tfkahan.bsky.social
Atmospheric and environmental chemistry prof at University of Saskatchewan. Study ice, grime, and the great indoors. Mostly post about science, my kid, EDI, and general ridiculousness. She/her.
👤 Joined on 18 November 2023
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@tfkahan.bsky.socialI’m having a hard time understanding all the celebration around the Alberta vote. Sure, they rejected separation, but that was never the point of the referendum. The government was seeking permission to institute racist policies… and they got it!
Show PostIt’s great seeing the Alberta separation numbers matched polling data. The other referendum results aren’t so great. The “let’s amend the Constitution to reflect that Alberta is a special snowflake“ vote mostly won. Smith has a mandate to continue being extremely annoying. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Show PostI saw somebody suggesting that maybe the real reason for the referendum was to get all the other racist shit they voted for on record so they can point to it and truthfully say "Alberta citizens demand no brown children!" I'm not Canadian and even I knew everything else would be a yes.
Show PostThat said, it's super amusing that other than the separatism question, the only other one of Premier Fifth Column's questions that looks likely to go down to defeat is the one that asks: "Would you like to have your cake and eat it too?"
Show PostLooks like Alberta remains Canadian and also remaining utterly, deplorably racist. Because make no mistake: those questions are all racism barely disguised as fiscal conservatism.
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