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To: LittleLinda

It’s interesting that you appear so well versed in the minutiae of American politics at this time in our history yet you rarely bring us news from your country.

Wondering how you were so patient in keeping quiet for 20 years and not sharing your insight, I could not have read for that many years without jumping in to share my comments.

Thanks


1,032 posted on 05/31/2020 1:02:37 AM PDT by AllAmericanGirl44
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To: AllAmericanGirl44

I sent you a private reply on the “keeping quiet” part. Many people here read it when I posted it the first time, so I won’t subject them to it again.

Regarding why I don’t make posts about Canadian news, there are a couple of reasons. One is that this is a primarily American site and I’m aware that I’m a guest in an American home. It doesn’t seem appropriate for me to discuss Canadian topics unless they have implications for the U.S. and, so far, none have.

The second reason is that this is a Q thread and nothing happens first in Canada related to Q, so there’s no information to post. There’s the odd story that might be appropriate to post on the open forum, but I don’t visit that very often any more. It’s hard enough to keep up here some days!

I can absolutely tell you that there’s no rioting or even protests in Canada over the George Flynn video, which isn’t a surprise because the protests in America aren’t really spontaneous or about George Flynn either. We’ve had protests over the Coastal GasLink Pipeline and people started protesting the Covid lockdowns at the end of April, so all provinces relaxed their lockdown rules.

We’re typically a passive nation. We’ll put up with some nonsense, but there’s a limit and when we make that limit known, they listen. A protest or many protests by large numbers of people definitely gets our government’s attention since they’re atypical. Everybody wants to get re-elected and they know we’re largely a silent group with long memories. Re-election would be in danger if they weren’t responsive to our complaints.

I appreciate that you asked, AAG44.


1,103 posted on 05/31/2020 8:07:13 AM PDT by LittleLinda (20 year lurker)
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