Questions: Society & Politics

In June, a group of Barrhead, Alberta, residents started a petition to remove all LGBT rainbow crosswalks and “Pride” flags from municipal property.

Now, the town says its Neutral Space Bylaw would in effect ban any “decorations” or designs on crosswalks that are not in the standard scheme. It would also only allow official flags to be flown on all municipal-owned buildings.

The bylaw states that there will be “no grandfathering of any existing crosswalks or flags that contravene the new bylaw,” which means the town’s existing Pride and disability crosswalks would have to be removed.

Earlier this year, residents in the Alberta town of Westlock passed a bylaw that bans all non-governmental flags from municipal buildings and mandates that crosswalks only be painted in the standard, white-striped pattern.

Emo, a small town in Ontario, was ordered to appear in front of a Human Rights Tribunal for rejecting a 2020 motion to proclaim June as “Pride” month and fly the LGBT “Pride” flag.

“That summarizes the situations unfolding across North America right now... The point of rainbow crosswalks isn’t ‘celebration’ – it’s colonization, with punishment meted out harshly to those who dare to express their disagreement or discomfort,” Jonathon Van Maren wrote.

I am kind of diving into the spectrum of the American voting system this year, and how much abortion is a big topic. So I'm wondering do you personally know someone that has had an abortion? I'm trying to find out if it is something very common there.

Maybe I am out of the loop, do that many women get abortions on a regular basis? Or is it more the possibility that they may need to get one and want to have the option open? Or something else?

I think he's echoing what his project 2025 buddy Kevin Roberts has been saying:

https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/4945638-trump-threatens-to-use-the-military-against-the-enemy-within/

I'll leave this harrowing poem here for you to contemplate this question:

You can't deter, fight, negotiate or not open the door for death. Your time is up. What's your response or attitude?

In the U. S. it tends to be the opposite. But in Europe, I once complained online about how rude the Danes in Copenhagen were and someone commented, "The Danes that are friendly are usually Liberals."

I noticed this in Italy too. Rome is Conservative and the people were assholes, but Venice and Pisa are Liberal and the people were much friendlier.

And on the Cayman Islands there was this British guy running a museum, he was a Labour party supporter and anti-Brexit and he gave us a free ride to our next destination.

The Eastern European nationalities on the other hand are very Conservative and have a reputation for being assholish. Most of the Russians, Ukrainians and Romanians I've met were assholes. Slovak and Balkan customer service was also very unpleasant.

I think the difference between Europe and the US is that a lot of the Conservatives in Europe are nationalists and hate foreigners, while the Liberal Europeans are more open to foreigners.

Though there are exceptions of course. But from my experiences, as long as you don't question or disagree with their politics, Liberal Europeans do tend to be friendlier towards foreigners.

Am I wrong?