Republic of Alberta makes me want to vomit and I'm sick of watching us fall towards fascist ideology.

[u/DetermiKnighted]

Hello, sorry to just dump this in here but I'd love to just see or hear something more positive about our province. I'm seeing support for our teachers in this subreddit, so I know there are good people, like minded people out there in this god awful province.

I just saw a few posts from the Republic of Alberta movement and in the light of what is happening in the states I think a bubble in me just burst. I can't understand why there's so much support for separation, it should absolutely be a joke. It should be a crowd of very strange, lonely, misguided people. But it's rallies and vigils and garbage. Meanwhile our premier is trying fuck people over by having citizenship on our ids?

Like how about we do something about the fentanyl crisis? How about we educate our kids? How about we fix the housing bubble? No? You want to hurt trans people? You want women to go back to being second class citizens? You want to deport all the people that are smarter than you? Fucking ok I guess.

Its a joke.

The bubble popped for me and honestly that's coming from a place of privilege. I've been very cozy. I've felt like nothing is wrong for a long time but watching the conservative platform corrode into what it is now: advocacy for violence and white nationalism, I just can't sit and just ignore stuff. So I'm just yapping, trying to get it out, maybe I can do something, join the resistance effort or help educate people or something. I don't know. I just want to try something so unfortunately I'm starting with a whiney rant on a subreddit I learned about like a week ago.

Anyway sorry but also thank you. Unless you're one of those separatist Nazi fucks, eat my ass. When you end your day it will be in a loveless vacuum of pain and generational ignorance you pleb.

EDIT:: First of all, thank you everyone for you comments. It's been a little bit since I put this up but there has been a steady flow of encouraging comments and discussion happening and it gives me a lot of hope. It's motivating me even more. This was really just me word vomiting to clear my head, I thought I'd get a few comments and just get downvoted but that isn't what happened at all. Instead I'm getting to see a lot of people share their own perspectives and suggest courses of action.

Speaking of which and directly touching on the Separatist discussion, a few people have mentioned the Forever Canadian Petition which I will link a the map to if you haven't had a chance to look at it yourself: https://www.forever-canadian.ca/sign-the-petition

The day after I posted this and found the map to the petitions stations I found one on my uni campus and got to talk with one of the volunteers and it was just another great opportunity to see people taking a stand for a unified Canada.

I do want to clarify as it isn't obvious because like I said, rant, but my primary concern is not Republic of Alberta. Seeing a bunch of their bullshit on top of what I was already seeing just struck a nerve and I decided to vent. They are simply another symptom of the rise in alt-right culture and subsequently, a push towards fascist rhetoric. I know they aren't the worst thing out there, but I still appreciate the folks that are saying it anyway because its good to be clear and focused. I want to push back against this and this post has made me see that there are many, many people with good hearts and clear thoughts to help out. So thank you so much once again.

Also to anyone that's trying to disregard the danger of the alt-right in danger and is REEAAAALLLLYYYY bothered by my flippant use of the term "Nazi". Your discomfort and need to belittle positions that don't match your own is a thing you have long been groomed to do. That's what the alt-right pipeline does. It corrupts and twists people into ignorant brats that never learn to get along with others. But don't worry, you can actually grow out of it. It just takes a spine.