An Alberta café owner says his business has shuttered after he hosted separatists and lost customers. John Ewanek says his café in Cold Lake, called Beantrees, was already struggling due to inflation. He says things got worse after he hosted multiple events earlier this year for a group collecting signatures for a petition seeking a […]

Sounds like the business owner has entered the “find out” stage.

  • grte@lemmy.ca
    58·
    2 days ago

    FAFO, bucko.

    He said he disagreed with the public health measures put in place by Ottawa to curb the virus, including mask mandates.

    “It really affected me personally because I have anxiety issues and not seeing faces really affected me,” he said.

    Oh my fucking god, dude. None of us loved doing that. I’m sure the people with long covid are feeling pretty affected now, and the people who died might also have some opinions for you if they were still able to do things like have opinions.

    “Even if we don’t separate, I mean, we ought to talk about this stuff, you know? People don’t want to talk about it.”

    Yeah, you’re almost getting it. We want to talk and think about it so little you lost your business over it. Not that you’re learning any lessons from that.

      • grte@lemmy.ca
        33·
        18 hours ago

        He claimed Alberta should also leave Canada largely because Ottawa has mismanaged Canada’s food system. He said not enough food is grown domestically and it’s highly processed.

        “I just can’t even touch commercial chicken anymore. It’s just disgusts me,” he said.

        If I gambled I think that would be a pretty safe bet.

        [Edit] Not that I think these concerns on their own signify much, but taken as a whole with his other beliefs definitely paints a picture of the sort of granola fascist that supports RFK jr.