CanadaPolitics @lemmy.ca NotSteve_ @lemmy.ca 1w ago

"I can't believe anyone would vote for Trump," says smug Canadian man planning to vote for Poilievre

thebeaverton.com "I can't believe anyone would vote for Trump," says smug Canadian man planning to vote for Poilievre

OTTAWA - A smug man from Canada wasted no time this morning chastising Americans for re-electing terrifying liar and felon Donald Trump, despite the fact that he plans to vote for terrifying liar and asshole Pierre Poilievre in the next Canadian election.

OTTAWA – A smug man from Canada wasted no time this morning chastising Americans for re-electing terrifying liar and felon Donald Trump, despite the fact that he plans to vote for terrifying liar and asshole Pierre Poilievre in the next Canadian election.

Matt Hunter, a 36-year-old barista, took time away from attending a Poilievre rally to rant about how stupid Americans were for falling for Trump’s fascist bullshit.

“I just can’t believe that someone could look at a petty asshole running on slogans, lies, and faux outrage and think, ‘Yeah, this guy will be good for the country,’” Hunter laughed, taking a quick second to repost an “Axe the Tax, Build the Homes, Fix the Budget, Stop the Crime” tweet on X. “It makes no sense. Luckily we up here in Canada have more common sense. Pierre says so.”

“When Poilievre becomes Prime Minister next year, he’s gonna stand up to Trump. They’re so different in ways that I can’t even describe. Don’t even ask me what those ways are. Just trust me, bro. He’ll bring Canada home again.”

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Spot on.

This is Canada's largest weakness: we put the bar at American stupidity, and anything marginally better gives us insufferable smugness.
- I did the same with my idiot brother. :-/
- People just don’t realize that our Conservative Party was taken over by the Reform Party (thanks Harper)
  
  If they did everyone would just move one party to the left
Pierre Pollievres inevitable upcoming victory is just depressing as shit. I hope Quebec votes bloc just for the middle finger factor, but the sad truth is they will probably break conservative too.
- I normally vote NDP even though where I live is usually a Liberal stronghold, but this time I'm tempted to vote Bloc.
  
  As much as the public sentiment is against Trudeau, voting for whoever can best prevent a Conservative majority is my pragmatic protest vote.
  
  If there was a Bloc rep in my Ontario riding I would be carefully considering them vs my own NDP rep.
  
  If you're in a region where it might go either way, vote strategically to get anyone but conservatives in, if that's the Bloc then so be it. I personally have always voted for them since I live somewhere where it's either them or the Liberals and I believe in what the Bloc stands for, but remember, in the end they're there to defend Quebec's interests first and foremost and provincial policies impact you much more than federal ones and even if there's a referendum at some point you can just vote against it if you're not a separatist.
  
  It's fucking ridiculous that the only party with significant seats that doesn't want to expand the tarsands also want to break up the country. Maybe Canada is too stupid to exist.
- I've learned from previous elections (and possibly too late) that I shouldn't be voting "strategically". If does the same as I do then we'll keep sliding right l,like the US.
  
  Vote for what you believe in and let the party politics follow. Anything is a betrayal to yourself. Don't feel bad for voting for the unlikely candidate - especially if you've already voted for election reform.
- Last poll i saw (when he tried to reverse gov) was 50%+ bloc followed by 25% ish cfor the con
- I worry that Pollievre will happily invigorate the Quebec separatist movement.
  
  I'm at a stage in my life where I value stability. I feel like my family can weather many storms, but Canada crumbling isn't one of them.
- Lil'PP is about to lose Quebec big time based on polls numbers but he will have a majority without Quebec like Harper managed to get once.
I haven't met anyone yet who was pro Trump and didn't have a "fuck Trudeau" bumper sticker or flag or whatever.

But I do live in Alberta where there are just straight up genuinely people, in droves, that are pro trump antivax idiots.

The other day several people all in a group tried to convince me that electronic voting was unreliable and only hand counting votes could be relied on...

I love my province, but I feel an incredible sadness for most of the people that live here.
- Electronic voting is an absolute security nightmare. As a software engineer, the relevant XKCD sums up my position nicely: https://xkcd.com/2030
  
  I'm talking about electronic counting machines. Which have been repeatedly demonstrated to be far more accurate than counting by hand.
  
  As an engineer, you should know that no system is perfect and there are several trade-offs and threat models to consider. And electronic voting can't be discussed in a vacuum, but measured against existing voting systems which are also full of their own kinds of issues and risks.
  
  I don't think I would trust any of my own code ngl
- I like my bubble of Edmonton. The rest of the province scares me
- My antivax sister in law moved there two years ago
- There's no shortage of those kinds here in Ontario. I'm sure it's not nearly as many, but I'm only trying to point out that, it's not a uniquely Alberta phenomenon.
  
  It genuinely confuses me that people can have their whole identity be defined by "Trump good, Trudeau bad"
  
  Are people really this uninteresting? I mean, I have opinions on politics, even US politics. I don't feel strongly enough about any of them to put a bumper sticker about it on my car, nevermind buy or fly a flag about any of it. I don't even put political signs on my lawn (nor do I allow anyone else to). I just have so much going on that I can't be arsed to advertise that I even have an opinion on what's going on in politics.
  
  I try to always vote, and show up for every election, unless there's a very good reason why I can't (like being very ill, injured, hospitalized, etc). But I am not my political views, and I can't understand people that build their identity around a politician. Surely something else you do is important? No? Okay then.
  
  It's kind of interesting that someone's personality boils down to "I am evil"
The only thing I can hope is that after seeing Trump's disaster south of the border people steer away from Poilievre.

However at this point I'm terrified they'll actually embrace it and prove we're no better than they are.
I came across an absolutely horrendous term the other day, "Maple MAGA". Used un-ironically by someone I kind of know. I am quite concerned about our next election as most Canadians do NOT remember this tool was in charge of the housing portfolio under Harris. They also have not interacted with him as a low paid employee. I guess no real work experience doesn't really matter either, only ever a politician. At least Trudy, with his trust fund, was a teacher.
- Maple MAGA?
  
  What the actual fuck. They know what "MAGA" means, right?
  
  Yeah... I don't get it myself but... We may have issues
Don't worry we in Germany have the same Problem. According to the polls trump would have gotten like 15% here, but our conservatives and straight up fascists are at about 50%.
- Well, the fasch got around 15%. I suspect it's the same 15%.
  
  Its quite likely.
what even are the options this time? I've spoken to a few people saying they woulf be voting for polievre but they didn't even know who else was running. I'm not feeling very hopeful about any of this considering being loud and worse than stepping in shit barefoot clearly works
- I think it's because the Conservatives are the only ones campaigning right now. I'd imagine once an election is called Trudeau and Singh (or whoever replaces them) will start campaigning a lot more.
  
  But yeah I'm not overly hopeful either...
sigh

This isn't even parody. I know know several Matt Hunters.

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