Travelling With a Separatist Alberta Group That Thinks the CBC Are ‘Federalist Scumbags’ Publishing ‘Drivel’ ⇥ mcsweeneys.net

Joel Dryden, in a CBC News article with the headline “On the Road With Pro-Independence Albertans, One Small Town at a Time”:

The restaurant owner, who gained prominence during the COVID-19 pandemic, has hit the road this summer to talk independence, travelling with a group of people who also support the idea of Alberta becoming its own nation.

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On the back of the vehicle, a Bible verse printed in script: Jeremiah 29:7 — “Seek the peace and prosperity of the city to which I have carried you into exile. Pray to the Lord for it, because if it prospers, you too will prosper.”

Mike Skerrett, in a 2018 McSweeney’s article with the headline “I Traveled to a Diner In Trump Country to Write Another Article On Whether the President’s Supporters Still Want to, Quote, ‘Smash My Libtard Face In'”:

I came to this diner, The No Safe Space Café, to get a taste of the Real America. This America exists outside the liberal echo chambers, somewhere with real diversity of thought: The opinions of straight, white, Christian men.

Chris Scott — the “restaurant owner” driving the separatist campaign bus with Dryden aboard — has previously called the CBC “liars, thieves and Federalist bootlickers” who publish “drivel”. Replace the U.S.-centrism of the McSweeney’s piece with a Canadian vibe, and is it really all that different?