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How about no. Not when we are under attack.
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Florida governor to investigate GoFundMe over Canada trucker donations
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#162Also keep in mind that in the backdrop of all this is the fact that our Prime Minister has called the protesters racists and misogynists. Probably inspiring someone who ran over some protesters in Winnipeg. Canadian news and politicians are desperately trying to denounce the protesters while ignoring the fact that Canada has some of the harshest Covid restrictions in the world at the moment, while the US has hardly a…
Justin "I can't remember how many times I wore blackface" Trudeau calling anyone "racist" is rich: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/19/justin-trudeau...
Also, how does protesting COVID mandates make someone "racist and misogynist?" Is he just saying that because they're truckers?
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I had to sign a letter with my employer stating that I accepted I could be terminated should I not be fully vaccinated by Dec 31, 2021. I feel a line has been crossed, and I fully support the idea that the mandate is bad. Vaccines are great, I voluntarily got it anyway, but I don't feel it's ok to say you deserve to be fired or worse (and I've heard much worse) if you decide the vaccine is not for you. I support the…
in the USA, a psychiatric patient, even if seriously ill, has the right to refuse medication. This non-negotiable law is in place exactly because of past generations battle over forced medications.
>in the USA, a psychiatric patient, even if seriously ill, has the right to refuse medication
even if involuntarily committed to a mental institution?
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I had to sign a letter with my employer stating that I accepted I could be terminated should I not be fully vaccinated by Dec 31, 2021. I feel a line has been crossed, and I fully support the idea that the mandate is bad. Vaccines are great, I voluntarily got it anyway, but I don't feel it's ok to say you deserve to be fired or worse (and I've heard much worse) if you decide the vaccine is not for you. I support the…
in the USA, a psychiatric patient, even if seriously ill, has the right to refuse medication. This non-negotiable law is in place exactly because of past generations battle over forced medications.
They absolutely do medicate people against their will all the time. Google "booty juice".
Re: Florida governor to investigate GoFundMe over Canada trucker donations
#165I hate both the protest group and desantis but honestly he’s right. The only reason gofundme (or any org with similar practices) do this is because they know that some people will miss the deadline, and the it becomes pure profit.
Did you not read the article? There is no deadline. All donations are going to be automatically refunded.
After GoFundMe's cut of course.
Re: Florida governor to investigate GoFundMe over Canada trucker donations
#166I hate both the protest group and desantis but honestly he’s right. The only reason gofundme (or any org with similar practices) do this is because they know that some people will miss the deadline, and the it becomes pure profit.
Hate is a pretty strong word for people resisting government overreach.
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#167I spent a decent part of my adult life in Canada and I can’t believe what in God’s name is happening to that place. Canada is experiencing a severe housing bubble at the backdrop of Chinese snow washing, wage stagnation is real and middle class is slowly getting wiped out. The only thing keeping the GDP at the level it is is high level of immigration which favours the wealthy in the name of a “point based immigration…
Canada's birth-rate is bellow what is necessary to sustain or grow the population. Without immigration Canada's population would be shrinking.
If you think it is bad now, imagine how bad would it be if the majority of the population was in retirement. Sustaining a pension scheme (or a healthy economy for pension funds) becomes very hard, plus all of the services required to keep the society running would be greatly reduced.
Canada's immigration system seems one of the better I've looked into, skills, language, education and job offer all have to be accounted to get in.
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lefty city here, that is fine.
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A little overly dramatic there, but if things keep escalating, this is what it could come down to.
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As an outsider this left vs right stuff in the US is really fascinating and a little bit scary.
(Most) people won't stop selling sandwiches to each other, money is more important. But there is a segment that will. I find it really weird the amount of visceral hate that seems to come out of the woodwork on HN when topics like this come up. Otherwise rational people end up calling for starving people that they disagree with.
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Then they'll get the food from the conservative areas. Can't make a point only partially. Gotta suffer before things change.