r/canadaguns Mar 01 '26

Shitpost / Memes Gun grab supporter starter pack

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u/HootieHO Mar 01 '26

Daily reminder that the elbows up movement is about supporting Canadian businesses and products, something that should be non-partisan.

If you have a negative perception and like to sarcastically crack jokes about it, its because your algorithm has exposed you to American/Russian propaganda and you bought it, and are now doing their work for them by actively trying to shit on the movement

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u/Hot_Piano_4387 Mar 01 '26

What an absurd take, it was an LPC campaign slogan that morphed into a dog whistle for boomers and LPC sycophants. It also helped our Canadian corporate monopolies ramp up price gouging because "patriotism". Now your grocery prices are up 7% per month and anyone that criticises this is somehow anti-Canadian.

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u/HootieHO Mar 02 '26

Coined by Mike Myers on SNL and gained momentum as grass roots effort from there.

Of course co-opted by goofy politicians, both left and right.

This effort and slogan has virtually nothing to do with the corporate price gouging that has been going on for years, and would be almost objectively worse under the even more corporate favouring conservatives...

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u/Shitmonkey5425 Mar 02 '26

Mike Myers is the last thing I think of when I hear Canadian treasure or am feeling like a proud Canadian lol it’s all so goofy