I can’t help with immigration but your replies moved me. I know how it looks in America right now. I understand you feel your life is in danger and I don’t even disagree.
I just wanted to let you know there are more people on your side than you might realize.
I’m a redneck cowboy. I grew up on a farm in Texas we raised horses. I live in Florida now working at a western wear store and a.dollar branded store.
I wear cowboy boots, I carry a 1911 kimber .45 all day every day hooked into the leather belt I made myself with a big brass belt buckle that says “Marlboro”. A promotional item I got back in the day by trading in my points.
If you saw me walk past you at a grocery store you’d think “there’s another trumpet, there’s another one who wants people like me dead”
My point is that isn’t true. Id gladly give my life to defend your rights and I’d be proud to do it.
My family has been here since the late 1600s. We fought the British, we fought slavers, we fought the Nazis, my grandad even helped eliminate the rabies problem that was going around.
This is my country and I’ll be damned if let anyone tell you it ain’t your country just as much as it is mine. Ill fight to the death to make sure it always is your country too. I can’t be everywhere, but we are everywhere. You might not see people like me when we walk by you. I promise you are there seeing what some folk are trying to do to you and we are very pissed off as well.
My grandad killed the Nazis once. I’ll kill them again if I have to. We are there and we are also worried about your safety. I’m pissed to. If pushing leads to shoveing, well, my friend I am a damn good shot with my gun.
I’m sorry my country, you’re country, has made you feel unwelcomed. I’m ashamed of that.
That’s all I wanted to say.
This is weirdly person example to illiterate the problem, also I’m not Canadian and I’m not sure why this group keeps showing up on feed. I’ll also add a bonus thing Canadians should expect from companies as your boycott (that I agree with) continues.
So the weirdly personal story. I recently got a new boss who has the military view of “break them down then build them back up”. I explained to him once “that works in the military because they have the resources and specialists to catch the people who don’t respond well to that approach. People like me. I have severe SEVERE ADHD. I can’t take medication for it because it destroys my already low appetite and I die. So I built up pillars on my own. Pillars for emotion regulation, pillars to control impulsive behavior, pillars that allow me to function in this world. It was a lot of work. It took a lot of time. If you come in swinging a wrecking ball blindly, if you break you down… You have no way to rebuild any of that. You don’t have the specialized skills needed to rebuild those pillars. So not only would I be temporarily destroyed and unable to do my job, I’d also have to rebuild myself which isn’t what you wanted”
My point about trump is he clearly is taking the “destroy them rebuild” approach and much like my new boss he is absolutely not capable of rebuilding what he destroys.
Anyway, bonus fact for the boycotts. Keep your eyes out for people adding “Canada” to the name of the company. Example: Great American Buckle Company is a Chinese belt buckle manufacturer. You should expect those kind of things soon.
Edit: and as an American I support these boycotts. The more his stupidity effects rich and powerful, the more companies feel his stupidity, faster he’ll be gone. So thank you. I don’t know the Canadian version of “God bless the USA” but just pretend I ended with that out of respect for you all. I would have if I knew it. Go Canada?