cope. It’s an easy out for corporate bootlickers like Derek Stevens and every other MAGA-cheering sycophant who wants to suck off Trump with “USA USA” chants, threaten Canada’s sovereignty like we’re a target for annexation, and then act completely mystified when we stop handing them our cash.

They want to pretend it’s about simple math because admitting reality means facing the fact that their vile, unhinged fascist circus made them a fucking pariah. Throwing out “CAD at par” coupons won’t wash the stench off. They chose to vote for a braindead, corrupt bully, they cheered on the hostility against us, and now they want to cry about currency rates when the consequences kick in?

Fuck that. They made their bed, and they can choke on their empty hotel rooms and hemorrhaging tourism numbers until the point finally punches through their thick skulls.

I agree with you on the uncharitable read and the purity checks.

I don’t agree about the exchange rate being a throwaway though. The reason is the number of idiot talking heads going on US news and telling Americans that the reason we are not visiting is the exchange rate. So many of them are desperately clinging to it as the reason, because it absolves them of the responsibility for voting for a pudding brained numptyfuck. It’s why you see offers of discounts or Canadian money at par in a desperate attempt to draw Canadians.

They need to understand the consequences of their actions. I’ll give you a specific example. Derek Stevens, CEO of several Las Vegas casinos was crowing about how he knows the exchange rate is why Canadians are not going there, so he offered CAD at par with USD. You don’t have to look hard to find videos of Derek Stevens saying how great Trump is and chanting with Trump in one of his casinos, “USA USA”. We can’t let him let himself off the hook for his support of an imbecile with the economic understanding of a turnip.

That would be true if it stopped Canadians from traveling. It has not.

Canadians are traveling less to the US.

It’s gaudy, fake, ugly, unsustainable and stupid.

And those are it’s best features…

Also CAD is 66 cents currently.

This is irrelevant. Historically, Canadians would go to the US even with this exchange rate. This is not a major driving issue. Yes, there would be lower cross border traffic because of exchange rate, but not like this.

To call attention to the exchange rate as an issue, gives them coverage that the problem is the exchange rate, not their extremely fucking awful attitudes/policies/abuses and evils.

Nobody in this thread brought up “Adolf” except you, one comment ago.

Imagine trying to smugly lecture someone on history only to get completely clowned by your own post history two inches above your reply.

Arguing with your own hallucinations must be exhausting.

Deflecting to a guy who has been out of power for a decade is still whataboutism. I don’t give a shit about litigating Obama’s record when we’re actively dealing with someone far fucking worse right now.

Always with the whataboustism.

Alright, let’s play.

A guy who hasn’t been in charge of anything of consequence in a decade once did a thing where he raised his arm.

Whatabout ICE murdering people. Whatabout violating the constitution and trying to get rid of right of citizenship. Whatabout violation of the constitution about detainment without cause. Whatbout pulling aid from organizations that kept children alive, causing their deaths. Whatbout violating arms length financial dealing rules. Whatabout deragulating climate policies and making the world objectively fucking worse. Whatbout starting a war that was settled before someone had to put their eensy mushroom stamp on it and caused a global financial meltdown. Whatbout the fucking rapes. Whatabout the fucking cons and grifts.

But yeah… Obama raised his arm…

I could go on for hours whatabouting.

Instead I will say everyone in that administration is a garbage human being supporting a garbage human being and anyone who thinks they are OK or handwaves away their atrocities is also a garbage human being.

They all deserve to burn in the hell they claim to believe in.

Edit: I will also add, anyone who tries to whatabout away atrocities is also a garbage human being.

One could argue there are 77 million dumber motherfuckers

The robots literally created a loophole to get around not killing humans