• HeroicBillyBishop@lemmy.caBanned
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    8 days ago

    You “appreciate the fear and concern?”

    the current boogeyman is not “completely abstract”, it is yankee and russian funded destabilization programs tragetting Canada, likely aiming to use a failed referendum as casus belli to go full Ukraine on us

    There is a problem, and you appear to be part of it

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      8 days ago

      There is no problem. Since talk of the petition to leave started, support for leaving has GONE DOWN. The more people talk about it, the LESS Albertans want to leave. USA and Russian interference is having a net negative effect.

      The Boogyman that scares AB people into wanting to separate is Ottawa. Russia and the US are failing to convince Albertans to leave, because there is nothing concrete to argue that they should. All of the beef with Ottawa is abstract.

      If Ottawa starts arresting people for sedition, then it won’t be the USA or Russia turning any tide, it will be Ottawa, making a completely idiotic and unforced error… handing the already-doomed “leave” movement actual tangible reasons to sway people.

      Your plan provides Canada a way to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. I can’t fathom the depth of misunderstanding on your part that makes that seem like a wise thing to do.

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          8 days ago

          It’s actually gross to invoke the name of a Canadian hero as your username and be pushing divisive pro-Russian propaganda.

          You show up and your solution to a non problem is to start plucking people off the street for anti-gocernment activities like the fucking KGB and expect anyone to buy it?

          Get fucked.

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              I invite anyone reading this to view thier comment history and ask yourself “does this account appear to exist solely to wedge division in Canadian communication forums”

              I’m GLAD you levied the accusation against me. I wouldn’t have even thought to look at your comment history otherwise. At first I thought you were just an idiot but under even a small amount of scrutiny it’s abundantly obvious you are on lemmy for exactly one reason.

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                  Again, for anyone who wants to understand why this guy is a textbook example:

                  Alberta separatism: Russia targeting voters, study says https://share.google/6RU4FQd5G54IJ7cIU

                  Very relevant, from the article, from an expert on how these troll farms operate (emphasis mine):

                  “They will be on both sides online, amplifying it and changing the language to become more violent, changing the language where people who disagree with are you seen as an existential threat to the country and so their job is to amplify conflict,” McQuinn said.

                  The minute I say something like “relax”, buddy is saying “we need to round these people up and arrest them”

                  When I say “we absolutely don’t need to do that”, they say “you’re a part of the problem.”