A reminder to myself
Feb. 9th, 2025 07:19 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dewlineI refuse to become an American on any terms set forth by Donald Trump and his enablers and accomplices. I refuse to be coerced into American citizenship.
I am a Canadian by birth and by choice.
Should I decide to change this position, it will be in a time and place and for reasons of my choosing.
This is not meant as disrespect to the American nation and those who choose to be part of it, whether they are so recognized or not. In nationality, as in religion, there must be no coercion. I am convinced that most who see themselves as American agree with me on this point.
Those who demand the right to coerce any and all of us in such things...they have earned our shared disrespect and contempt.
I recognize and remember that such coercion has been committed by past and current governments of both Canada and the States. Such coercion must cease, and reparations made to whatever degree possible to those who've suffered as a result.
There are others things that need saying, and I hope to determine what those things should be. In the meantime, let's carry on with all our business matters and personal amusements to whatever degree we can.
I am a Canadian by birth and by choice.
Should I decide to change this position, it will be in a time and place and for reasons of my choosing.
This is not meant as disrespect to the American nation and those who choose to be part of it, whether they are so recognized or not. In nationality, as in religion, there must be no coercion. I am convinced that most who see themselves as American agree with me on this point.
Those who demand the right to coerce any and all of us in such things...they have earned our shared disrespect and contempt.
I recognize and remember that such coercion has been committed by past and current governments of both Canada and the States. Such coercion must cease, and reparations made to whatever degree possible to those who've suffered as a result.
There are others things that need saying, and I hope to determine what those things should be. In the meantime, let's carry on with all our business matters and personal amusements to whatever degree we can.
