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Saw this over on the other site. Seems like a fantastic idea.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

I'm going to be honest, this conveys support in the eyes of Americans. You can't use iconography to disparage them they just recognize shapes and colors and think you are cheering.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 13 minutes ago

Which honestly makes this perfect. Imagine Fox picks this up and runs with a story like "The fake media claims Canadians are boycotting American goods, but look at this supportive stencil!"

Which via the Streisand effect will cause it to be used more and hopefully result in a more effective boycott.

[–] [email protected] 34 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

I love that the picture shows Home Depot. A company with the track record of donating to republicans.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

Apparently Rona is also American. Peavy is going out of business. I wish there was a better hardware store than Canadian Tire around me.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) (1 children)

Home hardware is fantastic. They even have a "home supply" brand in many places that sells building supplies.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 hours ago
[–] [email protected] 4 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (1 children)

Rona is Canadian. HQ in Quebec.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Rona is owned by a US private equity firm. It was Canadian, but not for years now.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

God damn. What does that mean in terms of tax, etc? They still pay corporation tax and whatnot in Canada? Profits, etc. reported in Canada or repatriated to the US?

What about Home Hardware?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 41 minutes ago

home hardware is canadian... but at least in my small community they are very small stores

[–] [email protected] 10 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

Good use of graffiti frankly, especially when contrasted with most of the other graffiti we've been seeing.