• usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca
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      I’m gonna take a wild stab in the dark judging by the rust around the badge that this car was made before this person made the choice to boycott the US.

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        Stand by your choice and sell, but it has nothing to do with that. It’s identity politics. Also, there are plenty of toyotas made in Canada if that person was actually that true to it and not looking for clout.

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    Surprised no one has commented on the juxtaposition with the Alberta license plate yet

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        I’m not Canadian, but my understanding is Alberta is basically the Texas of Canada. Maybe even worse, more like the Wyoming or Idaho of Canada.

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          The rural areas sure. Edmonton and Calgary are not. They’re the stronghold for the provincial NDP. Wasn’t too long ago that Alberta had an NDP government on the strength of their support in those two cities.

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            Not even in the rural areas really. We have our idiots true, but even bull riders around these parts are not all super out of touch.

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      Many things already are, but it’s not an environmental choice but a boycott so it’s not about being overseas or not anyways. Why support a country that’s actively hostile to you, ya know?

      In practical terms it tends to be buying the strawberries from Mexico instead of California for example. The grocery stores literally have little maple leaf symbols on the prices to help, and little tariff symbols as well. Plus people aren’t traveling to the US as that’s a way of not “buying” from there too, often opting to travel within that country or overseas.

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          I get your point and I find it annoying that US Americans have ended up taking what should have been a more generic demonym for the Americas too but it is generally the accepted term for those living to our immediate south (at least in English-speaking Canada)