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  • Smaile@lemmy.ca
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    11 days ago

    It feels like a hard push by them but it’s still not as previlent as I think both nations leaders are hoping. Iv seen v little in regards to it irl. Feels more like their going to cause these more ‘concsrvstive’ groups to be further alienated more then anything.

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      11 days ago

      Feels more like their going to cause these more ‘concsrvstive’ groups to be further alienated more then anything

      Unfortunately, that’s literally the entire purpose behind it. They want pockets of our own population to turn against the rest. To start seeing themselves as persecuted outsiders. This makes them very susceptible to foreign influence campaigns, because they will already identify more with US or Russian interests than Canadian ones.

      Right now, those people are still a minority. But they are growing in numbers all the time. The Alberta Separatist Movement is a perfect example. It seems like a joke right now…but if we don’t do something to counter this kind of movement sooner rather than later, it will eventually put us in the same position that Ukraine is in, with Russia.

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        10 days ago

        You’re spot on, Ive countered both branches of chud (antivax and anti-LGBTQ+) at their dumb little rallies and the venn diagram is a circle. Theyre all the same people.

        The only thing working against them is that they might eat each other metaphorically sooner rather than later but the erosion of rights is going to happen along the way and it’s going to hurt a lot of LGBTQ+ (specifically gender diverse) people who are just trying to vibe and survive