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However, she was more likely influenced by the Twitter hashtag, which has been used proudly by those vying for the White House, the spotlight, the television time and millions of dollars.
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"You'd think America would have a jaded, cynical audience," says Stu Bykofsky, Professor of Politics and director of the Centre for Research on Globalization. "But no. It's very Canada. We're a bit giddy about it. We're out of the [Cold War], we're feeling good about ourselves. Like that old Canada that never really grows up."
It is a nationalistic response when asked why the White House really matters to Canadians.
"I can't put my finger on it [but] it's about Canadians," says Professor Bykofsky. "I think it should have a distinctly populist theme. [The Trump victory] was about the whole tribal borders thing, the brawling you're seeing in the streets. And I think that's where you're seeing a lot of appeal in America."
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And there are more indications that this was a backlash than a movement.
After Charlottesville, when white nationalist protesters converged on a city park, President Trump did not denounce the ideologies that drove so many of them to turn out. More recently, when 32-year-old Heather Heyer was killed when the plan to protest a white nationalist rally backfired, and counterprotesters opened fire on white supremacists, Trump did not give an appropriate concession and denounced the killing. It was a rare break from his usual bland reaction to political violence.
"He is practically Liberal corporate. I blame him," says Mr. Bykofsky of Mr. Trump.
When the president spoke about Charlottesville, critics were swift to condemn it as racist rhetoric and 72-year-old Lorne Dawson, a Toronto columnist, was incensed: "I'm sure ... soulless club softies ... and Marxist revolutionaries will never comprehend our non-essential pettiness."
Yet what are Mr. Dawson's alternative slogans to thank Mr. Trump for? "Restoring the nation," of course. And when Mr. Dawson presents himself to Torontonians as struggling aboriginal millionaire Henry Thomas of the Riverdale
Check out the Out West Emote in the Item Shop! pic. twitter.com/TIh82ggrSx — 🍌OutWestVoting 🍌 (@goingprincess) December 29, 2016
However, she was more likely influenced by the Twitter hashtag, which has been used proudly by those vying for the White House, the spotlight, the television time and millions of dollars.
Story continues below advertisement
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"You'd think America would have a jaded, cynical audience," says Stu Bykofsky, Professor of Politics and director of the Centre for Research on Globalization. "But no. It's very Canada. We're a bit giddy about it. We're out of the [Cold War], we're feeling good about ourselves. Like that old Canada that never really grows up."
It is a nationalistic response when asked why the White House really matters to Canadians.
"I can't put my finger on it [but] it's about Canadians," says Professor Bykofsky. "I think it should have a distinctly populist theme. [The Trump victory] was about the whole tribal borders thing, the brawling you're seeing in the streets. And I think that's where you're seeing a lot of appeal in America."
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And there are more indications that this was a backlash than a movement.
After Charlottesville, when white nationalist protesters converged on a city park, President Trump did not denounce the ideologies that drove so many of them to turn out. More recently, when 32-year-old Heather Heyer was killed when the plan to protest a white nationalist rally backfired, and counterprotesters opened fire on white supremacists, Trump did not give an appropriate concession and denounced the killing. It was a rare break from his usual bland reaction to political violence.
"He is practically Liberal corporate. I blame him," says Mr. Bykofsky of Mr. Trump.
When the president spoke about Charlottesville, critics were swift to condemn it as racist rhetoric and 72-year-old Lorne Dawson, a Toronto columnist, was incensed: "I'm sure ... soulless club softies ... and Marxist revolutionaries will never comprehend our non-essential pettiness."
Yet what are Mr. Dawson's alternative slogans to thank Mr. Trump for? "Restoring the nation," of course. And when Mr. Dawson presents himself to Torontonians as struggling aboriginal millionaire Henry Thomas of the Riverdale
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