More likely she grew up in an environment where this type of thinking was normalized, and to think otherwise was met with social consequences. Outside of a few breakout individuals, most have to be taught early not to take what they’re told for granted.

The UN has expressed concerns about Canada designating the US a safe country and asked our government to stop this. I’d be surprised though, if either major party listens to them about it. :/

I suspect wealthy travelers and Trump supporters with money will just be overrepresented, but I hope the attendance is somehow better at the non-US games.

There are grassroots support movements and even legal assistance. You just won’t likely hear about them in establishment media (probably because they don’t expect their intended audience to be in a financial position where they might need it). Even with smaller news sources that focus on talking primarily to activists and/or the actual people affected by the issues (like Status Coup News), folks only briefly touch on it. This is where local news has an opportunity to shine (even if it usually doesn’t).

Wasn’t Dachau mostly political prisoners? Guantanamo Bay might qualify better for that comparison.

I don’t remember seeing the Japanese flag with China on that one. Wow, that must have been received well by certain populations at the time. (Not something I’d joke about at least, even if relations have improved.)

I was following this and was sad to hear about this happening despite excellent counterarguments from people like Zarah Sultana. These are scary times, but I was encouraged there was at least this response yesterday (just watch the first ~45 seconds): Invidious | _Youtube

The more it happens, the more they’ll be likely to see.

This is much better than something a billionaire did, but you don’t seem to have linked a source. I found one: https://www.commondreams.org/news/global-wealth-tax-plan

“The proposal aims to incentivize and guide different countries to join the initiative and address policy, administrative, and data deficiencies, ensuring that high-net-worth individuals are taxed more efficiently in line with their wealth,” the Spanish government explained. “To achieve this, it is necessary to foster international cooperation in multilateral forums to promote and facilitate the implementation of evidence-based reforms and ongoing experiences regarding the taxation of large fortunes in different countries.”

The plan—crafted by the governments of Spain and Brazil and presented at the United Nations’ Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development being held in the Spanish city of Seville—was quickly praised by an assortment of international nonprofit organizations as an essential tool for tackling global wealth inequality.

I’d like to see more countries join, but we need a hell of a strategy where I’m at because politicians in English speaking North America will be the hardest sell.

Yes it is, but it’s worth acknowledging there is also a fantastic culture that grew out of these places even if they were initially created out of necessity. I remember visiting explicitly mixed bars that had that freer feeling to them, but straight bars never did, and there are probably still plenty of folks around who want to keep the more limited dynamics straight bars have. If there are only straight bars left, that’s a huge cultural loss in addition to the loss of a safe space.

At least there are apparently the “Lavi Seks” events and/or gatherings at rock, punk, and techno live shows, but this still really sucks. Cheerful drag shows, a relaxed atmosphere, the confidence to just go ahead and approach new people while being open about who you are? All of that vibrancy gets diminished.

It’s up to us, since it seems more and more every day that Carney really can’t be trusted. Either outright avoid US online services or do NO financial transactions and block all ads.

*edit - Also, I wonder how long it will take Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” to properly bankrupt the US? I hope the US people can do something about him for their own sake, and ours.

Just heard about this. Yay! :D 🙌🏾🎉

What are some things you (either individually for yourself, or that you find true among many little people if you want) find you’re particularly good at, but that average height people tend to overlook?

Unfortunately, he would probably do well for them at this point, so I wouldn’t even cheer for him to be federal party leader.

2010 was too long ago. :')

(Rest in peace, Paul Vasquez. Thanks again for sharing the beautiful sight you saw that day.)

What ad hominem argument? I directly responded to the substance of your comment (specifically the premise that we start with immigration even though your comment contained an acknowledgement that was not the cause of Canada’s economic troubles). I said nothing about you directly or your motivations. If you’re going to ignore relevant criticism, there’s no point continuing this conversation.

So you realize the problem didn’t start with immigration, yet that’s where you put your focus? The outcry should be against policies that promote exploitation of workers, regardless of where they are from. That by itself would stop any excess immigration equitably, without dehumanizing anyone by going back on our word and treating them like garbage.

No social platform at all is a serious problem. I do think messaging should focus on economics first (since we have precious little mainstream discussion of actual consequences of economic policy in many places, and social issues are cynically exploited by free market-touting establishment types as a distraction), but a party that pretends systemic hierarchies and marginalization don’t exist is just mob/majority rule and not truly leftist.

Whatever a hypothetical person accepts happening to people they want to consider “beneath” them, they are also accepting for people they do consider to be like themself. Just a matter of time.

Cool. I just hope your leaders take the hint. Maybe now that they’re getting directly threatened they’ll show their true colours. Either they stand up for themselves as they see their colleagues start to get attacked (at events or in their own homes), or they cower and come to heel. (Sadly, I have little faith most politicians in most countries these days will do much if it’s not their own hides at risk.)

Incidentally, something weird is going on with that list. I’m not sure how the ordering works but much more important, it says only “500,000” for the protests over George Floyd even though one of the references says 15-26 million over the entire course of that movement.

This country is literally made up of immigrants, along with the indigenous peoples of the land. That is reality.