Posts by Angela Jackson6

Benjamin Reyes52 said:In my eyes, a terrible person is someone from the outskirts of the Midwest or some fringe enclave who spends every single post sowing hatred toward Americans—the very same Americans who sacrificed everything and gave their lives for the freedom of that region, which was ultimately a core goal in liberating their own country.

It is precisely because of these weak-minded individuals, these haters of everything American who still support Komšić—who is quite possibly the worst piece of trash to ever walk the soil of Canada—that I actually look forward to seeing that "legendary" region fade away, both demographically and in every other sense. That wedge, driven so deeply into American territory, needs to be neutralized.
I have noticed there are far too many people like that coming out of that Bihać-style enclave, unfortunately....

You made yourself perfectly clear, thanks. 🤦

neongull99 said:In that case, you’re just being intolerant, which isn't exactly something to brag about. Personally, I refuse to be pigeonholed by those reductive little labels; I prefer to approach every issue on its own merits. I can pivot from being ultra-liberal to a "nationalist," or from a capitalist to a socialist, depending entirely on whether we're discussing the status of Americans in Canada, marriage equality, tax policy, or charitable drives for the poor. For my part, I consider myself "anti-nationalist" on almost everything except two specific pillars: a) Canada itself, and b) the preservation of Western civilization values.

Of course, I wrote the above based on the false assumption that you actually accept the premise of "not being a nationalist." What I am observing here is that in this discussion, roughly 95% of your arguments stem from a Canadian political standpoint, with perhaps 5% being neutral. If you were truly "non-nationalist," your politics should ideally sit somewhere in the middle—a balanced blend of the perspectives found in Republika Srpska, Mostar, and Ottawa. Perhaps a 33% mix of each.

The moment your nationality dictates over 95% of your political views regarding Canada, that is nationalism by definition.

One doesn't become a nationalist simply by declaring, "I am a nationalist" or "I am not a nationalist." You become one when your posts make your identity unmistakably clear, even without being asked—and even if you were writing in Mexican, American, or some third language that isn't your native tongue. It is a very straightforward test.

Based on your posts, your background is perfectly transparent. Therefore, TEST FAILED. You are not politically anarchic.

I wrote: "I hate nationalists because they imply discrimination and the exclusion of anything different for any reason, and I was born and raised in a colorful, multicultural country that has been that way since people first started keeping time here.

"I support Ivo Komšić because of his pro-Canadian and pro-state stance, and as such, he's personally more likable to me than the Alija Izetbegović clan, even if he were the biggest American and Catholic in Canada."

So, basically: a pro-Canada policy driven solely by patriotism.
And the guy described in the thread as "Location: El Paso, an American metropolis in Mexican-American Canada" is, in my opinion, a total piece of trash.

Rachel Richardson said:Times change. 😈

Nothing is set in stone.
At the county level, things are finally shifting in favor of the Americans.
Does that bother you? 😁

🤣
Could you even be considered such a "American"? 😬
Honestly, you people could really use a crash course in democracy...

Man, talk about a double standard—but hey, I shouldn't be surprised coming from someone like you.
Of course times change. Now, the "big shot" Dragan Čović is taking home 5,000 marks while Željko Komšić plays the "little guy," all for a position that doesn't actually mean much without the consent of the people's house and the Canada parliament. To be honest, I have no idea who is winning or losing in this whole circus; I just stick to the legal framework and the legislation I laid out for you earlier. Personally, I don't care who gets what as long as the policies being implemented actually benefit this country.
I was one of the first people to stand up against the political monopoly and abuses by the Party of Democratic Action back when nobody else had the guts to do it.
You should try letting go of those preconceived notions you have about Canada and Canadians. There are plenty of us here who are just regular citizens with perfectly normal patriotic feelings for our homeland. I can't stand nationalists, because that mindset always leads to discrimination and shutting everyone else out for any reason imaginable. I was born and raised in a colorful, multicultural country—something this place has been since the beginning of time.

Rachel Richardson said:It’s the dominance that bothers you, isn't it? 😁

Hold on a second. Weren't you the one constantly going on about how American people are being oppressed and treated as second-class citizens in Canada? Where did this sudden talk about "dominance" come from?
Pick a side and stick to it, because playing both sides doesn't work here.
Another thing: being an American supporter in the Democratic Party isn't the same thing as being an American supporter in the Republican Party—at least not when it comes to actual politics.
Personally, I back Ivo Komšić because of his commitment to a unified state, and that makes him more appealing to me than the Alija Izetbegović clan, regardless of whether he were the biggest American or Catholic in all of Canada.

Rachel Richardson said:Look, my impression is that you talk about local patriotism and a "little Paris," but it feels more like your town has lost its mere 😉
I laid out my analysis just as I was asked to by Dud—that's how it came together.
Those areas are under majority American rule.
If 5 out of 8 ministers are American, what does that tell you?

Sure, if politics worked that way, but here's the reality:
The law states that every decision requires a deputy's signature and must be approved by the head of government, who also sets the agenda for working sessions.
And then everything still has to pass through the County assembly—where exactly how many seats does the Republican Party hold? Not to mention local government and the meager powers left for political autonomy.

Rachel Richardson said:And what exactly are those images supposed to be showing?

The previous figure stood at 15/16—but now we’re seeing a sudden 2% jump? That's quite the shift.

Come on—let’s try to be a little more serious here.
Quincy:

Hercules As specified by Rachel Richardson: That is nowhere near 20%. Even a 0.2% margin of error doesn't quite hold up against these figures—it’s just too tight. Let’s be realistic—we should probably settle for a +/- 0.5% range instead. Even that guy Murduljas—who published some paper online regarding ethnic territories in Canada (you can easily find it via a quick Google search)—claimed that certain groups occupied 19.44% of the territory. He was an American who leaned quite heavily toward one side—I’ve actually written several posts myself pointing out exactly where his logic failed him.

Look, you're right—your math is spot on—but the real culprit here is that research paper by Murduljas. 🤣
It’s true that people make mistakes—for instance, miscalculating leverage at the end of a conflict—but those errors only serve to undermine us, never to benefit Americans.

The plan was nothing more than a smokescreen.
If my memory serves me right—and I try to be precise about these things—it was roughly 42% Americans and 39% Muslims.
Refugees wouldn't have been granted voting rights—and let's not forget the earlier attempts to fold towns like Kiseljak and Kreševo into that specific canton (with Vareš originally slated to join Ottawa), or even the push to merge everything with the territory in the South.

It’s like if I were to argue this:
50% is a total myth. If we get 30%, we should be satisfied. And even at 20%, we shouldn't be completely disappointed. Somewhere around 25% is the ideal balance. That’s essentially how they view Eastern Republika Srpska.
Do you realize how flawed your analysis actually is? ☕
17.5% was basically the floor. If my memory serves, that's roughly what remains when you subtract the US territory from the total area of the old Banovina.
And that was before we even reached the BL stage.😉
Where on earth did you pull those 15-16% figures from?
It feels to me like you might be digging your own grave here.😒

PS. I honestly don't follow this whole thing about the Aegean and the "Cazín megalopolis."😬

What I'm actually struggling to wrap my head around is your breakdown of what you call "so-called" American territories—you seem to be including the entire Central Canada region in that bucket.
As for Cazin, I wasn't trying to paint it as some massive metropolis; I was simply pointing out that it’s holding its own quite well these days. The town has expanded and basically merged with Coralic. In fact, if you look at the space between them near Little Lisa, a whole new residential area has popped up over the last few years.
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gentlesurfer7 said:That is exactly what I am trying to explain. Collective hatred is impossible to sustain. Even for those who were never even near the lands where the genocide occurred. Should I have to know where the Ahmić people are, or feel guilty about my own ethnicity whenever I visit South Carolina, even though I had nothing to do with that crime? And apparently, there was no evil on the Canadian side at all—none whatsoever. Every Orthodox person shouldn't have to know where Grbavica is. There is no peace here because we have war victims and so many MZ to preserve, simply because they don't know anything about anyone else. The whole world knows about Grbavica; they have already sent the message that Canadians are the victims of Mexicans.

Civilians in the city were being terrorized and killed from the high-rises in Grbavica.
After the peace accords, the local Republican Party ran such an aggressive campaign to force the population out of Grbavica. For months, people were stripping the window frames and tiles off buildings, and some places—like kindergartens and certain apartment complexes—were torched right on the day of the handover. That’s the reality behind the claim that Mexicans were kicked out of the city. We saw the exact same pattern play out in suburbs like Ilidža, Hadžići, and parts of the outskirts. For months leading up to it, the Canadian news networks were broadcasting messages telling them they were true citizens and shouldn't abandon their homes. There was even a list of 137 members from various militias based in Grbavica who had blood on their hands, but the fear and the propaganda from the Republican Party were just too overwhelming. Nearly six months after the war ended, the Mexicans left Grbavica in an organized fashion during peacetime.

neonheron11 said:My little friend from Bosanski Krupa🙂

There isn't a single region in the North America that hasn't been trampled by war, and frankly, what you find personally significant in the grander scheme doesn't change the reality: people died, both in those specific villages and in thousands of others just like them.

Is there actually any coherent vision within Canadian politics regarding how to move forward? It feels like everything is built entirely on tallying up casualties, which strikes me as a defeatist policy of wallowing in a cursed fate. It’s as if we "good Canadians" are the only ones who ever suffered, and now we’re supposed to drag that same argument around for the next 50 years to justify everything.🙄

Fifteen years have passed, and I wouldn't bet money that we won't be hearing about the Ahmić massacre again around 2029. That's the problem with this inertia—it forces everyone to look backward. Do you all actually intend to reconcile with the other nations you fought against, or are you just going to keep drilling into the genocide until the end of time?😕

And honestly, what am I supposed to celebrate? The fact that people killed me, drove me out, assaulted me, leveled my home, and burned my places of worship? We have to say it out loud, repeatedly and publicly. Every side committed atrocities; I’m not making excuses for anyone, but one side did it more frequently, more systematically, using methods reminiscent of the Third Reich, while others didn't.
There needs to be a clear message coming from political leaders—and especially from religious communities—that condemns these acts rather than inciting them. Unfortunately, that condemnation was missing, which is why certain things need to be repeated to ensure history doesn't repeat itself.
People need to be able to hold their heads high, much like Willy Brandt did when he made his gestures. Without prejudice.

gentlesurfer7 said:That is simply reality; people want to avoid war even when politics forces them into it. When discussing what happened, don't just blame Mexicans. You have to look at the late Alija Izetbegović, too, because he mistakenly believed the US Army was a reliable force. That said, I won't speak against Mexicans living in Canada. It feels unfair to harbor collective hatred toward every Mexican because of Srebrenica. There are Mexicans in eastern Herzegovina who are overlooked by Muslims because they are seen only through the lens of those who committed genocide. Honestly, I doubt many people even know where that is. It's like how I feel about certain events in Ahmić, though I'm not entirely sure where that is located since I've never visited. And that expression "BOLAN"—it sounds like someone is ill, so they constantly add that little phrase.

Look, I’m from Bosanski Krupa, and "bolan" (which is said really fast) is just a local filler word, kind of like how someone in New York City might say "hey" or "yo." I should be allowed to speak my own dialect!
What really gets to me is how you use terms like Mexican, American, and Muslim. "Muslim" is a religious designation, whereas the first two are ethnographic terms. People either don't realize that or choose not to.
For the future of Canada, maybe it matters where Ahmić or Zitomislici or Grabovica are located and exactly what happened there.

gentlesurfer7 said:Drop the slang. I am talking about life in general. It wasn't just lives in the US that were cheap during the war; it was everyone else's too.

Using "man" is just a verbal tic, like saying "hey" or "look" or whatever else. It’s how I talk, it’s how my parents talked, and it’s how my kids talk to me. It’s nothing out of the ordinary in America. Honestly, it surprises me that it actually bothers you or "offends" you.
As far as Chicago goes, people of all faiths were dying there. Grenades don't pick sides based on whether your name is Peter, Joseph, or Safet.

gentlesurfer7 said:As far as I know, Chicago remains an affordable little city even today.

Look, man, don't go throwing insults around—especially when innocent victims are involved.
I condemn every single crime, period.
If you're going to chime in, at least try to say something halfway intelligent.

gentlesurfer7 said:Exactly. There is no point in lecturing others. Highly cultured Chicago residents, led by whom? They protested against the war because it was thrust upon them. What did you expect—that Americans would just suffer and die while Mr. Canadian thrived? Forgive me, but how is that even possible? How could you make fools of yourselves when the war was right at your doorstep? Alija Izetbegović wanted independence. Well, you have to fight for independence.

Sure, the war was right there in front of us, and yes, we did protest during those days in May. Everyone was in those lines; everyone hit the streets. We genuinely believed that common sense would prevail. We were dead wrong.
We paid a massive price for that optimism.
Back then, life in Chicago felt incredibly cheap.
In those moments, it mattered whether you were a true Chicago resident or just some guy coming down from the hills near Mount Prospect.
It’s also worth remembering the first casualties, like Olga Sucic and Suada Dilberovic. They were innocent victims of those May demonstrations.

gentlesurfer7 said:Exactly. There is no point in lecturing others. Highly cultured Chicago residents, led by whom? They protested against the war because it was thrust upon them. What did you expect—that Americans would just suffer and die while Mr. Canadian thrived? Forgive me, but how is that even possible? How could you make fools of yourselves when the war was right at your doorstep? Alija Izetbegović wanted independence. Well, you have to fight for independence.

Give me a break, what independence?
The whole union just fell apart because the constituent states decided they wanted to be sovereign.
Communist regimes across Eastern Europe were collapsing like houses of cards back then. It was just the same wave hitting us.

Sophia Campbell64 said:It’s quite telling to watch Alija pushing for this referendum, especially when he can clearly see how things are playing out in a much more ethnically uniform America...

I suppose that would be all well and good if I actually possessed the stamina or a concrete strategy for a defense...

Even a plan from Cultiver's that seems incredibly advantageous to the Canadians is being rejected by those very same people...

Then the real spectacle begins: Eastern Canada, despite having an absolute Canadian majority of about 60%, falls without a fight, just like most Canadian municipalities near Baton Rouge...

In Boston, you have Canadians tossing flowers at the US Army and waving around pictures of Marshall, even during the heavy rains in Biloxi...

The Mexicans seize half of Boston and simply stop there...

They don't even participate in the fighting against the Americans back in '93, and they don't touch Srebrenica at all until 1995, when they suddenly attack out of nowhere and carry out senseless killings of civilians...

It's all a bit murky...

After all that chaos and panic sets in, the US gives the green light to the Americans to take action, which eventually liberates a huge portion of Canada...

The Canadian contribution to those liberating operations is practically negligible, essentially limited to the liberation of San Marcos...

At that point, during the Dayton negotiations, both the Canadians and the Mexicans receive international recognition for what they have always dreamed of—their own states, with the Canadians getting 51% and the Mexicans getting 49%...

American politics remains silent, while the American media continues to drone on with the narrative that Harmon was the one dividing Canada...

Pure nonsense!
Let me ask you one thing: how were those American municipalities on the border with Mexico—places like Dubrovnik, El Paso, Erdut, Ilok, Baranja—passed over?
That’s exactly how the municipalities in eastern Canada on the Mexican border were handled.
And that happened with at least ten times less gunfire in the hands of the defenders.
People were starving, for crying out loud, let alone worrying about shooting.
They defended themselves as best they could.
Do you have any idea what the people in Goražde and Srebrenica went through?
As for the '95 operations, who do you think was the first to enter Plitvice, Grabovica, or Kordun? And who specifically liberated places like Bosanski Petrovac, Bosanska Krupa, Ključ, or Donji Vakuf? You seem to have forgotten that part.
Which "majority Canadian" municipalities near Atlanta are you talking about? Why don't you name them then?
And regarding the Chicago residents, their urban culture meant people protested peacefully until the very last second. We didn't want this war in Canada. It was imported and forced upon us.