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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I never said the goal is to fuck with people, I said it's a political stunt. Go argue with your strawman elsewhere.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

but the Canadian government is sure as hell trying to make the Canadian people the losers here

I really can't interpret this in any other way, but I guess it goes to show how framing is hard to argue about

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

nobody is trying to win, but the Canadian government is sure as hell trying to make the Canadian people the losers here.

It's an antithesis, a rhetorical device.

Making Canadians the losers doesn't mean the sole intention is to fuck with people. I've already said it's a political stunt.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Thanks for clarifying. More of an exaggeration than antithesis, but now I get it.