Thread by @TRexMD780

Let's talk about the hatred towards Trudeau a little bit here. I doubt this Tweet will get much attention but I want to air this frustration I have, particularly with #Albertans over the age of 50 who are triggered into rage everytime you say "Trudeau".

TLDR: Get over it

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I grew up in a conservative home, surrounded by those who worked in O&G and saw the fall out of the National Energy Program. I have heard the stories over & over of the economic collapse it created in Alberta.

I have been raised with the dogma that Trudeau = Satan

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Justin Trudeau arrived and this man was doomed from Day 1 in Alberta. How many times have I heard "he's a draaammmma teacher 🙄", and yet these same people voted in a Bible college dropout?

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How many times have I heard "He only got elected b/c of his name. Them Easterners just love the Trudeaus, thats why they voted for him", and yet our current premier is under investigation still by the RCMP for how he was elected within his own party

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How many times have I heard "Trudeau hates Alberta and is going to drain us dry of our wealth", and yet conservative govts in Alberta have consistently burned our money like they were at a strip club for decades, never bothering to save it & driving us in to the ground

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Now I'm hearing "Trudeau is responsible for the Ottawa blockade crisis" or "Why didn't Trudeau just talk to the protestors and come to an agreement?" or "Trudeau's vaccine mandates are the reason for all this drama & division, it's all his fault!"

Sorry folks: you're wrong

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Trudeau is not responsible for the lack of clearing of the blockade. The federal govt has no jurisdiction on clearing out the streets of a municipality. They also had no influence on Coutts or the Ambassador Bridge. Those are under MUNICIPAL & PROVINCIAL govts

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Trudeau also couls not negotiate with the protestors. Who was he going to meet up with? Have tea with Tamara Lich? Drink a beer with Pat King? Invite the GG and they could all draft a plan on a napkin for Trudeau's resignation & a coup d'etat, plus some port-a-potties?

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Maybe he could have dropped the vaccine border mandate. Sure. But Biden is like "Cool, cool, IDGAF". Did we all forget that part? That a border has *two sides* and we don't control the Americans?

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And before you say "Trudeau could have forced Biden to change his policy", let me stop you there before I start laughing hysterically. With what, folks?

JT: "Change your policy, or we won't export maple syrup"

JB:....

We can't make Americans do anything

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And finally - if you have an issue with mandatory vaccine policies that caused people to lose their jobs, why are you pointing the finger at Trudeau? These policies were largely implemented by employers, in reaction to *provincial mandates*

Your beef is with the prov govt.

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If you're mad that you didn't get to fly to Waikiki this yr because you're unvaccinated, okay, go yell at Trudeau. And WestJet. But the day to day issues of the unvaccinated was largely dictated by municipal & provincial mandates.

So why aren't you yelling at @jkenney?

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The hatred against Trudeau in Alberta is mostly an unjustified "feeling", driven by hot rage over Trudeau Sr. It makes us look like the angry rednecks that frankly, maybe we are. And it's being used against as as a weapon by Conservatives like Jason Kenney.

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Wake up #Alberta

Stop letting Jason Kenney gaslight you by blaming the feds for everything.

Stop believing that Trudeau wants to burn Alberta to the ground.

Stop playing into the decades-old narrative that Alberta is a backwards conservative province

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I'm not a fan of Trudeau & didn't vote for him. But at least I know why. I have reasons, like my current MP fits my values better and I am upset about his backtracking on electoral reform.

I don't hate him b/c his daddy threw my family under the bus in the 80s

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So get over it Alberta. Your fight is not w/Trudeau. It never has been. You need to fight the institutions that have kept us hog-tied to O&G for decades. Open your eyes & realize we dug our own grave w/decades of incompetent prov leaders

Take it to them in 2023

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Add on: Seeing lots of people saying "Not just over 50!" Ya, that's obvious. This thread is meant specifically for those still raging about PET and the NEP. I could do an entire extra thread on Gen X/Millenials who have been fooled by lies/fake news on SM to hate JT....

.... That's a completely different Pandora's box that I didn't open in this 🧵. I need an essay re: my generation being brainwashed by the internet & how Silicone Valley has us by the balls/ovaries.

So if you feel targeted b/c you're >50, pls realize that's not the intent.

.... Well so much for thinking this Tweet wouldn't get much attention. Lol. I hit a nerve in Alberta I guess but I'm glad this is resonating with some of you. I hope it helped to put words to the frustration we have all been feeling in this circus over the last 3 weeks.