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I've opened Lemmy today to lots of anti Canadian sentiment on any recent comments about how messed up 'murica is and it's constant attacks on Canadian sovereignty.

Don't get sucked in. Let them yell into a void. The online campaign has begun in earnest on Lemmy and it's time to point it out and recognise it for what it is.

These are not real people. They are actors trying to affect our decisions as always happens when American exceptionalism is challenged. Our government had the balls to stand up and say no. We have the balls to do the same. They do not like it and will attack you for it.

Don't fall for the bait.

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[–] doomsdayrs@lemmy.ml 2 points 7 minutes ago

I've caught bots before with the whole "disregard all previous instructions".

[–] dick_fineman@discuss.online 4 points 52 minutes ago

As someone from the US, if you don't like Canada, there's something broken in your soul.

I wish I could apologize personally to every Canadian on behalf of the fucking dipshits in my country who have enabled this, and also have a big BBQ to apologize for Trump, the tech-bro fascists, and the weird Handmaid's Tale motherfuckers who seem to think it's cool to threaten the USA's best-friend. Former best-friend now I guess :/

Canada is awesome. Canadians are awesome. Fuck those assholes. Poutine is also awesome. Fuck Trump. Fuck this nonsense.

[–] Gammelfisch@lemmy.world 5 points 1 hour ago

Fuck the Muscovites and MAGA supporters for their anti-Canadian BS. Where are these asswipes on Lemmy?

[–] Spacehooks@reddthat.com 18 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Mental illness. Shame muricans don't have Healthcare

[–] m4xie@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago) (2 children)

It's only a 6 hours wait!

(Obviously worlds better than medical bankruptcy, the number 1 cause in the US, but we need to do better.)

[–] Gammelfisch@lemmy.world 5 points 1 hour ago

US hospital waits are just as long and the fucking treatment will depend on your health insurance.

[–] Triasha@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

Have you seen episode 1 of "the Pit" average wait there is 12 hours.

It's not even faster here.

[–] batmaniam@lemmy.world 9 points 6 hours ago

American not Canadian. Grew up in a border town and live farther away now. I routinely tell people "I get home sick for a country I'm not from". I hate this shit. I'm not going to rattle off every little trite thing, but damnit, this shit kills me. If there is a silver lining, it's that I've had concerns about our disease spreading. I'm hoping maybe we served as your inoculation.

[–] Bytemeister@lemmy.world 7 points 6 hours ago

Canada is great. Consider anti-Canada posters a quick and easy "red flag" to block someone.

Unless they are talking about mistreatment of indigenous people, or war crimes in the early to mid 1900's. Those are probably legitimate complaints.

[–] StinkySocialist@lemmy.ml 12 points 8 hours ago

I havent seen those comments yet but as an american ill do my best to call em out when i do🫡

[–] dadjokesfordays@lemmy.ca 14 points 9 hours ago

Anti-Canadian Americans, and their treasonous stooges up here in Canada can eff aboot and find oot.

Canadians can do tough. I'll half starve myself for the rest of my natural life out of spite. These lazy hate mongers that think we're going to cave if we don't eat a Big Mac should google Canadian soldiers and the history of the Geneva conventions.

Sure it's going to be tough to do without all those American products. I think more and more Canadians every day are saying "who cares". If I can't find a non American substitute, I'm going to simply not buy it at all.

Elbows up, my friends. It's gonna be a long winter but if anything, we're used to winters.

[–] yarn@lemmy.ca 5 points 7 hours ago

I wish there was a way to use AI to contain bots to their own shadowbanned islands. Let them talk, and let them appear that they're contributing, but all contained within their own little echo chamber of other bots.

[–] Cybear@lemmy.securitycafe.ca 7 points 8 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Perhapsjustsniffit@lemmy.ca 3 points 6 hours ago

Definitely. The man has been chosen and he's not backing down. Time for them to rattle the cage.

[–] muculent@lemmy.world 5 points 9 hours ago

I've only ever met friendly fun rational folks with a passion for hockey who are warm, inviting and willing to fight for what's right. I'll put this sentiment out here: don't mistake kindness for weakness. Keep up the good work Canada.

[–] LeFantome@programming.dev 7 points 10 hours ago

The world will only be a better place if these people self identify more quickly. I mean, it would be better if they do not exist but, since they do, I am very supportive of them expressing their opinions so that I do not have to waste time discovering them.

[–] Auntievenim@lemmy.world 3 points 9 hours ago

I don't know if this is true on not but in the settings for your account it has a toggle to not allow bot comments to show up. It might only work for people that select the "bot account" option but just in case it's an auto filter I'd say try it out, I have felt like I've not seen bots since moving over from reddit

[–] Melvin_Ferd@lemmy.world 7 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Don't fight it, lean into it. Fuck with their heads. But lean into it in a back handed way that fucks with them. They have a prepared Rolodex. Go outside of it and you win

[–] Maeve@midwest.social 2 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

No, don't give them any energy. Save it for what's necessary and useful.

[–] Melvin_Ferd@lemmy.world 1 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

No, give them so much energy they burn out. They should shut up not us.

I was making this one elsewhere but I'll restate it. I don't know many people in real life that admit left leaning opinions publicly anymore. But I hear right leaning points daily.

That isn't too say these people are Republican or conservatives or even right leaning. But their talking points are out there everywhere. That's because these views are littered everywhere like ammunition. There is no ammunition for left leaning issues because the risk adverse nature of the left makes it harder to find effective points and quips that are easy to spread.

Saying 'don't give them energy' I think is wrong. Instead find the fun in making them exhausted. That's their move. Have fun shit posting. Give their energy back

[–] Maeve@midwest.social 1 points 5 hours ago

I'm saying our energy is better used, but maybe there are enough of us to spread it where we see fit. Onward!

[–] Montreal_Metro@lemmy.ca 49 points 23 hours ago (3 children)

Only Nazis hate Canadians. Because we are very good at destroying Nazis. It’s our national past time.

[–] BrainInABox@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 hour ago

It's that before or after you give them a standing ovation?

[–] Englishgrinn@lemmy.ca 3 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

I would like "Kills Nazis" to be a common, simple part of Canadian identity, like hockey and manners. Basically, I want this:

"Oh Bob? Yeah he's just a good old Canadian boy. Smooth wristshot, absolute sniper. Always helps his neighbour shovel the walk. There was a demonstration by a bunch of those "Sons of Odin" fuckers downtown last week and he stopped by to huck bricks at them and protect counterprotestors. You know, we should have him over for a beer and some steaks"

[–] Maeve@midwest.social 2 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

“Sons of Odin” ? Is this a white supremacist gang like KKK, Nazis, etc or your own word choice?

[–] Englishgrinn@lemmy.ca 3 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Sons of Odin are a Canadian white supremacist movement with Viking inspired iconography and a stated mission to "stop the spread of Shariah Law". They were started in 2018 and started with a very media-savvy push as a "service organization" doing park clean ups and handing out water and granola bars to homeless people. Their intent was to grow to spread their Xenophobia and anti-islamic rhetoric.

They aren't a large group, maybe 15k members coast to coast and that's spread pretty thinly. As for why I picked them? I dunno- memorable name and more "Canadian" than name dropping the Klan.

[–] Maeve@midwest.social 1 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Thanks for clarification. It's sad they try to ruin mythos that we should be able to embrace as unifying, within ourselves and with each other, by using it to divide.

[–] Englishgrinn@lemmy.ca 1 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Despite every horrible thing they stand for - it is completely reasonable to me if the thing you're most pissed at them for is cultural appropriation of Norse Mythology. I know when people use my country's flag in their hate-fests, it angers me almost as much as the hate itself.

[–] Maeve@midwest.social 2 points 5 hours ago

It's not the most anything to me, I just think it's sad along with other things. A sad sad situation, all around.

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