Avid Amoeba@lemmy.ca to Canada@lemmy.ca · 2 months agoReferendum Reality? Half in Alberta & Saskatchewan call for vote on independence, but fewer would actually leavelemmy.caexternal-linkmessage-square43linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkReferendum Reality? Half in Alberta & Saskatchewan call for vote on independence, but fewer would actually leavelemmy.caAvid Amoeba@lemmy.ca to Canada@lemmy.ca · 2 months agomessage-square43linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareMaeve@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoI’d be extremely skeptical of people saying they wouldn’t leave.
minus-squareikidd@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoMost people in Alberta are Canadians through and through, whatever blowhards like Smith want to think. The sooner she fucks off down to a plush energy company board seat in the States, the better we’ll all be.
minus-squareAuli@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoWhich is why they lowered that number.
minus-squaresystemglitch@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoWhat does “leave” mean in this context? A vote to leave?
minus-squareMaeve@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoYes. Sometimes people hide unpopular opinions, until they’re popular.
minus-squareEm Adespoton@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoSometimes people hold unpopular opinions privately until they’re examined under the spotlight. Then they realize that’s not actually their opinion. See: Brexit.
minus-squareNotSteve_@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoIsn’t that exactly how brexit happened?
minus-squareMaeve@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoThat may be helpful in curtailment of efforts to persuade fence-sitters.
minus-squareMaeve@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoYes. I’ve seen it in the US and hence my trepidation for Canada.
I’d be extremely skeptical of people saying they wouldn’t leave.
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Most people in Alberta are Canadians through and through, whatever blowhards like Smith want to think.
The sooner she fucks off down to a plush energy company board seat in the States, the better we’ll all be.
Which is why they lowered that number.
What does “leave” mean in this context? A vote to leave?
Yes. Sometimes people hide unpopular opinions, until they’re popular.
Sometimes people hold unpopular opinions privately until they’re examined under the spotlight. Then they realize that’s not actually their opinion. See: Brexit.
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Isn’t that exactly how brexit happened?
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That may be helpful in curtailment of efforts to persuade fence-sitters.
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Yes. I’ve seen it in the US and hence my trepidation for Canada.