I just read through the lyrics to the entire song and discovered just how perfect it is for the times the U.S. finds itself in. As a Canadian, I feel like I'm barely treading water. But my anxiety on behalf of American Democrats is sinking me.
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I know I speak for many when I say we, here in the USA, are so sorry for what this big buffoon is doing to Canada and our other friends! Thank you for not taking this out on all of us! Hopefully one day soon we’ll see his big ole butt in the “big house” in El Salvador.
That's kind of you to say. I live in Vancouver and can count on one hand, with fingers left over, the number of times I've felt unsafe in the 30+ years I've been here. Similarly, I never felt unsafe when I lived in Toronto and Montréal.
It's crazy that I can't imagine what that's like. I live in Texas where everyone is armed and on edge. Driving in Dallas is a contact sport and road rage isn't uncommon.
I don't know how you do it. Gun culture is too entrenched in the American psyche to ever get back to a place with gun control. People joke about how often Canadians say "sorry" but the truth is that those little sorrys are an abbreviated way of saying "I am not more important than you...(1/2)
Oh I joke but I love it. People here used to be kinder and more empathetic, and guns were important but more a hobby than a personality type. I blame Reagan, the NRA and Fox News for brainwashing so many (admittedly very flawed) people.
As for Faux News, all I can say is how proud I am that huge numbers of Canadians petitioned our CRTC (it's sort of like your FCC) not to license that hate monger Murdoch's fox news north (to have been called Sun News, I think).
I saw a post about the NRA on here recently. The gist of it was that for decades the NRA has told Americans that the right to own guns was "necessary [for] the security of a free State" but, now that the free State is falling apart under Trump and the GOP, the NRA has nothing to say. It, too...(1/2)
(2/2)...and your needs are just as valid as mine." (Of course, sometimes it just means "sorry" lol.) It smooths the way for anything from mistakenly taking someone else's seat on an airplane to a traffic accident.
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I sleep better in Canada. I feel safe.
Thank you for that.
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