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Also, Goliath was the bad guy.

No they don't. "Christians" don't read, especially their own handbooks. To the point where if you quote something from the bible that disagrees with their ignorant bullshit they get extra mad.

Goliath also ate children.

This 100% scans.

So what they're saying is that Canada can win this fight if they've got good aim and a minimal arsenal of tools at their disposal. Got it.

Do these people even read their own books?

No. I thought that was pretty obvious.

I just don't understand the part where we're somehow being "unfair" to the US.

I stopped reading Reddit entirely save for deshittifying search results, but I braced myself and looked at the conservative subreddit today, and even they think this is quite dumb.

Maybe he should blame the guy who last negotiated such a bad trade deal, which would be... checks notes... Donald Trump during his first term! 🤦

It's often been pointed out that Right Wing Media Literacy is poor.

We see this often when they root for villains or characters intentionally unsympathetic, like Bojack's Dad, Homelander.... heck Trump's 2020 Re-Election team compared him to Thanos, saying he was "inevitable" and making gifs of him as Thanos snapping the DNC away.

So this isn't anything new in theory, but it's amazing that this "They're rooting for the bad guys because they don't know how media works" problem extends to the FUCKING BIBLE!

The Heroes of the Bible are intentionally meek a lot of the time, the point is that even when you aren't powerful yourself, your dedication to your Faith and standing up for what's right should be enough to make up for your shortcomings, for the Lord will lift your burden.

It's why "Proud Christian" doesn't make any sense, it's a very Pro-Humility faith!

At this point, the phrase "David and Goliath" is basically a meme, and there are a lot more people that know a short guy named David fought a giant named Goliath than actually read 1 Samuel. And for that matter, more than know how the fight actually played out.

Heck, there are a lot of people that probably only know about it from The Simpsons, that episode with the skits that cast the kids as Bible characters and basically parodied the stories they were based on... I think it had Bart as David, probably Nelson or one of the other bullies as Goliath, and Ralph killing one of Goliath's brothers with a sling and a modern tombstone? That's probably about as much as a lot of people know about David & Goliath, honestly.

Bitch, the "unfair treatment" you are going on about was the one proposed by Trump in 2018.

Also, remind me Jack, whose side was God on in that fight? Because if I remember correctly it might have not been Goliath's...

Canada:

USA: How dare you. Trade war it is

This has very much the feeling of ‘they need us more than we need them’

I’m in the UK and some people voted for Brexit saying the same. Look how that turned out for us over the last five years.

How does somone so stupid put something like that into the world so confidently....

I find the average atheist seems to be more familiar with the messages of the Bible than many of these people who claim to spend their Sundays studying it.

I always find this imagery amusing. David is touted as this weak shepherd boy who is nearly defenseless in the face of this giant opponent. In reality, you've got someone who has trained to sling rocks with deadly accuracy. He's basically the bronze age equivalent of a sniper, bro can send a 2 inch projectile at mach jesus straight for your dome.

Yeah! Prepare yourselves! You're going up against Cobra Kai!

This is your end game and you're up against Thanos is what I mean!

You're like that Mexican "Chapulin Colorado!"

You're like those blue people fighting Gargamel and his cat! You'll never succeed! Never!

Have you guys ever seen voltron, the thunder cats, robotech, ghost in the shell, the power rangers, you Canadians are just like that going up against all their archnesises! Yeah!

You're assuming that these people give a fuck about Christianity other than as a cudgel for beating people up.

The US has strategically used tariffs with great success over the last decades to get favorable pricing from Canada on everything from energy, softwood, potash, you name it. One item at a time, slowly, methodically they were able to bring down pricing. We have been giving the US extremely good prices, and now, because of Trump he has just flipped the board over and it's time to restart.

America will be far worse off than before this started, and this has leveled off the playing field again with Canada.

As a Canadian I am thrilled.

Can these people read?

No.

Books.

That's funny.

MAGA has such a hardon for hurting people.

You got right to the problematic issue: "read". Reading is hard. Reading a long text is harder. Reading a very long text with complex meanings and referring to things outside the historical context of most readers, is very hard.

I've read the Bible. Twice. I don't think there is any action or concept by the current GOP where you won't find a sentence in the Bible that is actually condemning this precise move. They don't care, as they have never read it.

Short answer - No

Long answer - Nnnnnnnnoooooooooooo

That's certainly the first word that comes to mind when you hear Canada; Unfair. How rude of us to bully America around like that.

Americans & intelligent are 2 things that should never be used together; I realized that & accepted it