Also, and I can’t believe I have to say this, NPR and CBC, but annexing sovereign countries isn’t a “proposal.” Not Poland, not Iraq, not Canada - no “proposals” in any of these cases. It’s not a grant application, it’s a violation of international law and an abomination. - ThreadSky

sphillipsab.bsky.social • 81 days ago

Also, and I can’t believe I have to say this, NPR and CBC, but annexing sovereign countries isn’t a “proposal.” Not Poland, not Iraq, not Canada - no “proposals” in any of these cases. It’s not a grant application, it’s a violation of international law and an abomination.

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thebullypulpit.bsky.social•80 days ago

💯

slpowsey.bsky.social•80 days ago

The entire premise of the show was wrong -- treating the idea of annexing Canada as an open-ended question and inviting people to share their ideas and feelings. For goodness sake. Could the producers of the show have come up with anything more offensive and stupid?

mclovecraft.bsky.social•80 days ago

It’s deliberate normalization. Since 2016 NPR has been retooled almost entirely as a mouthpiece for empire. All the nationally syndicated programming is devoted to laundering right-wing ideology for the liberal consumerist audience.

goodfibrations.bsky.social•80 days ago

Not likely. I’m stunned by this.

theresavermont.bsky.social•80 days ago

It’s stunning ignorance? Or an effort to normalize something that is not normal or acceptable. Trying to invent a different context; the premise from the start is wrong.

amari.bsky.social•79 days ago

This gets a follow.

agrabia.bsky.social•81 days ago

People really don’t seem to understand that “annexation” means a forcible takeover and is a violation of international law. It’s Russian-Ukraine, Israel-Gaza, not a referendum where people hold hands and sing Kumbaya.

skforbes.bsky.social•80 days ago

It’s Johnathan Swift minus the satire.

deborah-e.bsky.social•80 days ago

I say we all stop watching CBC until they get their shit together. As always (sadly), money/ratings are their currency. We hold the power

travisfigures.bsky.social•81 days ago

Yes. A thousand times yes.

flossy3.bsky.social•62 days ago

The man is delusional.

alekradic.ca•80 days ago

I think this is called “being so high up your own ass and not being able to read the room” problem.

fionawrenwrites.bsky.social•81 days ago

I emailed CSPAN exactly this earlier today.

Anyway, they sent me a ticket number.

susansmum.bsky.social•80 days ago

I emailed the CBC Ombudsman yesterday to express how appalling I thought this was.

aoifemacnamara.bsky.social•80 days ago

#NotADebate

thecrow999.bsky.social•80 days ago

What a stupid stupid stupid thing to do! Danielle Smith a producer or something?

alonghurst.bsky.social•80 days ago

💯🇨🇦

farmerukr.bsky.social•80 days ago

Time to up Irish defence spending

betterpensionsbc.bsky.social•80 days ago

Would have been much more productive for 🇨🇦 if CBC had focussed on how we can defend ourselves and become more resilient. For example, drawing lessons from other democracies next to unstable autocracies.👇 And talking to actual experts, not quislings like O’Leary.

soccerdaddy.bsky.social•81 days ago

They should at least have the dignity to say we would have to be more than one state. Why immediately cede the framing to the Worst Guy with the Worst Framing, CBC????

holmskjell.bsky.social•80 days ago

Being even one state is highly unlikely. No way the GOP would go along with giving 2 Senate seats to people who are generally more liberal than Democrats.

holmskjell.bsky.social•80 days ago

& I very much doubt Trump - who's never kept his word in his life - would lean very hard on Congress to get them to.
Our range of outcomes is "occupied Iraq" to "Puerto Rico".
I'm guessing something like American Samoa.

jcbinnema.bsky.social•80 days ago

You just spoke my mind. Fellow Albertan too yet

holmskjell.bsky.social•80 days ago

Anyone who thinks we'd actually get votes needs to pull their head out of their arse.

saskboy.bsky.social•80 days ago

Yep, the current framing gives everyone in Toronto and the rest of Canada fewer senate seats than the Dakotas.

soccerdaddy.bsky.social•80 days ago

Yeah you nailed it

jancheta25.bsky.social•79 days ago

Yeah, the CBC sucks. It's sucked for a while now, unfortunately as it, like the rest of the Canadian mainstream media, has shifted to the right-wing. I've gone to other places for decent news coverage and generally ignored them.

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