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[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 day ago (8 children)

I know it's not a real option for many, but for those who can afford to I'd also recommend shopping local for groceries as much as possible. We need to stand together in the face of these tariffs, but I don't love the idea of Loblaws and co. standing to gain so much from the struggles of the public yet again.

Check out local grocery stores and smaller chains like Co-Op if they operate in your area for Canadian made goods. Look and see if there's a local farmers market you can buy staples like eggs and produce from. It's the little guys that are likely to face an existential threat from all this international non-diplomacy.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

not being sarcastic, what news companies have switched their messaging to be pro-trump? I must not have been paying enough attention to american outlets because I haven't seen this shift in the stuff I read.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (5 children)

I don't think you're entirely wrong considering the trope of "a religion of peace" and all, but the person you're replying to isn't entirely wrong either.

Claiming any religion to be uniformly the same across every member is a gross generalization, especially so for the major Abrahamic ones. 'Islam' isn't a monolith, any more than 'christianity' is—they're huge umbrella terms covering wide varieties of belief and practices.

And secondly, it's really important to be specific when talking about and criticizing religion, which is often tied to culture and nationality. Honor killings and other practices are obviously fucked up, but be specific about what culture accepts/expects that, and what legal/religious doctrine is used to justify it. Don't generalize it to each and every person on the planet who is even tangentially related through the umbrella of 'islam'.