Why Are There So Many Far-Right Commentators Coming Out of Canada

Gad Saad is not far right.

Because of Mr Buttock-Man PM.

[quote] Gad Saad is not far right.

Sure, Jan. Check out his social media sometime.

Canada has somehow had an undeservedly sunny reputation worldwide for a very long time. We are "nice" "peaceful" etc etc.

It's the same as anywhere else here, with the main difference being the amazingly tiny population relative to landmass.

Isn't Alberta a bit like little Texas for right wing loons? So I'm told, got relatives over there, no idea myself.

Immigration from Asia has changed Canada immensely over the past few decades so that explains the nativism.

I've traveled in Canada a lot and I love the country and its people.

They do have a right wing element just as we have in the US. Some areas are particularly conservative. I saw many anti abortion signs in Nova Scotia. There is a strong Catholic element as well, religion driving some conservatize views.

[quote] Because of Mr Buttock-Man PM.

Why refer to him as "Mr. Buttock-Man PM"?

I've met even progressive Canadians who will straight up argue that Trudeau's blackface wasn't racist. I agree with R4 that the "nice" reputation is unearned.

Quebec is not especially liberal either outside of Montreal.

R8 Der.

If it makes you feel better, OP, Canada also sent us:

Alexis Smith

Dorothy Collins

Yvonne DeCarlo

&

Fifi d'Orsay

I hear Canada also produced a crowd of comedians.

I've said this before on DL but my SIL is a dual citizen of Canada and the US but more "Canadian" than American and she loved Trump and is a major conspiracy theorist. My brother also said he saw lots of confederate flags while living up there.

Jordan Peterson is not far right. Where are you getting this nonsense from?

But he is on the right, classic Liberalism with which he self identifies is aligned with Conservatism, which pegs him on the political right. As to how far to the right that is, is open to national interpretation of political leanings, he's probably left wing in the US!

Maybe Jordan is just regular right-wing, but the issue is that he's so unbalanced he ends up sounding far-right.

I know. So many. Go back to Canada. Stop dictating on what happens in America, please.

Ted Cruz is half-Canadian.

Born in Canada^.

The funders of the far-right extremist movement are not interested in toppling democracy *only* in the United States.

A good resource for understanding: Examining US Support & Funding for the Canadian Trucker Convoy

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Why the Canadian pundits are successful in the U.S. likely boils down to it's easier to sell them as impartial but concerned outsiders who gradually see the light (slow boil progression from self-described leftist or moderate to extreme right). This allows them to gain credibility and a wide audience they are able to indoctrinate while proclaiming they definitely aren't (insert accurate criticism/description here).

R24, there's a sale on tin foil at CVS. Hurry before the looters get there.

I believe that places that are/were historically white have elements of Nationalism when other ethnic groups move into their area.