Ontario Premier Doug Ford has promised to keep U.S. alcohol off LCBO shelves until the tariffs placed on Canadian goods by President Donald Trump are dropped 'entirely.'
I think you’re right. The statement from the Kentucky Distillers Association is absolutely meant to make you feel bad. It’s apologist slop that shifts the blame to potential foreign consumers.
It should be known that Kentucky’s largest city is deep blue and voraciously in favor of civil liberties and representative democracy. The Louisville subreddit had a thread on this and most people talking called the Association out for this terrible letter.
The general consensus in blue Kentucky is that: Feeling bad just enables the assholes like the Distillers Association. It’s unfortunate that those who tried to stop all this from happening will be hurt by the few who made it happen.
But as someone who will be personally be hurt and impacted by the loss of bourbon sales—give us hell. Don’t buy Bourbon. Don’t buy American. Thank you for not enable this bullshit.
Deep blue cities in deep red states can be pretty great places. Austin’s another example.
Maybe I’m dreaming, but I hope that all these people suffering because of the GOP makes some red states shift to purple, and some purple ones go solidly blue. But, I really wonder if it’s a lost cause.
Under every GOP president in the 21st century, Canada has been attacked. Under Bush Jr it was because Canada refused to join the US in attacking Iraq after 9/11. Canada sent soldiers to Afghanistan (a step-cousin of mine died there), but thought the justification for attacking Iraq just wasn’t there. That led to months of tension with Americans boycotting Canadian goods. Of course it wasn’t just Canada, it was Europe too (the famous “freedom fries” BS).
Then the US elected Trump, not just once but twice. A quarter century of this kind of thing means it’s more than just a fluke This is who the US is, and the country really can’t be trusted anymore. Sure, under the next democratic president things might get back to normal for a while, but it’s just a matter of time before the country elects someone like Ivanka Trump or Meghan McCain or something.
I don’t know if the US will ever win back the world’s trust.
I think you’re right. The statement from the Kentucky Distillers Association is absolutely meant to make you feel bad. It’s apologist slop that shifts the blame to potential foreign consumers.
It should be known that Kentucky’s largest city is deep blue and voraciously in favor of civil liberties and representative democracy. The Louisville subreddit had a thread on this and most people talking called the Association out for this terrible letter.
The general consensus in blue Kentucky is that: Feeling bad just enables the assholes like the Distillers Association. It’s unfortunate that those who tried to stop all this from happening will be hurt by the few who made it happen.
But as someone who will be personally be hurt and impacted by the loss of bourbon sales—give us hell. Don’t buy Bourbon. Don’t buy American. Thank you for not enable this bullshit.
Deep blue cities in deep red states can be pretty great places. Austin’s another example.
Maybe I’m dreaming, but I hope that all these people suffering because of the GOP makes some red states shift to purple, and some purple ones go solidly blue. But, I really wonder if it’s a lost cause.
Under every GOP president in the 21st century, Canada has been attacked. Under Bush Jr it was because Canada refused to join the US in attacking Iraq after 9/11. Canada sent soldiers to Afghanistan (a step-cousin of mine died there), but thought the justification for attacking Iraq just wasn’t there. That led to months of tension with Americans boycotting Canadian goods. Of course it wasn’t just Canada, it was Europe too (the famous “freedom fries” BS).
Then the US elected Trump, not just once but twice. A quarter century of this kind of thing means it’s more than just a fluke This is who the US is, and the country really can’t be trusted anymore. Sure, under the next democratic president things might get back to normal for a while, but it’s just a matter of time before the country elects someone like Ivanka Trump or Meghan McCain or something.
I don’t know if the US will ever win back the world’s trust.