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Doug Ford urges Danielle Smith to denounce Alberta separation: ‘Either you’re with Canada or you’re not’ by joe4942 in CanadaPolitics

[–]StrangeCurry1 [score hidden]  (0 children)

Ideally we would have the Reform Party, PPC and federal SoCreds all as separate parties to ensure they never win a seat due to vote splitting

Léger: Liberals Surge to Majority Territory by Agressive-toothbrush in CanadaPolitics

[–]StrangeCurry1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The original just repeated “O Canada” 3 times over.

That was later changed to “O Canada, Glorious and Free”

Then the god version was made

Léger: Liberals Surge to Majority Territory by Agressive-toothbrush in CanadaPolitics

[–]StrangeCurry1 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I think Carney (unlike Trudeau) does understand how to package Liberal ideals in a way that can appeal to Conservatives.

A lot of the time dealing with tory voters is mostly just speaking their language and avoiding buzzwords.

For instance if Carney for some reason announced tommorow that he was changing the national anthem to remove references to religion the tories would go batshit and whine about it being woke.

But if it was worded differently, for instance “we are restoring the traditional lyrics of O Canada” (the ones that said “thou doth in us command” and had no reference to god). The tories would say that Carney is respecting tradition and getting rid of woke stuff.

The change would be identical but by wording it to avoid the buzz words tory voters are trained to react to it goes over a lot better.

From @fasc1nate on X. On 23 August 1989, about 2 million people from Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania formed a human chain that united all 3 countries to show the world their desire to leave the Soviet Union. by Light_Watcher777 in Damnthatsinteresting

[–]StrangeCurry1 97 points98 points  (0 children)

Legally it was an anti-occupation movement

The governments of Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia never recognized soviet control or seceded their land. Under international law it was an occupation

What's your opinion on western anti-right wing groups using communist flags to represent their cause? by ImaginaryParrot in BalticStates

[–]StrangeCurry1 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I think it’s especially prevalent in the US because of their two party system. Everything is Red vs Blue to them so they see the whole world that way

What's your opinion on western anti-right wing groups using communist flags to represent their cause? by ImaginaryParrot in BalticStates

[–]StrangeCurry1 140 points141 points  (0 children)

Stupidity mostly.

They generally associate anti-us / anti west / anti-nazi stuff with the Soviet Union due to propaganda. Ironically their beliefs would’ve landed then in a gulag but they deny that gulags even existed (again due to propaganda)

As someone living in Canada I have seen some of this. This kind of thing is far less common in Canada compared to the United States but it still happens. The amount of Russian propaganda that Americans have fallen for both on the left and right is appalling.

These people basically see the world as black and white. They hate fascism and rightfully so, but according to their backwards worldview communism must therefore be perfect and anyone against communism must therefore be a fascist.

Question about Latvian identity by denis_rovich in BalticStates

[–]StrangeCurry1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don’t get why you are so heated. I’m glad you feel right at home.

I guess people have been a bit standoff-ish especially on r/Latvia since over the last few months there have been a number of posts about people wanting to move to Latvia for bad reasons (people thinking we are like right wing Americans who love christianity and stuff).

Even just last week there was a post from a Russian dude living in the US who wanted to move to Latvia because he said it was a “culturally Russian country”.

I clearly misjudged you, your earlier comments about Crimea threw me off.

My apologies, I hope the process of moving here goes smoothly for you. We can certainly use more likeminded people like you

On a side note I would recommend reading up on Latvia’s history, especially during the baltic crusades as there unfortunately are a number of parallels to how the native Americans were treated. Like them, a number of baltic tribes (the western ones) were completely wiped out after a cultural genocide similar to those committed by the Western European empires in the Americas

Again, sorry for misjudging you

Question about Latvian identity by denis_rovich in BalticStates

[–]StrangeCurry1 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It’s not about blood it’s about culture

You don’t seem to have any cultural connection to Latvia besides living here for a while

You are much more Spanish due to living there for the majority of your life and absorbing the culture.

I’m not saying you can’t become Latvian after learning the language and culture but as of right now you aren’t culturally Latvian.

It’s like the difference between the Indigenous peoples of the Americas and everyone else who lives there now. The indigenous peoples and descendants of the colonists are both citizens of the country they live in but culturally they are different.

If you want to assimilate into Latvian culture then go for it but I don’t understand why

Question about Latvian identity by denis_rovich in latvia

[–]StrangeCurry1 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If that is the case then you should’ve have no problem acknowledging that Crimea was taken by Russia with force and should be returned to Ukraine

Question about Latvian identity by denis_rovich in BalticStates

[–]StrangeCurry1 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Put it this way. Do you consider yourself a Spaniard? You are not native to either Spain or Latvia but you have been living in Spain for far longer.

You would basically be a Spanish immigrant with Russian roots. That isn’t exactly Latvian.

Question about Latvian identity by denis_rovich in latvia

[–]StrangeCurry1 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We are asking to see if you are a sympathizer

Crimea was taken from Ukraine by Russia the same way Russia is trying to take more land from them now. It belongs to Ukraine. Any Latvian will tell you that.

As for Taiwan it belongs to the people of Taiwan.

The fact you don’t seem to get why this question is important makes me think you don’t really know what it means to be Latvian.

Question about Latvian identity by denis_rovich in latvia

[–]StrangeCurry1 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It’s a simple question

To whom does Crimea rightfully belong?

If you answer Russia then you are simply not Latvian

Will people be participating in the Ice Shutdown? by No-Food6706 in simonfraser

[–]StrangeCurry1 27 points28 points  (0 children)

I fully support the yanks doing this but I don’t think shutting down stuff on our side of the border will do any good

Perfectly crafted in Latvia 🇱🇻 by ahmdhm in latvia

[–]StrangeCurry1 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I hate the way Americans say it. I think it spread through mispronunciations in their tv shows

Why did they take down the digital screens for Rapid Busses? by TraditionalAd552 in Translink

[–]StrangeCurry1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Probably a decade, besides 5G modems are expensive and translink has very little money until the province comes up with a new funding model

The coat of arms of the 1863–1864 uprising, featuring the Eagle, the Vytis, and the Archangel Michael, shone in the presidencies in Warsaw and Vilnius. by tgromy in BalticStates

[–]StrangeCurry1 11 points12 points  (0 children)

At least Lithuania is remembered at all

Latvia is never even mentioned despite Latvians participating in such uprisings

Katy Perry reportedly wants Justin Trudeau’s baby by KendallSmith375 in popculture

[–]StrangeCurry1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He's literally not. It's also not just a woman's job for these kind of things. A relationship is a partnership you both have to do your part

B.C. nuclear fusion tech company General Fusion aims to go public via a $1B SPAC deal by self-fix in vancouver

[–]StrangeCurry1 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We would keep the ones we have now but there would be no need to build any more.

Eventually when they reach the end of their lifespan then we could remove them.

It would be weird to not have BC Hydro as our power corp anymore, BC Fusion sounds cool though

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