• SuperZorro@discuss.tchncs.de
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    Treatment of the indigenous people is the first thing that comes to mind. 5 eyes, black face, (re?)electing a crack smoker.

    Just the 5 eyes thing is a deal breaker for me.

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      Treatment of the indigenous people

      That’s fair, and IMO should be the deal breaker. (edit: how unreasonable of me)

      5 eyes

      We’re a junior partner and net recipient. Our judiciary flat out prevents most of our participation, and we’d likely leave it to join,

      black face

      That thing that originated in Europe? Or the American version that isn’t us?

      (re?)electing a crack smoker.

      He might have been re-elected as a Ward councillor, but I don’t think it is fair to hold an entire nation responsible for 1 city’s stupidity. A nation that for the most part considered them a laughing-stock.

      Regardless, I’m not actually in favour of joining the EU directly but fully support bolstering our alliances.

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        black face

        That thing that originated in Europe? Or the American version that isn’t us?

        They’re probably talking about that time Justin Trudeau, our former PM, did something stupid and racist at a party decades ago. Actually he seems to have done it more than once. It was pretty bad, but it’s a weird thing to judge a whole country on.

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          Oh snap I completely forgot about that. Well, I’ll hold the behaviour of our historical leaders up against the EU’s any day. TBF they’ve had far longer to put stupid shit on record than we have ofc.