Right, cause it’s perfectly acceptable to stretch my eyes at an Asian-American if they vote against their own interests.

At least that’s what I gather if I apply this same logic towards other minority groups, right?

This is such a cheap cop-out, and says more than you think it does about how much you tolerate bigotry.

I’ll make my way.

Okay, so let’s take that same logic and apply it elsewhere.

Kanye West is an out and proud nazi. Do I have the right then to call him the hard r because I disagree with him?

Deadnaming a trans person is equivalent to telling them they are not who they say they are. If you deadname a trans woman as some sorta “gotcha” because they disagree with you, even if their rhetoric and actions harm the very community they’re a part of, that’s not far off from being the type to say “YWNBAW”.

Their name is inherently connected to their identity. It’s one thing to call Caitlyn some smarmy Trump-esque name like “kookie Caitlyn”, or some other feminine name that isn’t hers to mock her like “Candace” or “Karen”, but in using her birth name/deadname, you are basically telling a trans person that their identity as their gender is invalid, and that they are only seen as the gender they identify with when they agree with you.

Instead of saying “you will never be a woman”, it says “you are only a woman when I feel like you deserve to be one”.

So what you’re saying is that basic human rights are conditional?

I can disagree with Caitlyn Jenner for taking the side of people actively campaigning against the trans community while also acknowledging that she deserves to be called the name she identifies with.

What message does this send to trans people? It says that their bare basics rights are conditional based on what they believe. A trans man can watch and follow the values of Andrew Tate, and with that fact I can call his values gross while also affording him basic human rights in addressing him by his name and using his correct pronouns. These are non-negotiable, and acting like they are plays into right-wing narratives both about trans people, and those who are left-wing.

I stopped using peanut butter and instead buy the Nuts to You brand sunflower seed butter. Started getting it since it’s a Canadian company, and they source the sunflower seeds from Saskatchewan. It was a small adjustment at first, but I’ve been loving it the last few months and it’s become a regular purchase.

There is an increase in cost swapping from regular peanut butter to this, but it’s been a change I’ve thankfully been able to afford.

This is exactly the issue of foreign ownership of domestic brands. The moment they find it more profitable to produce things elsewhere rather than build up the local economy, they will.

Diageo makes a number of things aside from Crown Royal that are seen as domestic products. Please read the label.

The pain is that while we make tonnes of alcohol here in Canada, it’s often hard to find Canadian owned alcohol at the liquor store. Take Alberta Premium Whisky for example, owned by a Japanese company despite being made here. Want to find stuff owned by Canadians? Good luck finding it.

This is my experience here in Alberta though where liquor stores are privatised rather than owned by the crown corp. Hope it’s different in the other provinces.

Used to watch every video of his, but I watch him more sporadically now since his awkward tweet where he said it was alright to deadname Caitlyn Jenner because of her politics.

Him leaving the tweet up doesn’t bother me considering that he’s stated he leaves all of them up for transparency even if he no longer agrees with them, but what does annoy me is how he’s never gone back to correct himself. I know he’s not an outright transphobe, but that still doesn’t sit right with me.

I bought the Murena One since it was the cheapest model that was close to the specs of my phone at the time. Figured $500 was already overpaying considering how much lower cost my previous phone was, but also, who the hell thinks about a $500 phone bricking in a month? I just find it inexcusable regardless.

I remember wanting to get the removable battery, but they didn’t offer that with the One, and I’d be losing specs if I got a model in my budget that did have one. I also wasn’t going to spend over a grand for a phone with the Fairphone models available through them at the time.

I spent $500 on a Murena only for the thing to brick a month later because the cord or whatever connecting the rechargable battery to the rest of the phone somehow split off. Would’ve been open to shipping the thing back to them for a repair/replacement since a local shop was unable to do so, but they use UPS for shipping and there was no way in hell I was going to deal with the absolute mess it was to receive the phone to begin with a second time.

When Greyhound pulled out of the Canadian market, I was shocked the government didn’t step in to create their own equivalent.

Progressive politicians are losing rural and small-town voters because they don’t have their issues front and centre. How the hell is a small town supposed to survive when people without access to a personal vehicle can’t get there? These towns need workers, and having a means for people to go from town to town for work with relative ease without a car helps big time.

Know this was a month ago, but if you want an answer, it’s because of the song’s lyrics. Basically it’s a song against drunk driving, so it was probably made with support from the police.