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The AB gov't effectively just told Albertans that they have no rights, just privileges subject to the UCP's whims by using the not withstanding clause twice. Where's the pushback beyond talk? Smith is trying to normalize its use, and contribute to stripping our rights federally, straight from the playbook down south. Poilievre literally just said he'd use it.

We're in an uncertain time and suffering at the whims of an American madman, and AB has sided with him. I think it's safe to say YOU haven't, and honestly most Albertans haven't, but your gov't has.

We live in a democracy, and like it or not, we're defined by our gov'ts. The majority may not have voted for Danielle Smith's UCP, but the majority absolutely did not vote to stop it.

Ya gotta understand, you live in the most American province in a time when America just started a trade war with us and threatened annexation.

For fuck's sake you guys are up for a referendum next year to separate which could lead to the destruction of both AB and Canada. Honestly, I think there's a good chance it'll pass simply due to voter apathy. We're in a threatened country, and even within our country, Alberta is threatening it.

Alberta has made it clear, maybe not you or yours, but Alberta has made it clear it doesn't want Canada. I lived in AB for over a decade, and it's full of good people. But good people mean nothing when they do nothing.

So you're hating on all of us because one person generalized? Curious.

I’m in an Albertan union. WTF is taking so long with this general strike? Our union voted in favour, I don’t know the percentage, and a friend of mine told me their union voted 93% in favour of it.

Don't have much to add but sorry people were dicks to you and Albertans as a whole.

Left, Right, I think everyone is just so used to demonizing those with whom we disagree that folks lose sight that nowhere is a monolith and even the most Conservative province still has a huge number of Progressives (and vice versa.)

Thanks for pointing it out though. I definitely will casually drop a "fucking Alberta" when Smith starts shit and forget how that sounds to the million(s?) who don't support her.

Not the government, not UCP voters, but Albertans.

Sorry, I lived too many years in Alberta to distinguish between how Alberta treats the rest of Canada, and how Albertans treat the rest of Canada. Y'all got a cultural problem out there, and I was subjected to it for the better part of a decade.

I AM an Albertan, and I have a hate boner for Albertans. The hate is 100% brought on by ourselves, and 100% deserved. The absolute manure that spills out of our legislature on a daily basis is embarrassing, and what is even more embarrassing is that a majority of Albertans keep voting for it, over and over. Don't want the world to see you as inbred Maple MAGA hillbillies? Maybe quit acting like inbred Maple MAGA hillbillies then. Simple as.

I think when most people say "Albertans" or "people from Alberta" (etc.) they mean "the democratic majority of people from Alberta", or "the stereotype of the right-wing Albertan". It's easier than saying "the majority of Albertans... " or "the stereotypical truck-nutting coal-rolling Albertan..."

I'm not saying it's right, but people do it all the time. Let me rephrase: many people have done it and it often happens. Even you said "people here have a hate bone for Albertans" because some percentage of people upvoted a post saying Albertans are pussies and a further (smaller) percentage downvoted your response.

I guess my advice would be to accept that they're "on your side" and not attacking you personally. But I know that's not easy. I have my own things I am (or was) a part of that get "hated" as a whole, so I know what it feels like to read those comments. (aka, not all programmers use AI to write their code, and even for ones that do, they don't necessarily want to.) And I can't say I've ever gotten past it - sometimes it's easier than others. But, I hope what I'm saying might help you.

Also, in general on upvote/downvote forums, I find it very easy to get a few downvotes for saying anything. Responding to explain why they're wrong to say that and that you're "one of the good ones" will always, always, get a bunch of downvotes. It doesn't matter what you're talking about.

Edmonton's cool. Calgary's aight. But I'll tell you that it's Smith and the UCP who are the ones that pretend they represent the opinion of all Albertans instead of the oil coal and gas lobby. And sure, many people don't agree with the fact that she's taking big government steps to prevent free-market renewables from taking hold or allow the tech industry to prosper and to use the support of a neighbouring city to put mining residue into other people's water. But the fact that this is happening under the Alberta populace's watch reflects poorly on them.

So anyway. Nothing against you personally, but if you want a better name for your home province than Texas-north, then you have to collectively earn it. Sign that petition thing (done), organize around a general strike (in preparation) and topple the UCP government (in election or via recall petitions).

Québec: "Première fois?"

I think that a big part of the problem is that many of the people who publicly identify as Albertans are loud mouthed, unnecessarily huge transsexual pick up truck driving, toxicly masculine, "alpha male", racist, separatist, "mah rights" spewing sovereign citizen, anti-vax tantrumist maple MAGAts.

I love the rest of you but fuck those guys.

It's like the old joke about lawyers: it's just 90% who make the other 10% look bad.

It's worth remembering that dividing the country and making us hate each other inherently leads to polarization, which inherently leads to completely unaligned parties succeeding each other which leads to wild amounts of waste and inefficiency from government as it swings back and forth between extremely different agendas.

There is a reason that our geopolitical enemies spend billions on campaigns to try and create division and hate. It truly does weaken us as a country.

Everybody loves a scapegoat.

I don't hate all Albertans if it makes you feel any better.

I think Danielle Smith and her UCP is the problem, but I know that when tensions get high, some overly broad generalizations get made because in order for Danielle to be in power there must have been at least enough people that agree with her to vote for her.

I don't think ALL Albertans are a problem, just the ones that think like her.

I think a lot more people here are more sympathetic for Albertans than we’re given credit for. We all watched the run-up to the Battle River-Crowfoot federal by-election, and can clearly see there are lots of people that care for their neighbours and are working hard to break the mould.