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[-] Steeve@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

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

[-] villasv@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

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

[-] Steeve@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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.

[-] villasv@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

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

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