Avid Amoeba@lemmy.ca to Canada@lemmy.ca · 1 month agoReferendum Reality? Half in Alberta & Saskatchewan call for vote on independence, but fewer would actually leavelemmy.caexternal-linkmessage-square43fedilinkarrow-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 · 1 month agomessage-square43fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareMaeve@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoI’d be extremely skeptical of people saying they wouldn’t leave.
minus-squareikidd@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·30 days 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-up0·1 month agoWhich is why they lowered that number.
minus-squaresystemglitch@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoWhat does “leave” mean in this context? A vote to leave?
minus-squareMaeve@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoYes. Sometimes people hide unpopular opinions, until they’re popular.
minus-squareEm Adespoton@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month 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-up0·1 month agoIsn’t that exactly how brexit happened?
minus-squareMaeve@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoThat may be helpful in curtailment of efforts to persuade fence-sitters.
minus-squareMaeve@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month 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.