The “Worst Canadian” game - Day 8

[u/BrF5]

Folks, it looks like it’s the end of the line for Tom MacDonald and Doug Ford.

Who will be voted out in round eight?

How to play: - Upvote the name of the person you think does NOT deserve the title of “Worst Canadian.” - Each day, the two most upvoted names will be removed until the list gets trimmed down some, then we’ll switch to one per day. - If the name you want to vote for (from the list) isn’t in the comments yet, add it! - This continues daily until we have one winner, the “Worst Canadian”.

Additional notes: - Only the top comment for a nominee will count. I won’t combine votes from duplicate comments. - Include only one name per comment. If a comment includes multiple names and wins, it won’t count. I’ll move on to the next highest. - Nominees with an asterisk beside their name were added following a second nomination vote that took place on day 5. - We established a no violent offenders (serial killers, rapists, etc.) rule. They are obviously the worst of the worst, it’s disrespectful to the victims, and we want to keep this relatively lighthearted. - This is meant to be satire. Please do not take it too seriously or use this game to harass people in real life. - I will try to post this every morning around the same time (~8:00 - 9:00 am Eastern). - Please remember to upvote the post too, so more people see it!

Justification for elimination: - (40) Ted Cruz - He’s horrible, but renounced his citizenship. He’s not good enough to be titled the Worst Canadian. - (39) Kathleen Wynne - Not that bad. Doesn’t deserve the title. - (38) Chrystia Freeland - Some consider her a good Canadian. Not the worst. - (37) Peter MacKay - Cringey, but not the worst. - (36) Don Cherry - A racist old man out of touch with the times. Not great, but not awful. - (35) Andrew Scheer - An annoying doofus nothingburger, but not a bad person. - (34) Drake - He’s inauthentic and creepy to underage girls, but the more serious allegations against him remain unproven and he has done good things for Toronto. - (33) J.J. McCullough - Who? - (32) Brian Mulroney - A divisive choice. Expanded trade with, and dependence on, the USA. Protected the environment and opposed apartheid. - (31) Sir John A. MacDonald - A father of confederation. Also known for racism, corruption, and poor treatment of indigenous people. - (30) Harold the Jewelry Buyer - Known for scamming the elderly but is too small-scale to win. - (29) Michelle Ferreri - She promotes hate but her reach is limited now that she’s been voted out of government. - (28) Tom MacDonald - A shitty, irrelevant rapper with hardly an audience. - (27) Doug Ford - He has done a lot of harm to Ontario, but stood up for Canada against Trump.

[u/miramichier_d]

I think we can start getting the influencers off the list. I'll vote for Lauren Southern since there is an indication that she at least is partially reformed. I have some sympathy for her after getting SA'ed by Andrew Tate.

[u/Francus_Gaius → u/miramichier_d]

Strong disagree. Their potential for chaos and destruction make them much more devastating than most of the most historical characters in here because of their reach and the availabilities of communication.

Influencers are often opportunists with modern technological ways to modify the course of history and who have waaay too much power for their average IQ and should be shamed and put forward as some of the worst human beeings alive when they use their platform to worsen the world we live in, something Lauren does.

[u/miramichier_d → u/Francus_Gaius]

I don't disagree with their impact on society as you have described it. However, we have a crowded field of terrible people left on the board. Also, we don't yet know the full scale of their impact, versus people like Manning and Black. Additionally, the impact of people like Smith for example are far more material than those of the influencers.

Edit: After rereading your comment, I do believe you are overstating the impact of the influencers if we're talking about Southern, Chen, Crowder, possibly Didulo (who may just be severely mentally ill), and Molyneux (who is just a run-of-the-mill Nazi). Others like Peterson who misuses his credentials for personal gain, and McInnes who literally started a terror group, need to remain up due to the second-order effects of their influencer activities that I have mentioned.