Why are most of the posts on this CANADIAN site about events that are happening in America? This insidious creep of American culture and foreign policy is what is in fact ‘Americanizing’ Canada. If all we read about is from America, no wonder we lose site of the Canadian identity.

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    16 days ago

    This instance is hosted in Canada but is not limited to those in Canada. If you’d like to host your own instance that differs from the values of this instance, you are more than welcome to.

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      And exactly how would I stop this American cultural creep into it, except by continuous moderation and filtering out all cases of it? It is in the nature of Americans to spread their culture into all mass media, digital is just an extension of this.

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        Chasing truth? As an American, I’m baffled and disgusted that terminology like “woke” has infected Canada like a virus.

        But again, if you require stricter rules than provided by your instance, you are welcome to start your own

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          As a Canadian, I am completely resentful that an American would try to tell me what I want my Canadian culture to be. If we want to re-appropriate the term ‘woke’ and give it whatever meaning and inuendo we as Canadians want, that is fine with me. But to have an AMERICN define the term for us? Not so much. There is nothing wrong with the term ‘woke’ that getting rid of white supremacy will not solve. The irony of this s that the rest of the world has to be woken up to this realty before this will happen.

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              Americans make it so easy to hate them. Part of it is that Americans hate everyone who is NOT an American or American ass-kisser.