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Every Canadian Premier, from the Atlantic to the Pacific, signed a joint statement against President Trump. Except Alberta's Danielle Smith. She refused to sign. (www.lemonde.fr)
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Eliott Dumoulin is a journalist who covers Canada for the French newspaper Le Monde. In this article, he tries to explain to readers back home what’s going on.

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[–] [email protected] -2 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I mean, it’s a Canadian sub talking about Canadian politicians. It may be different if we were talking about Aussie politics. I’ve been to Australia, lived in nz for a year, I’ve used the term with buddies pretty often.

It is different when you’re speaking about a woman in power (awful woman in power) and take all her horrid aspects and boil them down to a demeaning misogynist term. There are a million different insults that can be thrust upon her. Why does it have to be one that means vagina. Whether it’s been appropriated or not by other cultures, here in Canada it is misogynistic and is interpreted so by nearly every woman here

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

I assure you that I'm Canadian and I say Donald Trump is a miserable cunt all the time. Because he is.

Some people are cunts. Some cunts are men and some cunts are women. Both Pierre Pollievre and Danielle Smith are cunts. They're miserable people that never say anything positive and seem to derive joy from fucking things up for everyone. They're miserable cunts.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

Whether it’s been appropriated or not by other cultures

Uh? Englishmen appropriated the English language now?

here in Canada it is misogynistic and is interpreted so by nearly every woman here

And as such I strongly discourage anyone to use that word in Canada. The thing is, this is not Canada, it's Lemmy and lots of people commenting here (me included) are not from the Americas. And they were pretty clear in what way they meant it. You don't have to become comfortable with the word but you must understand it doesn't mean the same in other places and you have no right to impose on them the meaning it has in your country.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

How often do you call your mother a cunt?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Lol, I'm not even dignifying that with an answer. I've made my point.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Right. Simple question. Total cop out. Why doesn’t word cunt in the context of your mother make you uncomfortable? I don’t think you actually made a point

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

Because I wouldn't insult my mother (or father) with ANY swear word.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 days ago

Aussie vs can or us. Yes different cultures