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Poll finds 51% of Canadians want aid sent to Cuba even if it angers U.S. (torontosun.com)

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[-] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 29 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Brains exploding in the Toronto Sun comment section of this article:

james ross · 11 HRS AGO FAKE POLLS - fake government Don't believe a word they say.....

Jim G · 12 HRS AGO I don't believe these polls or any polls in Canada anymore. We need to provide aid to our own citizens that need it.

Revel Wolfe · 12 HRS AGO Just stop this madness. 51 million to Ukraine, 8 million to Cuba, how about we simply spend all this wealth on i dunno, Canadians?

del hansen · 14 HRS AGO Looks like a liberal convoy in Havana, no prosecution necessary all on the up and up.

Brian Lloyd · 14 HRS AGO I don't get why Canadians find ok to support Communism in Cuba.

It's kinda incredible that so much people haven't bought the pro/US propaganda on Cuba given how much of it rains down on us.

[-] ikidd@lemmy.world 27 points 1 month ago

And I guarantee you none of those fuckers want the money "saved" to actually be spent on needy Canadians. They want tax breaks because they're "needy".

[-] SubstituteTurkey@lemmy.ca 17 points 1 month ago

The same people who vote to cut, not grow, social programs are asking for social programs?

I think what they really want is to be miserable fucks.

[-] sigmaklimgrindset@sopuli.xyz 14 points 1 month ago

How many of those are actual Canadians (never mind Torontonians) vs bots, agitators, or retirees that haven't stepped foot in Canada in years.

[-] khannie@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Those aren't people. They're foreign actors trying to sway public opinion.

The coolest Canadians I ever met were when I was on holiday in Cuba.

[-] ieGod@lemmy.zip 7 points 1 month ago

We need to provide aid to our own citizens that need it

Something tells me they aren't interested in helping needy Canadians in any capacity.

[-] ryan213@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 month ago

Yikes! I hope you had a shower after going through there. Lol

[-] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 month ago

🤣

[-] ProfessorBiggins@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 month ago

I hope those figures are inaccurate ... that can't really be all we've sent to Ukraine, can it?

[-] CanadaPlus@futurology.today 3 points 1 month ago

News site comment sections seem to be exclusively used by the most knuckle-dragging boomers. CBC has the same problem.

[-] LillyPip@lemmy.ca 23 points 1 month ago

Especially if it angers the US. FTFY.

[-] theacharnian@lemmy.ca 17 points 1 month ago

Fuck the US, help Cuba.

[-] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 14 points 1 month ago

They should do it BECAUSE it angers the US.

[-] badbytes@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago

Only 51 percent?

[-] lemmy_outta_here@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Whelp, at least it’s a majority.

[-] SabinStargem@lemmy.today 12 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

As an American, please do so. Cuba didn't deserve to be bullied.

[-] betanumerus@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 month ago

Sure. US anger, irritation, and emotional problems are their own to deal with, not Canadians.

[-] IndustryStandard@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

But only Russia actually sent the oil Cuba needs.

[-] OrteilGenou@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

So far

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[-] HeroicBillyBishop@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 month ago

remember, the media is owned by BILLIONAIRES - the intent is to report in such a way as to FORM OUR OPINIONS

Of course it's higher than 51%, but they "adjust" their results to weaken our collective resolve

The time of very close french haircuts for the predator elite ruling class is approaching, and they know it

Stay strong hosers

[-] CanadaPlus@futurology.today 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Sure, it definitely is actually what you want it to be. Anything else is a conspiracy. /s

[-] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 month ago

It's important to recognize media bias.

But it's equally important to not let our own bias discredit it.

[-] sixpaque@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 month ago

me too

[-] yogthos@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 month ago

anybody who's not morally bankrupt should support doing everything possible to prevent people of Cuba from being starved

[-] sixpaque@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago

I would like to see Canada go into Cuba and help straighten out their farming issues, and our dependence on the United States ' off-season fresh food supply. It helps them with curancy issues,

[-] ZiggyTheZygote@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 month ago

Only to anger the US, more than to help?

[-] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

49% of Canadians support sending aid to Cuba in order to anger the us

[-] quick_snail@feddit.nl 6 points 1 month ago

And by aid, we mean solar panels, wind turbines, and batteries.

Not oil. They don't need oil.

[-] yogthos@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 month ago

They do in the short term, but I agree that transitioning off oil as fast as possible should be the goal.

[-] CanadaPlus@futurology.today 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Yeah. Lemmy sure does love shoehorning their pet issues in, regardless of how impractical sending wind turbines to Cuba is right now.

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[-] Sharkticon@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 month ago

Seems like a bonus really.

[-] PeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 month ago

Countries obviously need to be sending food and medical supplies.

But rather than sending oil, countries sending aid should be sending equipment for setting up solar farms, so that the USA can never do this to them again.

Obviously they still need some oil in the short term, but China has so much solar production, and are allied with cuba, I'm surprised they're not getting massive shipments of solar panels and battery banks.