RaskolnikovsAxe

I get your sentiment, but I rather think the comedy above arises from the rhetorical flourishes.

It's ok, I don't actually believe this.

Twist ending: Trump comes out as the ultimate leftist neoglobalist. His entire life has been dedicated to cultivating the most unabashed narcissistic piss baby entitled con man personality, as a front, just so he can convince America to share its wealth and power, collapse American hegemony, and permanently destroy conservatism. He's the only one that has the special Yank whisperer powers to convince an entire nation of dumbfucks to act against their own self interest.

At this point nothing would surprise me.

We had tshirts made for Canada Day, with the Canadian flag, and the words "Proud Canadian...not a douchebag".

Remarkably everyone we met, and I mean everyone, knew which douchebags we were referring to.

Ok but we're talking about Nazis, and the principle stands.

I have to look him up on Wikipedia, so he doesn't really matter to me. He's not a Nazi though, so maybe?

Sorry it's just the way it is with Nazis. The only good one is a dead one. Just accept it.

Every life matters

You started from a faulty assumption. Nazi lives don't matter.

Because AXE THE TAX, LIBERAL CUCK!!

The problem with this quote is that everyone thinks they're the strong men. In other words, it's mostly useless rhetoric that doesn't really identify the problem.

All of this bullshit because some fucking guy couldn't properly set his windage.

Yeah, a carbon tax that results in perhaps a percent of price inflation is just nowhere near as serious - neither in kind nor degree - as 25% across the board tariffs. And if we need to have emission reduction measures in place to trade with the EU, and trading with the EU is now an existential priority, then frankly he can sit down and shut up. The adults are talking.

(the above assumes all the talk of economic annexation is bluster, which is no longer a foregone conclusion)

both leaders here keep talking about how we Canadians fought hand in hand in , took in Americans in 9/11 etc.

I agree they are all saying this, but I sense a difference in intent between Poilievre and the rest.

Maybe it's my bias, but I feel that Poilievre is saying these things with the intent to convince the Americans - i.e., it's for the American audience. By contrast, Carney and others are saying these things more for the Canadian audience - to explain why it's justified to be angry at the Americans and we need to grow up and kick them to the curb.

For Carney and others, it's a rallying cry; for Poilievre it's an attempt at appeasement.

This is a good observation. He wants to change his messaging because he sees the writing on the wall. Running around yelling about how shitty the country is, insulting his fellow countrymen, riding a wave of animosity towards minorities, etc. - this is the opposite of unifying. It's reinforcing the teams. He sees it's failing now, but he can't bring himself to actually attack Trump or the GOP. He has to lean into platitudes and empty shows of strength. At the end of the day, it makes him look like he's not angry enough at the US...probably because he's not. He doesn't have an affinity or an understanding of this country beyond narrow political gain, because he's never spent a day of his adult life outside of politics.