This is one sample visit to the conservative subreddit. It's an appalling example of the impact of disinformation. When you need to be reminded of who the enemy is and what they think, visit here. You will see that there is no gratitude or mutual respect, and there never was. There was never any concept of mutual benefit. And now, with Trump leading the cult, there truly is no depth to which they won't go, and no decisions from Trump that won't be retroactively justified.

These people are dangerous, and they don't give a shit about any alliances, friendship or partnership. And they control the levers of power.

Edit to add a screenshot. Not sure how to add more, but it doesn't get any better as you go deeper. What's clear is that this relationship is over, and we need to move on.

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[–] 130 points 1 year ago (2 children)

This is what happens when you have unchecked disinformation.

Let's prevent that from happening by not spreading American owned media pretending to be Canadian, that infiltrates Canadian culture and politics.

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  • [–] 25 points 1 year ago

    For real. The issues occurring in the US are various, but the vast spreading of disinformation in the US is crippling. Don't let unchecked lobbying (aka bribing of politicians) occur in your country, don't let "news organizations" spread false realities.

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    [–] 76 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    This is actually classic fascist playbook:

    • We are the strongest
    • But also - o no - we are under attack from all sides, everyone is against us
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  • [–] 11 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Seriously why hasnt reddit banned that subreddit yet? Is not like they ARENT ban happy in other areas!

    But I guess fucking fascism is A-OK!!

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  • [–] 70 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    That’s not America that’s r/conservative

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  • [–] 49 points 1 year ago (8 children)

    They all look like bot accounts with AI generated content.

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  • [–] 17 points 1 year ago

    Would it surprise anyone if it was a Russian run subreddit. Heard moderation is heavy handed to quickly snuff out dissent with people having their conservative flairs taken away if they dare question dear leader who drinks the sun and eats the sky.

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    [–] 45 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Lmao.

    "My act of war is not an act of war. Your response to it is!!!" - Trump Sheep #15674

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  • [–] 21 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    Funny, it's exactly what Putin said about Ukraine. That and "It's not a real country," which Elon Musk recently said of Canada.

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  • [–] 14 points 1 year ago

    I mean, it tracks with their view of the Ukraine situation as well.

    It also tracks with the general conservative mindset that the "in group" is protected by laws, but not beholden to them; while the "out group" is beholden to laws, but not protected by them.

    Which all tracks with having the mindset of a toddler, free of any shred of empathy, where, until proven otherwise every other person in existence is by default just an NPC without agency or self-determination.

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    [–] 45 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    1.1k effective downvotes in r/Conservative, that’s amazing even for explicit libtard comments. If that sub isn’t swallowing your Drumpf Deitification, you’re really and utterly stone bonkers.

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    [–] 41 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Conservative voters are the dumbest fucking things, I swear. They go on about patriotism, yet want nothing more than to watch the downfall of their countries. Pathetic.

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  • [–] 22 points 1 year ago*

    Conservative voters are the dumbest fucking things, I swear.

    I did not mean that Conservatives are generally stupid; I meant, that stupid persons are generally Conservative

    • John Stuart Mill
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  • [–] 19 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    As a Canadian, I read that conservative reply and just think "Holy shit is this a dumb fucking American."

    I'm really glad that these are the types of Americans that don't cross the border because that means leaving their emotional support gun at home.

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  • [–] 12 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    As a Canadian, you realize that we have Maga dipshits up here, and that members of the Canadian conservative governments have been seen sporting MAGA hats? And that the candidate for the federal Conservates was out there supporting the Dipshit trucker convoy? And that he has also suggested ditching CAD for bitcoin?

    Our cons are fucking dumb as fuck just like the rest, and we have people stupid enough to want to vote them in. And thanks to FPTP and 3 parties, they often stand the best chance of winning because the right don't have anybody to split the vote like the left does.

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago

    And cheer on dictators who offered $5k for each American soldier they killed.

    It's just a cult - they don't stand for country, freedom (lol), military, or anyone but themselves. Conservatism at it's core is caring more about yourself than others.

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    [–] 38 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Their edit is one of the stupidest things I have read in a minute. Everything about it is like an amateurs first attempt at international relations, but the only book they had on hand is “Learn Your ABCs”.

    “Technically an act of war!! Concerning!! Fentanyl!! Just want Canada to be safe for trade!!” It’s just word vomit; it has no base in reality.

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  • [–] 35 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Its funny seeing this stuff in r/conservative getting down voted as hell.

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    [–] 31 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Wouldn’t be surprised if this was Made in St. Petersburg™️. And American ‘conservatives’ just lapping it up

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    [–] 31 points 1 year ago

    Wow, so glad this brave American here could teach me so much about my own country. Let me just call up my drug dealing prime minister governor and demand that he fix Canada immediately lest we face more punishment from Poppa Cheeseball. Thank you r/conservative, I'd be so lost without you proper Americans leading the way.

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  • [–] 29 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    That subreddit is nothing more than an echo chamber. If you express an even slightly reasonable view, you get banned.

    The only way for dissenting opinions to be expressed is with the downvote button, and even then most reasonable people avoid going there because it's so frustrating to read.

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    [–] 25 points 1 year ago

    r/Conservative are like the lambs from Animal Farm.

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  • [–] 24 points 1 year ago

    Lol, I've literally never seen that many downvotes. What a toxic sub though.

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  • [–] 21 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    I used to read it to see what conservatives were thinking. There used to be actual discourse in the comments about policy positions. It's now nothing more than brainrot and Russian trolls.

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    [–] 20 points 1 year ago

    They are absolute traitors. I'm so sorry, Canada

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  • [–] 19 points 1 year ago (6 children)

    James O'Brien isn't my favourite talking head, but I do like his idea of having contempt for the conmen and compassion for the conned. These people have swallowed a lot of big lies and the fault is with the liars.

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  • [–] 26 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    I agree that someone conned deserves compassion. You got tricked into sending someone money? Im sorry, even if it was dumb of you, im angry at the scammer.

    But when you get scammed and the person who scammed you says theyre using your money for atrocious hateful acts, say making someones existence illegal, and you double down and say "well actually theyre right let me send more money, " you do not have any sympathy from me.

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    [–] 18 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    I'm confused. The screenshot you shared just has two idiots sharing stupid opinions and 1.1 thousand/389 people (likely from the same subreddit) disagreeing with them.

    I'm not saying the conservative subreddit isn't unhinged, but this feels pretty cherry picked.

    Maybe share a photo of the most upvoted comments for a better reference?

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    [–] 18 points 1 year ago

    Remember when conservatives claimed that liberals would screech about "current thing"? Always projection.

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  • [–] 17 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    It has been interesting to see "Canadian Conservatives", some of them top commenters, get viciously turned on by /r/conservative while lamenting about how this is hurting PP and the Conservatives movement in Canada.

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  • [–] 16 points 1 year ago

    Sometimes, I wish I didn't have eyes... This is one of those times.

    Jesus fucking christ. Like, if I typed that shit, I'd hope someone would put me in a fucking psych ward, stat. People need some fucking help.

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  • [–] 16 points 1 year ago

    I'm closer on the Mexican side of the country, but I'm gonna really miss having friendly neighbors. Sorry we've been so shitty lately to our northern and southern friends.

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  • [–] 15 points 1 year ago

    Cesspool, the question is what % are bots.

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  • [–] 15 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Yeah, a trade war with Canada is easy to win for the US

    A trade war with Canada and Mexico is a bit tougher, the two biggest trading partners, pretty much

    Mexico, Canada and China is tough

    Mexico l, China, Canada, and the EU? You're fucked US

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    [–] 13 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    The problem is that we no longer agree on what reality is with Trump sycophants. For them lies are truth, night is day, less then 1% of fentanyl is a national emergency, etc even when presented with facts and objectivity. It’s legit terrifying and I don’t know how to fix it. I don’t know how our politicans are able to deal with people they can’t share reality with. Canada’s going to bear the brunt of US delusion and unreality.

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago

    “The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction (i.e., the reality of experience) and the distinction between true and false (i.e., the standards of thought) no longer exist.” Hannah Arendt.

    You are right: They are no longer a part of our reality.

    They exist in a twilight zone of their own making; able to be convinced, either by their paternalists or their own community, of any lie.

    The rational were pushed out or scapegoated over time until only madness remained—as it does now.

    The only good thing about cults of personality is that they tend to collapse when the personality does. One of the bad things is that they tend to take everyone with them on their way to collapse.

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    [–] 11 points 1 year ago

    0.2% of fentanyl inflow and 1.5% of migrants come via Canada. Both those justifications are just propaganda designed to manufacture consent for further pressure to push Canada to allow more influence by the malign forces that have pervaded the US. It's just the next step by oligarchs.

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