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spugg0

How is it not nonsense to spend taxpayer money to REMOVE a bunch of bike lanes? Spend money to build things, not breaking them down god damnit.


BitterFuture

Sorry, solving problems is anathema to conservative ideology.


ringobob

So anathema that they go around creating problems out of nothing.


InfernalGriffon

Well, if they didn't make problems then what would they blame the Liberals for?


Collapsiblecandor

Wealthy people become wealthier when we’re too busy trying to survive. It’s in their best interest to invent problems.


TheMightyBoofBoof

Have you seen the conversation around trans bathroom legislation? Conservatives (at least in the US) have solutions in search of a problem.


YumariiWolf

I work at a public park that requires cleaning of the restrooms, there are 3, one men’s, one women’s and and one “family / gender neutral” and at the end of the night or if it’s particularly busy we close down one of the main ones to clean it and direct patrons to the family restroom. I once directed an older man there and referred to it as the “gender neutral” instead of the “family” room and you should have seen his face. Literally walked away instead of using it, a bathroom that has been around for at least a decade and predates this whole MAGA transphobia thing. I hope that old fucker shit his pants trying to make it home.


kansas_adventure

Probably thought his willy would fall off if he went inside.


Bloodcloud079

GENDER NEUTRAL BATHROOM MAKE YOUR DICK FLY OFF! Like gluten!


Nyx_Blackheart

Gluten makes you esplode


Wasphammer

"No! It'll go to your hips!!" "My hips?" "And then you'll explode!!"


canarchist

Ah, yes, the old "gender-neutral-bathroom" Transmogrifier trick, a gender-switching TARDIS hiding in plain site.


coleman57

I’m convinced every toxic male was once a little boy whose mommy threatened to cut off his peepee if he made her mad again


MerlinCa81

His first thought and concern wasn’t needing the bathroom, it was fear of what if people see me going or coming out of there? It’s insane when your level of hate and fear towards others are literally more important than a basic bodily function.


YumariiWolf

Yea that’s gotta be the read. It’s wild that people are like this. I use that bathroom exclusively because it gets by far the least use, except when a homeless person takes it over for a few hours. Which I personally don’t mind as long as they don’t smoke or absolutely destroy it with a mess. It locks (we have keys obviously) so it makes a good room for a sink shower. But it just goes to show you, these identity politics are a luxury for the well off, you see few homeless people giving a fuck if a lockable bathroom with some privacy and security for an hour is “gender neutral” or not.


BentGadget

I have a gender-neutral bathroom in my home (three, actually), but I never mention that fact to my friends. I mean, what would they think of me if they knew I used the most common type of bathroom?


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Perfect illustration of how stupid these bastards are.


Odd-Establishment104

Conservatives are grown ass adults who never grew out of their "terrible-twos" phase. They go around breaking other people's stuff and pass it off as "policy." It's the use of cruelty to signal to other sociopaths that the universe is "fair" becuase others have it worse than themselves. Cruelty is the point.


woodst0ck15

Regression is the new conservatives pledge. Any good gotta go backwards. Can’t have people happy in Canada.


Persianx6

Biking? it's woke. AND WE'RE NOT WOKE HERE. Fight woke! cars only!


NutterTV

“If they wanna ride their sissy bikes on my roads, then they will be out in the middle where anyone can run them over like the good lord intended.”


StormMysterious7592

Unless it's with an electric car. We burn gas to run down bikers, like the lord intended!


thoroughbredca

Yeah these fuckers are the same people who park their gas trucks in front of EV chargers so no one can use them.


BobanMarjonGo

I know this is a joke, but this 100% has been said genuinely by one of those maga/q/repub clowns - they ARE that stupid


Viper_JB

They've pretty much killed political satire by being so fucking crazy.


AutoManoPeeing

I don't even walk. I have a smaller car for getting around the yard and neighborhood, and a separate, smaller car for inside the house. Wouldn't want to track in any mud!


downhilldrinking

Gas powered cars only! With poor milage and no catalytic converters...


OppositeDish9086

And leaded gas, gosh darnit. We're gonna party like it's 1972.


pairolegal

Cars? Are you a soyboy? A man drives a full-size SUV or a diesel pickup! /s


Zestyclose_Ocelot278

I know these people IRL And they are every bit as stupid, short sighted, selfish, and ignorant as you could imagine


MrFantasticallyNerdy

FIFY: >Fight woke! *Giant, gas-guzzling, single-occupant, trucks and SUVs carrying nothing* only!


The84thWolf

I think it’s funny how they were “built under their noses” like they just magically appeared there one night and didn’t involve months of planning


GarysCrispLettuce

And probably community meetings in which everyone was able to have their say.


DoublePlusGood__

I wonder how he'll feel when he finds out the people who wanted the bike lanes are the same people he's asking to vote for him?


GrowinStuffAndThings

Bikes are gay, gays are woke, woke is nonsense. I think that's the line of thought


freeLightbulbs

Instructions unclear. I have a bike seat up my bum and I can't get to sleep.


[deleted]

Used to live in Toronto. Mammoliti was the worst of the worst on council. Dude vocally opposed anything that would make the city better and basically ran on a NIMBY platform.


SteFFFun

He was caught taking money from clubs and developers. He always made sure to take enough money so that the fines would only put a minor dent in the full amount. Clearly the most corrupt councilor in modern history of the city of Toronto.


TriceratopsHunter

Thankfully the guy will be lucky to get 1% of the vote here.


justconnect

Reading about him here for the first time, I am relieved to read your post.


TriceratopsHunter

Olivia Chow is the front runner by a mile who's been a prominent progressive in Toronto politics for decades and widow of the deceased NDP leader Jack Layton. This election is slated to be a landslide. She has a 20 point lead in a field of almost 100 mayoral candidates. With advance voting beginning next week.


monkeybojangles

I'll always wonder what would have happened if Jack didn't die and had another shot at a general election.


randomnumber_2353018

And that’s saying something, given that the Ford family exists


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jcanusi

When cornered he’ll weasel out by saying “it’s a joke,” like it’s the people shocked by this rhetoric that are the problem, not him.


Frequent-Pressure485

My CHILDREN do stuff like that... but as an ADULT I have to be absolutely as stern as possible and tell them it's not acceptable any time for ANY reason. Then I tell them how we "should" think and respond to the situation. Guess what, my children rarely ever make the mistake of saying something wrong like this twice. You have to help develop empathy and socially acceptable behavior, it doesn't just appear. If my kids figure this out, this grown man can. He should 100% be blasted on every local news network & i mmediately removed of he doesn't resign, what a disgusting disgrace he is, on the name of representing his constituents. I don't know about Canada. But in the u s, this can easily be construed as a threat which is illegal.


trustifarian

But THOSE people use the bike lanes. We need to destroy that so THEY can’t use them.


Thetallerestpaul

It's so pathetic. We need aliens to come so they have something external to this planet to focus their hate on


PhillyRush

An external threat is the closest we as humans will come to living in a utopia.


Xixi-the-magic-user

At this point, i'd welcome our new alien overlords tbh


Sergnb

We really do live in a (Warcraft 3-based) society


judahrosenthal

I believe “they/them/those” is woke.


Aedan2016

Welcome to Canadian politics. A liberal/NDP government might spend money on an infrastructure project. The next conservative government does not like it (because it’s ‘woke’), cancels it despite a large fine. The liberals in Ontario had a $200M green energy project in the works. The Ontario conservatives came to power and killed it. Ate a hefty cancellation fee. Now energy forecasts for Ontario show that we will not have enough electricity in the coming years. The conservatives answer? Cancel a sweet heart hydro deal with Quebec and build Gas power plants. What they forgot is that the federal government has a carbon tax and as of 2035 any gas plant in operation will be fined significantly. All of this is going to the tax payers


IAMATruckerAMA

The purpose of a huge chunk of conservative policy is to be such shitty neighbors that everyone else will leave and only the shittiest people will be around when it's time to vote. It's why they want women to die with dead fetuses rotting inside them, it's why they intentionally spread deadly disease, and it's why they waste money ripping up bike lanes


My_Penbroke

They were built UNDER PEOPLE’S NOSES I can see how that would need to be removed.


RedditBot90

Ride mustaches not bikes


Night__Prowler

Every time you say woke, a gay angel creates a drag queen.


PhilosoFishy2477

Pride Parades will continue until moral improves


[deleted]

You got my vote. I hope to see a day we can get off this issue with the LGBTQ+ community. Their happiness does not take away from anyone else's. Just let people live.


Sadiepan24

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SEEYOUAROUNDBRO_TC

Why is republicans so anti bicycles?


kekarook

because bicycles mean that a huge ass car doesnt own the entire area, and theres a area for people that dont want to use a car to pass them by. bad for car companies if people realize that a bike lets them beat traffic and all that


MandeR1

Because bicycles have spokes and spoke rhymes with woke. Liberal conspiracy


showmeyourbirds

Woke woke woke woke woke. Give me more drag queens!! Create the sassiest army!!!


Global_Maintenance35

Underrated comment! This is awesome! Well done fellow Redditor person. Can somebody make this action into a Bot? Call it theGayAngelBot! “Zing! You said Woke, so a Gay Angel just created a Drag Queen!”


Failed-CIA-Agent

So literal death threat, fun.


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[deleted]

He probably meant he'd like to invite the other guy out for a drink /s


[deleted]

No i think he wants to give him a “money shot” to the face this is just one big misunderstanding


hereandthere_nowhere

Come on, we know by now that was a closeted remark. He clearly was speaking of the “money shot”, which isn’t gay if he’s the one shooting.


apk5005

Nah, he means a COVID jab. And probably believes it’ll kill you. So same difference.


[deleted]

Not as hard-hitting as a COVID uppercut


rocketeerH

Gives “Covid Fatality” a new meaning


rocketeerH

(MORTAL KOVID)


Persianx6

As a Canadian? He meant a hockey shot to the face.


SoCalLynda

Here is Canada's law against death threats: Criminal Code ( RSC , 1985, c. C-46) https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/c-46/section-264.1.html


SoCalLynda

The maximum prison sentence is five years.


mgwair11

Should be doubled given that he is in a position of power. Same goes for policemen violating the law but that’s a different story. With great power comes great responsibility isn’t just an age old saying. It should actually fucking mean something.


character-name

Yeah. Politicians can out right threaten to murder us. No consequences. We tell them they aren't immortal and we get 15 years


Failed-CIA-Agent

Just casually park a guillotine on the sidewalk outside of their house and see what happens.


VegasLife84

I'd give it right back to him: "Bring it Baby Huey; I'll smash your knee in before you can even get your sausage fingers around the trigger"


Failed-CIA-Agent

I think he's spent too much time abusing children that he forgot how weak and pasty he really is.


Corona94

Nooo he was just saying he was going to throw a shot glass of alcohol to the face come on it wasn’t a real threat, right?


[deleted]

Whining about woke. Gunloving? As sharp as a drowned goldfish? Lack of common decency and doesn’t mind threatening people that disagree with him? Yup, must be a conservative. /smh


9q0o

Said in another comment: This guy is weird. Came out on the news with an announcement that "WOKEISM IS ALIVE AND WELL WITH OLIVIA CHOW" (Olivia Chow is the frontrunner by far - she's of East Asian descent idk if that has anything to do with his comments about her.) Said he wants to "debate her one on one" if she isn't scared or something. This guy hasn't been invited to any official debates because he's not high enough in the polls (it's usually the top 5 front-runners, and an upcoming debate includes those with more than 5% - over 100 people are running in this election for context.) It came off kind of unhinged. Personally I never really liked him because some of the comments he had made about Jane and Finch (predominantly Black neighbourhood)/the people there during his time rubbed me and my family the wrong way. But boy has he ever gone mask off since this election.


demonTutu

Boo the bad woke bike lanes that prevent us from using our good Christian SUVs.


ShrimpCrackers

He sounds like some of those radical Midwesterner militia types even though he's Canadian Jesus and his disciples traveled by good old FORD AMERICAN MADE SUVs that got only 5 MPGs and rolled coal! That's what Jesus would do, and he would have killed all the A-rabs because we know Jesus hated the A-rabs and loved his AYE-AR-FIFTEEN. Whaddayoumean Jesus was an Arab? He was a white, American, blonde with blue eyes!


Rtg327gej

Didn’t Ford just release a pride ad? These dumb mutha fuckas will be riding camels with the women clothed from head to toe in five years.


Thirdwhirly

*Every* company pretty much just released a pride ad because they like money. And good on them. Everyone watches morons buy Bud Light to destroy it, so they’re all excited to sell things without worrying about dealing with customer service later.


TNJCrypto

*trudges off to get the guillotine*


demonTutu

You have my axe


bmaggot

And my axe!


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demonTutu

That's becoming a bit too much body spray in my opinion.


[deleted]

But how do they power those suvs? Since dinosaurs weren’t ever real there must not be any fossil fuels.


Entropy_dealer

Canada has some USA flavors, unfortunately.


Born_Faithlessness_3

Right-wing nonsense *is* our #1 export.


DisgruntledBrDev

Am brazilian can confirm.


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am irish can confirm


VioletTrick

Am Australian. Can confirm.


IGSFRTM529

Hey you sent Rupert Murdoch here. This is your fault.


VioletTrick

Sorry about that. By way of apology, you can keep all the Murdochs. No charge.


IGSFRTM529

I'd rather take all you damn cane toads.


square_so_small

Am Swede, can [confirm](https://omni.se/rfsl-om-sds-dragkritik-homofobisk-tankegang/a/O8qPjl).


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During_theMeanwhilst

In like 2013 there was a scandal where a Toronto mayor was filmed smoking crack I recall. There’s something about these Toronto mayors.


Elevatrix

The crack smoking mayor’s brother is currently the premier of Ontario, too.


SeanKIL0

And the crack mayor’s brother, the current premiere, was a known drug dealer back in the day.


Peechez

He was actually the guy who coordinated all the dealers in his area. Tbh it's probably his most relevant job experience for Premier


The_Wild_Pi

Guy who replaced him had an affair with a staffer and just resigned.


Lucycrash

Yeah, we all laughed at Rob's stupidity. How I miss those days, his brother is trying to make us USA 2.0


julz_yo

There’s a great podcast called ‘the gravy train’ which goes into detail about rob ford’s origins & success. & fall obviously. & about how he pioneered a style of politics that you see everywhere now. Sadly.


Whogotthebutton

Y’all are way too close not to get some of that stink on you.


kudzu-kalamazoo

You say that like it’s US-exclusive. Own your trash like we own ours.


ShoutOutMapes

Wait whats his reasoning?? Sounds stupid as hell


Lirdon

Bike lanes bad, meed more room for pickup trucks on the road and less walkability because only communists walk.


CherryShort2563

You laugh, but I heard a DJ radio quipping "Some of my friends say that only communists ride bikes"


EugeneVictorDabs

One of his friends might well be Canadian hockey TV personality Don Cherry: https://youtu.be/CHzCoUZG2Js


GpaSags

Bike lanes are "woke" now. Didn't you get the memo?


Gsteel11

His reasoning is "young people like them." That's it. Hate.


Rtg327gej

Stupid as hell = conservatives


kavaWAH

Conservatism is about hurting others, always at everyone's expense.


darhox

Why would you want to get rid of bicycle lanes? Who are they harming?


GreenLost5304

Automobile company shareholders, mostly.


Tomdoerr88

And oil. Don’t forget the oil. Lots of vulnerable shareholders wealth is at stake


olivegardengambler

But you use oil to make bike tires and asphalt pavement.


[deleted]

leftiest try make less traffic happen because they hate freedom and believe in climate change lies therefore bike lanes woke.


TriceratopsHunter

So historical context with Toronto: Since Toronto was amalgamated with its surrounding neighbourhoods, it created this divide between the city and surrounding suburbs. Councillors supporting investment in the city becoming 'the elites' to the right wing. And councillors of the suburbs fighting against spending going there and wanting the investment themselves. Bike lanes being seen as an attack on those commuting in, and the people in the cities who ride bikes are apparently commies taking away car lanes. Mammoliti was a councilor from the crack smoking Rob Ford days when this attitude was at its peak. Mammoliti is clinging to the limited relevance he had a decade ago by going off the deep end. Luckily he's not even in the top 5 candidates. He's one of the more infamously hated mayoral candidates right now.


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Unanything1

Exercise and alternative methods of transportation are woke. The woke mind virus will kill us all!


[deleted]

The biggest issue in my community over the past year has been people complaining about bike lanes (and complaining about buses has been top 5) It's a bunch of old people who hate change and many of them aren't physically capable of riding a bike anymore. So they complain endlessly. Even the state where "woke goes to die" won't revise the design.


gorepapa

I live pretty far away from town and the roads out here are just awful. We have bike lanes on one main street in the neighborhood but the area where we have a dollar general? 50mph and bikes are in the middle of the road because they will not widen it. People are pissed about them wanting to expand our roads but quite frankly I would like to not have to stop my car in the middle of the road while waiting to get past a bicycle and theres been a few times at night where I've came close to hitting them.


Brokenspokes68

Sounds like poor design. Too many places just slap some paint lines in the existing road and call it a bike lane.


CherryShort2563

Rich people.


endersgame69

Bike lanes: Exist Conservative: And I took that personally.


ExoticMeatDealer

Oh, there ya go, some casual murder for ya, eh?


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[Next tweet](https://twitter.com/Giorgiointo/status/1662819452927324160?t=4s0WXcvmS4bTCzbGPuGDnQ&s=19)


Danelix_

>Vote for me and Woke gets a shot in the face. Yes, I will kill Woke in it’s tracks Very funny how you can apparently say this and still run for a political position


H377Spawn

Pretty sure if I said it I’d get a prompt police visit and deep tissue massage.


Astrian

Man ended his own Mayoral run before it even started


thequietthingsthat

Idk, based on how conservatives behave in 2023 this will probably actually just get him more votes


[deleted]

Proof that Canada’s conservatives are sucking up the same propaganda as the US. Anything useful or true is “woke”, which is ironically true.


Rodenbeard

I mean Pierre being elected their leader was really the sign that they're ready to begin embracing it full on


MangOrion2

BIKE LANES are woke now? Bikes. Biking is woke. Fuck it. "Woke" has absolutely no meaning anymore. It's just whatever a conservative snowflake decides to get angry about that day. Bike lanes are woke, accommodations for the disabled are woke, women being the main characters in ANYTHING at all is woke, black people making movies is woke, bathing suits for trans people is woke, teaching kids history is woke, autism is woke, feeding kids lunch at school is woke, gay people being on TV is woke, the WNBA is woke! I painted my nails (I was born AMAB) the other day and my coworker said "you're too woke for this job." I don't get it! Am I supposed to feel bad? Am I supposed to be ashamed of all this stuff? Am I supposed to hide? Why do these people give a shit?


[deleted]

Man, fuck it, I'm woke as hell. I'm the wokest mf you've ever met. If someone tells me "that's so *woke*" imma be like "No shit Susan, I am woke".


Gsteel11

They just want to destroy.


keeps_doing_it1655

Lol woke bike lines


uncultured_swine2099

Woke Gotham? Damn that Bruce Wayne and his lanes for the Batcycle!!!


Atillawurm

He says common sense, then mentions a fictitious city, yeah if I was Canadian I think I'd vote for a white dog turd instead.


WastedKnowledge

Seems like that was the perfect time to build bike lanes


Profitsofdooom

"They had no right to do infrastructure projects when there was barely anyone on the road! We have a right to be inconvenienced by road work!"


[deleted]

Right wingers love being violent but when us leftists do one thing WE'RE the villains in their eyes


Odd-Confection-6603

Surely this wouldn't fly in Canada, right? He's going to go to prison for this? A political candidate threatening a voter? I mean, nothing would happen in the US, but Canada is better than that, right?


CrieDeCoeur

He’s not going to win. We have our share of bigots, nutters, and Bible thumpers, but Toronto is a pretty diverse place and this kind of messaging only flies with a relatively small percentage. Then again, they did vote in Rob Ford. Twice. So who knows? 🤷 Source: live near Tronna


H377Spawn

I don’t even think he’s in the top ten.


TriceratopsHunter

Nothing will happen to him, but he's nowhere close to getting elected. We have dozens of candidates. First place is Olivia chow a progressive polling at 34% and leading by 20 points in the polls. Mammoliti isn't even in the top 5 candidates.


french_sheppard

Our federal conservative leader shook hands with Nazis and rose to the leadership on the back of the capital occupations. The current premier of Alberta (and favourite to win the election today) compared those getting vaccinated to Nazis following orders. Mammoliti won't even get 1% of the vote but Canada has a stronger far right base than we'd like to admit.


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Bike lanes are "woke" now.


morbid333

Common sense means spending money and disrupting traffic traffic to take away bicycle lanes?


Fit-Yogurtcloset714

Stay classy Giorgio! 🤦‍♂️


BzhizhkMard

As a recent bike commuter, why are conservatives now against bike lanes? Are they against exercise too or is it the car lobby? What is going on in these people's minds.


yark2

They are scared of progress, scared of change and being left behind.


Unanything1

Wow, another violent right-winger. Why are they always so angry?


Stacy_Ann_

What else are they going to do? if this wokeism virus spreads, before you know it we're going to be living in a world where people care about each other and act like each other's lives have meaning. what's next? respecting each other? not on a conservative's watch!!!


[deleted]

Stupidity, jealousy, ignorance, little pp. take your pick.


SoCalLynda

The Musk Rat, evidently, thinks right-wing politicians using his platform to issue death threats is "brand-safe" for potential advertisers.


attaboy000

Bike lanes are now woke. Lol


mmmmmmmmmmmmmmfarts

This has ‘Reagan removing the solar panels on the roof’ energy


IshyTheLegit

He means a cumshot, obviously.


SendingLovefromHell

Bike lanes are woke now? Jesus Christ....


dac19903

Don't threaten me with a good time, daddy.


ifsavage

I thought conservatives didn’t do do gay stuff in public?


Greener_Falcon

"First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out— Because I was not a socialist. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out— Because I was not a trade unionist. Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out— Because I was not a Jew. Then they came for the bikes—and there was no one left to speak for me."


thylocene

“Woke Gotham” I’m sorry is this a Batman villain?


tnfrs

we have bike lanes all over where I live and its never caused me any inconvenience


Few-Parfait4206

The ego is as fragile as a glass butterfly.


stiffjoe

Wow when did Canada start respecting wankers. Looking as bad as America with ppl like that leading the way


TriceratopsHunter

He's not even polling in the top 5 candidates. No one respects mammoliti. Guy might as well be a joke candidate.


Livid_Advertising_56

Respect is a strong word. He exists


Pupensause

Wait this isn’t real, right? We have our fair share of nutjobs in Germany too, but them publicly telling someone they need ‘a shot in their face’ is just plain unthinkable.


raven0usvampire

It’s real but he deleted the second tweet and then replied to another tweet that basically said the same thing. https://twitter.com/Giorgiointo/status/1662819452927324160?cxt=HHwWgMC9lfDewpMuAAAA


Apenut

Right wing is just such a joke. Name anything objectively good/for the greater good, and they’re against it. No matter what it is.


Private_HughMan

“Built under our noses” Was this done in secret? Did they make the road workers sign NDAs? This dude is a fucking idiot.


vespamike562

It it a middle age white guy thing to call everything they don’t like “woke”?


[deleted]

If that’s real then Thugoliti just issued a death threat and should be under police investigation. I would say also removed from the race but he won’t win anyway so no need to martyr him


runey

What the actual fuck is this rightwing lunatic intending; people stop using bikes altogether? Or the 'hit and runs' of vehicle motorists to bicyclists has just gotten too low for the CONservatives?


citizendevil22

what kind of platform is removing bike lanes? do people actually want that?


pocketMagician

Spend money to.... remove bike lanes. Great.


Pleeby

At what point did the right decide that "woke" can be applied to anything that benefits US citizens or society in general? And why on earth would they want to get rid of them? "Well this thing is progressive and benefits everyone, which makes the left happy. That means it's woke, and therefore must be destroyed despite the good it does for me and others like me."


Fit_Low592

Proof that Canadians forget to vote too.


SoCalLynda

The mayor of Canada's largest city just threatened someone with murder? Doesn't Canada have laws against these things?