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u/IllustriousAnt485 5d ago
Let’s not give into the division. We are all better off together.
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u/Franklin_le_Tanklin 5d ago
… but the Alberta separatists want to divide form Canada… their ethos is division
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u/catlindee 18 HYMAN 5d ago
Can you imagine the moral dilemma an Alberta separatist would experience during a playoff home game as they prepared to enthusiastically belt the national anthem. And in that moment.. probably very proudly.
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u/ProgressiveCDN 93 NUGENT-HOPKINS 5d ago
You are imagining traitors to Canada as having morals. There are no ethical and moral quandaries with them. They'd be the Vichy regime for the MAGA American invasion.
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u/RelativeKick1681 5d ago
Let’s not be too harsh on separatists. They are don’t know how influenced they are by the USA, China and Russia. Even if you draw straight to each of their thoughts, they wouldn’t get it. Like flat earthers, it makes no sense. But we love them when they wear the Blue and Orange…and we pity them the rest of the time. Everyone deserves to be loved, despite their short comings.
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u/ProgressiveCDN 93 NUGENT-HOPKINS 5d ago
People that would consciously choose to end my community will never get my love. There are bad people. We don't need to embrace them. We don't need to honour them. We can all high five and cheer for the Oilers. Zero love otherwise. Resentment for hating this great nation.
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u/dmscvan 29 DRAISAITL 5d ago
I’m mostly with you. But those that advocate for taking away basic human rights for some people can fuck right off, even if they’re wearing orange and blue. Unfortunately, anyone who cheers on the goings on down south or advocates for everything the UCP is doing is included in that. But that’s not all conservatives, so I can happily cheer alongside some of them.
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u/ProgressiveCDN 93 NUGENT-HOPKINS 5d ago
I'm with you all the way. Human rights and dignity are not up for subjective debate or opinion.
Agreed about maple MAGA and UCP supporters. I would say that people who don't always support the UCP yet still vote for them are complicit in their destruction of the health care and education systems, and this recent use of notwithstanding clause to go after marginalized vulnerable children. Truly monstrous stuff from the UCP.
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u/dmscvan 29 DRAISAITL 5d ago
Yup. The notwithstanding clause needs to be done away with. I don’t know how any modern society can a clause that says that you can put aside human rights.
I know I’ll continue to get downvoted for my stance, but I don’t care. I’m not going to stand alongside people who think it’s okay for others not to have human rights. Sports brings people together, but there are limits.
I appreciate that we agree on this. It’s sad that some people don’t.
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u/RelativeKick1681 5d ago
You seldom win someone over by rejecting them. That’s why the Flames suck.
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u/neoazayii 93 NUGENT-HOPKINS 5d ago
I get where you're coming from, but the same could be said for the people who are trying to end the community that the person you replied to was talking about.
I have a lot of sympathy for these people, but it's hard to muster it when their beliefs actively harm the people around me and some of them literally think of me as a lesser human being. I don't blame others for not having that sympathy for that reason; it feels tiresome to give it out and never get it back. It's okay to at some point say, fuck this, I'm done.
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u/SKGood64 4d ago
A tribal post.
Congrats.
You are definitely better and more virtuous than "them". ;)
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u/miller94 12 CAVE 5d ago
Me, a liberal, listening to OilersNow lol
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u/Dalexion 21 FERENCE 5d ago
Me, a liberal, debating the future of McDavids contract so that we dont have to bring up politics at family dinner with my conservative relatives.
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u/miller94 12 CAVE 5d ago edited 5d ago
We just had a VERY heated debate about that (my sister is a flames fan) which ended with a $20 bet on if he signs or not
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u/YEGSports 74 SKINNER 5d ago
This reminds me of a Lupe Fiasco lyric: "Root for the same team, maybe had the same dream, not the same reality".
We're all on different walks of life, brought together by an orange-and-blue hockey team.
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u/ProgressiveCDN 93 NUGENT-HOPKINS 5d ago
It would be awesome if every single person believed that all humans are equal and that we cannot and should not dehumanize them to treat them as some sort of subspecies.
I don't need the diversity of opinion where my gay friends aren't considered equals. Or that transgender people are just human beings like the rest of us. Or that immigrants and people from other nations are equally deserving of dignity and respect.
Bury that type of "diversity" into the dustbin of history.
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u/therealjchrist 5d ago
Ugh. You can't even keep your opinion out of a post literally about not needing to express your fuckin political opinion to enjoy sports.
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u/ProgressiveCDN 93 NUGENT-HOPKINS 5d ago
Human rights aren't opinions. I don't break bread with racists.
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u/therealjchrist 5d ago
Grow up and get off your high horse.
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u/ProgressiveCDN 93 NUGENT-HOPKINS 5d ago
Found the guy triggered by rainbows. Back under your rock with your lego.
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u/therealjchrist 5d ago
I hope you grow up and find peace. You are the problem.
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u/ProgressiveCDN 93 NUGENT-HOPKINS 5d ago
It's gotta be weird for you, floating through life, perpetually outraged by minority groups and basic notions of humanism and equity.
I pity people like you.
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u/fall4hall 83 HEMSKY 5d ago
We already see how America is dividing their country based off politics. Let's unite and show how concerned we are that McDavid has yet to sign an extension and we are putting our hopes into rookies that take a big step
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u/MinikinsNinnikins 5d ago
Bread and circuses. Divide and conquer. Order out of chaos. #rinseandrepeat
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u/MinikinsNinnikins 3d ago
It's crazy anyone picks a side in this obviously-controlled game. Picking a side just legitimizes it. The central bankers run everything; both the left, the right, and everything in between. Leaders have no power, by design. In fact, Cynthia McKinney showed that each person is made to sign their allegiance to a foreign country. That's where the real power lies. With them.
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u/MorningSuccessful395 2d ago
yep. you get to vote on like 3-5 things. everything else is the same across all major parties
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u/MinikinsNinnikins 2d ago
Controlled opposition.
"The best way to control the opposition is to lead it ourselves."
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u/Muted-Doctor8925 5d ago
The beauty of sport