My Fellow Albertans - My Heartfelt Message To You
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Summary
It was only days ago that I did a video titled The Myth of Canadian Politeness and Tolerance and now my video seems prophetic. In the last 24 hours, the level of hatred has been amplified after a failed British Columbia politician smeared the leaders of the independence movement, private citizens, as traitors.
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Hi, it's John, and welcome to the channel. It is Friday, January 30th, 2.30 a.m. I hope
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you're having a great start to your Friday. And what I'm about to read is something I
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wrote on my phone shortly after midnight, and I felt compelled to get up and record
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it now. I hope you don't mind, but I'm going to read it as it was written.
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My fellow Albertans, it was only days ago that I did a video titled The Myth of Canadian
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Politeness and Tolerance. And now my video seems prophetic. In the last 24 hours, the
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level of hatred has been amplified after a failed British Columbia politician smeared the
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leaders of the independence movement, private citizens I might add, as traitors. In an
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amazing display of ignorance and lack of situational awareness, David Eby and the Prime Minister
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of Canada discovered what we knew months ago. Some people from Alberta went to Washington.
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It beggars belief. And these are the people who rule over you.
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The crime the leaders of independence are being accused of? Talking. Getting Alberta's biggest
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trading partner, the United States of America, to agree to acknowledge Alberta if and when
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we democratically leave Canada and gain our independence. Traitors for talking. Nothing
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has changed hands. On cue, the polite and tolerant keyboard warriors of Canada joined in to smear
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all independence-minded Albertans with the same brush. We're traitors too.
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The leaders of independence are not traitors. I am not a traitor. And you are not a traitor.
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As Eva Chipiak has said in her speech at two independence rallies now.
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Enough with the games. We are tired of being told to sit down and shut up. We are done with that.
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Self-determination is not radical. Democratic participation is not dangerous. Asking a question
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is not treason. An informed, engaged citizenry is not a threat to democracy. It is proof that
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We are not traitors. The leaders of the independence movement are patriots. I am a patriot. You are a
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patriot. Alberta patriots. Don't let this discourage you. Don't falter. Don't get baited by these
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politicians and intolerant Canadians. This is what we expected. They see we are winning.
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They see they can't stop us. They see the crowds. They see the enthusiasm. They see
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our momentum. They resort to insults, threats, and fear.
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Much has been said about the people who sit in the middle. The people who have yet to make up their
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minds about Alberta independence. These words are for you. Who do you listen to? A premier who
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leads a province that is being picked apart piece by piece because of incompetence and stupidity?
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Who do you trust? An NDP socialist politician in Alberta who calls you a threat because you think
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your province can do better. Your family can do better outside of failing Canada. Or the leader of a
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party and the leader of a country that takes our money, makes life less affordable, restricts your
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freedoms, confiscates your defense, and denies your prosperity? Or do you put your trust in your
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friends, fellow Albertans who want something better for you and your family, and want to do it
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peacefully and democratically? The politicians who fail you? Or these people? Make your choice. I have.