Good riddance

[sabotabby]

Spicy take: Don Cherry was always garbage and we're all lucky that he's 85 or he'd be PM right now. Literally the only good thing about him was that dog, and the dog died years ago.

Chipotle take: Ron MacLean is worse because the only thing worse than a racist is a racist who's also a hypocrite and an enabler. Literally the bar for white dudes in this country is milquetoast "racism is bad" and he can't even manage that unless his career's at stake.

Ghost pepper take: Men's hockey sucks anyway; women's hockey requires way more skill and is more interesting to watch.

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[franklanguage]

I wanna hear the Carolina reaper take!

[sabotabby]

Are you sure? Almost no one can handle my Carolina reaper takes.

Okay, here goes: The poppy, once a noble symbol commemorating the horrors of war, has become a cheap symbol of nationalism and militarism that's sole purpose is virtue-signalling. In addition, it's a single-use plastic item manufactured by slave labour. If we are going to treat everyone who uses plastic straws (including disabled folks who can't use alternatives) like they personally strangled the last sea turtle, we should look upon those who wear poppies with similar revulsion.

Teal dear: Poppies are the opiate of the masses.

[rdi]

Solidarity!!! ✊🏼

[sabotabby]

No one wants to hear my Pepper X take, I bet.

[rdi]

Bring it.

[sabotabby]

The Cult of the Poppy is nothing more than a continuation of the ritual bloodletting of the young seen in declining empires throughout human history, and with the worship of human sacrifice that it represents, the Thanatos-seeking death cult that is Western industrial civilization teeters ever closer to its own entropy and collapse. In conclusion, BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD, SKULLS FOR THE SKULL THRONE, thank you for coming to my TED Talk.

[rdi]

👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[moon_custafer]

I’m wondering if that’s the take of the person or persons who graffitied the cenotaph in front of City Hall overnight. The official reaction is all “blahblah disrespecting Our VeteransTM,” but given that the spraypainted words are “YE BROKE FAITH WITH US,” I don’t think it’s the veterans that the graffitoes have a beef with.

[sabotabby]

I think it's likely a veteran who did it, and probably for quite sympathetic reasons.

[moon_custafer]

Dammit— the guy arrested for it apparently claims to have done so in support of Cherry?!
https://twitter.com/stu_mcginn/status/1195361902584647680?s=21

[sabotabby]

I think he has some pretty severe mental health issues. He used to hang around Occupy, which was a magnet for fringe types. I'm just glad it wasn't someone on our side, not that I think anyone would.