However surprised can also mean aware of the situation and finds it incongruent with their beliefs. It doesn't necessarily mean lack of knowledge. The attitude to America has changed rapidly and harshly, but so has America.
As an American I'm with Canada on this. Also I doubt highly that it was "anti American" as much as it was "anti fascist assholes". The fascist assholes can't tell the difference.
But see he "hates" them with a reason. Or doesnt see it as "hate". He doesnt understand why Canadians speak bad about the US when its obvious all the awful things Trump says about Canada are so he can make a better deal.
He might understand it better if you tell him to think of it more like why his kids/grandkids hate him
He's successful enough at minding his keepers to be appointed ambassador. He's got all the qualifications he needs to work for the Chump administration!
I actually like that he is such a douche nozzle. He is stirring up anti-american sentiment better than any other ambassador. Keep him in his job and FUCK the USA!
That is because it is. Incidentally the kind of arrogant gaslighting language he uses is exactly the same language Russian ambassadors have been using since they invaded Ukraine.
There is just one rulebook for fascists, so it becomes pretty easy to predict and interpret their behaviour once you have learnt it (the rulebook being just read any part of history that involves fascists taking power in a country).
I saw the interview, this fucker had the AUDACITY to chastise Canadians for 'not being passionate about america' it incompetence weren't the defining trait of USians I would think his real mission is to fan the flames.
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Treczoks@lemmy.world · 64 pts · 354d
An Ambassador should not be surprised about the host countries attitude to his homeland. He should be the first to know about this, and the reasons.
hitmyspot@aussie.zone · 24 pts · 354d
A GOOD ambassador.
However surprised can also mean aware of the situation and finds it incongruent with their beliefs. It doesn't necessarily mean lack of knowledge. The attitude to America has changed rapidly and harshly, but so has America.
Toto@lemmy.world · 60 pts · 354d
Add me to the list: go fuck yourself.
db2@lemmy.world · 39 pts · 354d
As an American I'm with Canada on this. Also I doubt highly that it was "anti American" as much as it was "anti fascist assholes". The fascist assholes can't tell the difference.
Toto@lemmy.world · 21 pts · 354d
As a Canadian, I am with Americans who are against this too. Stay strong.
Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca · 9 pts · 354d
...and my "go fuck yourself" too.
acockworkorange@mander.xyz · 5 pts · 353d
And my axe!
AbsolutelyNotAVelociraptor@sh.itjust.works · 41 pts · 354d
Breaking news: Fascist fucked around and they are finding out.
NOT_RICK@lemmy.world · 36 pts · 354d
Kolanaki@pawb.social · 35 pts · 354d
Has anyone explained it to them like this:
"You know how you hate minorities, homosexuals, trans people and women? That's how normal human beings feel about you ghoulish clowns."
???
Catma@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 353d
But see he "hates" them with a reason. Or doesnt see it as "hate". He doesnt understand why Canadians speak bad about the US when its obvious all the awful things Trump says about Canada are so he can make a better deal.
He might understand it better if you tell him to think of it more like why his kids/grandkids hate him
Cevilia@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 31 pts · 353d
SkyNTP@lemmy.ml · 24 pts · 354d
Introspection is a lost art.
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today · 6 pts · 353d
Conservatives are incapable of introspection
notsosure@sh.itjust.works · 21 pts · 354d
Suck it up, Hoekstra. You made your bed, so lie in it. Or even better: tell Trump he’s an anti-democratic pumpkin and quit.
updn@lemmy.ca · 20 pts · 354d
Go back to your swamp, fuckhead
ekZepp@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 354d
Hobbes_Dent@lemmy.world · 23 pts · 354d
Overused perhaps, but this one really sums it up.
moody@lemmings.world · 6 pts · 354d
So unrealistic. The bow goes above the bridge, not below it.
Ignot@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 353d
And it's holding it like a cello!
acockworkorange@mander.xyz · 4 pts · 353d
He's doing his best, okay?
MrSulu@lemmy.ml · 18 pts · 353d
He'd shit his pants if he went to visit Europe.
Lanske@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 353d
In the previous Trump administration he was ambassador to the Netherlands and he made so much shit up about our country. People hated him
Mim@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 353d
We had Grenell over here. Wanker seemed to think he was the Viceroy. I'd have trouble to explain his behaviour otherwise.
The Yanks can go fuck themselves.
FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca · 16 pts · 354d
And Canada is disappointed America fucked up so badly
RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 353d
Lol, “fuck our trade partners” is what trump says, then “why u mad?” Is what this guy says?
shittydwarf@piefed.social · 16 pts · 354d
Let's expel him
viking@infosec.pub · 10 pts · 354d
No need, it's good to have a mouthpiece to the orange overlord telling him how shit his petty attempts at stirring shit are holding up.
Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 354d
Do you think he is functional in any way? Is he relaying Trumps incoherent babble to Canada, or is he providing insight on Canada to Trump?
The answer to both is no. He is a failure, too stupid to realize it.
spinne@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 354d
He's successful enough at minding his keepers to be appointed ambassador. He's got all the qualifications he needs to work for the Chump administration!
viking@infosec.pub · 2 pts · 354d
Or too smart to bite the hand that feeds. Either way, whoever they'd send as a replacement won't be better, but possibly worse.
lemmy_outta_here@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 353d
I actually like that he is such a douche nozzle. He is stirring up anti-american sentiment better than any other ambassador. Keep him in his job and FUCK the USA!
Treczoks@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 353d
Well, reality can be disappointing for those who lost touch with the real world long ago.
Almacca@aussie.zone · 12 pts · 354d
You reap what you sow, brother.
Trollivier@sh.itjust.works · 12 pts · 353d
You're not owed respect. Gotta deserve it.
CAWright@infosec.pub · 11 pts · 354d
criss_cross@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 354d
I didn’t realize this dude was still around.
Way back when he was bbq’d for this tweet
https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/pete-hoekstra
Bebopalouie@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 354d
I used it too but then someone pointed out it’s not a violin. I can’t tell. It’s so tiny.
latenightnoir@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 10 pts · 354d
Does anyone actually believe these Fascists with their high-ground posturing anymore? Because it simply feels like shitty role-play at this point...
PlaidBaron@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 354d
We never did here in Canada, hence the anti-American sentiment this fucknut is disappointed by.
Rothe@piefed.social · 3 pts · 353d
That is because it is. Incidentally the kind of arrogant gaslighting language he uses is exactly the same language Russian ambassadors have been using since they invaded Ukraine.
There is just one rulebook for fascists, so it becomes pretty easy to predict and interpret their behaviour once you have learnt it (the rulebook being just read any part of history that involves fascists taking power in a country).
Randomgal@lemmy.ca · 6 pts · 353d
I saw the interview, this fucker had the AUDACITY to chastise Canadians for 'not being passionate about america' it incompetence weren't the defining trait of USians I would think his real mission is to fan the flames.
FerretyFever0@fedia.io · 6 pts · 354d
Aurrrrr naurrrrrrrrr
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 5 pts · 353d
Someone else pointed out that this is the exact gameplan that Putin went with regarding Ukraine and Crimea