There's a BBS called "Slackers" and it has an IRC feature. I had been BBS-friends with the sysop of that BBS for almost 10 years. We used to chat about all kinds of stuff. He was a cool Canadian guy.

All along, I always blabbed pro-Trump stuff in the chat. A few of the other people in the chat are also MAGA, even some Canadian MAGA. But not my buddy, the sysop. He always stayed quiet about politics.. until one day when he started to show symptoms of TDS.

I'm a political guy, but I'm not like one of those weird guys from Burger King who ONLY talks politics 24/7. I'll talk about other stuff. But my Canadian buddy got such a bad case of TDS that he banned me from his BBS and thereby banned me from the chat too.

It's ok but it's so stupid. I love Trump and I think TDS people are stupid, but I'm nice to them and I wouldn't kick them off my BBS. What a D1ck.

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Aaron Thomas wrote to All <=-

Burger King who ONLY talks politics 24/7. I'll talk about other stuff.
But my Canadian buddy got such a bad case of TDS that he banned me from his BBS and thereby banned me from the chat too.

It's ok but it's so stupid. I love Trump and I think TDS people are stupid, but I'm nice to them and I wouldn't kick them off my BBS. What
a D1ck.

So let me tell you the stories that I have on this.

The main BBS I used to call was big one. I will be nice and not name it. This was at the hight of the COVID scamdemic and I stated some opinions about people who lined up for the jab and all the boosters. (BTW: History has proven my opinions were correct.) He didn't like what I said and at some point, he said that he blocked me.

Now I took that to mean that he added me on to his twit list so that he wouldn't have to see my messages.

Nope. He told his BBS to filter out all my messages to everywhere. So if I posted a response in a networked message base on his BBS, it went to no other system. Talk about cancel culture. On top of that, if one of my messages from a different BBS on those networked bases went THROUGH his BBS, his BBS would silently drop that message.

Now if he had simply blocked me from his BBS, that would have been fine. He's the sysop and can do that, but to quietly suppress my messages from other BBSs - a total jerk move.

I've found this happening in some other networked message bases too. Sysops of BBSs that I don't call filter my messages on their BBSs so that messages I leave on other BBSs can't go through their systems.

So I call several BBSs and overlap the networked message bases to see if my messages are getting filtered.

And there are networked message bases I don't bother to try to participate in anymore. Note that I'm probably not the only one that they did this to because most of those networks are pretty much dead now.


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if I posted a response in a networked message base on his BBS, it went
to no other system. Talk about cancel culture. On top of that, if one
of my messages from a different BBS on those networked bases went
THROUGH his BBS, his BBS would silently drop that message.

That's major overkill. This guy who kicked me off his BBS went to great lengths too. I try to log in and it says "All nodes are in use." (I'm certain that that's not some weird Mystic bug.)

If I were still running a BBS, I would certainly welcome people who disagree with my political views.

And there are networked message bases I don't bother to try to
participate in anymore. Note that I'm probably not the only one that
they did this to because most of those networks are pretty much dead now.

Zeronet is kind of a fart-sniffing operation. You have to say things that JP wants to hear or else you'll hear it from him. The 2 or 3 people who post on there know how to please him.

I like the Dovenet guys. They are pretty decent.

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On 09 Aug 2026, Aaron Thomas said the following...

It's ok but it's so stupid. I love Trump and I think TDS people are stupid, but I'm nice to them and I wouldn't kick them off my BBS. What a D1ck.

Canada is in a technical recession right now because of Trumps trade negotiations... My mother who I always believed was conservative has a case of TDS... I'm worried that she'll start to look like Rosie O'Donnell.

Canada has been fortunate to be next to the US for the time it has... The US has subsidized its existence. For example, Canada makes ~20% of the cars for the US, Trump wants to move manufacturing to the US and have Americans make the cars.

There are issues in Canada, instead of working with Trump to secure a favorable deal for everyone... we have retards negotiating for Canada.

Here's an example... Canada wants EVs... instead of having Canadians make them, we have the plants, Canada import them from CHINA.

All the liberals are back east in the 2 largest provinces and these are the people who vote these people in.

Out west Alberta will be voting this October to leave Canada, become its own country or the 51st State.

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Canada is in a technical recession right now because of Trumps trade

I get it, but I look at it this way: The Iranians have killed 14 Americans since the Iran-USA conflict began. But I'm not going to treat the Iranians who I encounter any differently. They didn't do anything to me, so I'm not going to (for example) kick them off my BBS.

Canada has been fortunate to be next to the US for the time it has...
The US has subsidized its existence. For example, Canada makes ~20% of the cars for the US, Trump wants to move manufacturing to the US and
have Americans make the cars.

I think I get that too. People always joke about how kind Canadians are, but it's actually the other way around. We've been kind to them economically, and yea, we've bought a lot of Canadian cars, and the Liberal Party was/is taking us for granted, so it's time for an orange fist up their butts ;)

Here's an example... Canada wants EVs... instead of having Canadians
make them, we have the plants, Canada import them from CHINA.

I don't know all the details, but you know where I come from. If I were to have that conversation with a Canadian leftist, I'd start with "How is it better to import EVs than to build them in Canada?" and of course they wouldn't have a logical answer.

All the liberals are back east in the 2 largest provinces and these are the people who vote these people in.

Out west Alberta will be voting this October to leave Canada, become its own country or the 51st State.

I like option #1. I think they should name it "MAGAland."

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On 11 Aug 2026, Aaron Thomas said the following...

I get it, but I look at it this way: The Iranians have killed 14
Americans since the Iran-USA conflict began. But I'm not going to treat the Iranians who I encounter any differently. They didn't do anything to me, so I'm not going to (for example) kick them off my BBS.

No, I agree... Iran needed to go, every president for the last 47 years said the same thing... Trump said the same thing but did something about it.

Liberals can be weird... In Canada they voted Justin Trudeau and Mark Carney in. Canada is like NY State. Sometimes NYC will vote in idiots and sometimes the rest of the stat just have to go for the tide...


The 2 eastern provinces, Ontario and Quebec choose the leader by sure numbers.

Trump made a joke about Canada needing to be the 51 State and the liberals capitalized on that and they won an other term in office. Had Trump not made that Joke we might have had a Conservative leader and we'd be better off.

The trade between Canada and the US is ~323 Billion whereby the US buys ~ 80% of that and Canada @ ~ 20%. Trump sees that as an issue... Why is that 80/20 and not better like 60/40 or 50/50.

Trump would like to see US Banks and or Cell Phone companies move up ... and a bunch of things... Free trade!!!

Well, this is not the case. Canada makes 20% of all the cars for the US, Trump wants them made in the US by Americans... AND it looks like he's doing exactly that.

Anyway, either Canada is not listening to Trump's demands or they are stupid... or both.

The fix for Canada is either start working on the trade agreement or stop selling their sh!t to the US and just move on.

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On 11 Aug 2026, Aaron Thomas said the following...

I like option #1. I think they should name it "MAGAland."

Alberta is like Texas...

People here work 12 hour days and back east it like working part time having to work 8 hours.

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Liberals can be weird... In Canada they voted Justin Trudeau and Mark Carney in. Canada is like NY State. Sometimes NYC will vote in idiots and sometimes the rest of the stat just have to go for the tide...

I see it. I've spoken with conservatives from at least 3 provinces. Ontarians are fed up with the trans stuff. British Columbians are fed up with the illegal immigrants. And Albertans are fed up with everything.

The 2 eastern provinces, Ontario and Quebec choose the leader by sure numbers.

You mean President Xi? lol Yea, they choose him totally.

Trump made a joke about Canada needing to be the 51 State and the
liberals capitalized on that and they won an other term in office. Had Trump not made that Joke we might have had a Conservative leader and
we'd be better off.

Yea I don't know what was the point of that comment nor the one about "purchasing Greenland." I like when he stirs up our leftists but he shouldn't mess with the Canadian ones. He could have done more to help Pierre.

Well, this is not the case. Canada makes 20% of all the cars for the
US, Trump wants them made in the US by Americans... AND it looks like
he's doing exactly that.

I'm beginning to realize how big of a deal the automotive industry is for our country. It's the most expensive product a person can buy besides a house, so how ridiculous is it to let other countries, especially communist ones, make all the money off them? That's like ripping the copper plumbing out of your house for beer money.

The fix for Canada is either start working on the trade agreement or stop selling their sh!t to the US and just move on.

Right, but the fix for Canada isn't the fix for Carney. Carney and his puppeteers need division, and a trade deal in would ruin all their effort to keep Canadians angry with MAGA people.

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Alberta is like Texas...

People here work 12 hour days and back east it like working part time having to work 8 hours.

That could become the new Texas for a lot of conservative Americans. Moving to Montana wouldn't be as cool as moving to actual "MAGAland."

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On 12 Aug 2026, Aaron Thomas said the following...

That could become the new Texas for a lot of conservative Americans. Moving to Montana wouldn't be as cool as moving to actual "MAGAland."

I'm pro MAGAland as long as they don't bring the Ontario and Quebec into the mix.

Fun fact... I don't recall the city but... There was a place in Florida who had a high population of French Snowbirds living there... they wanted to get all the signs does bilingual... and Bubba and his buddies drove through the area shooting their guns and yelling that they should go home.

The French Speaking Snowbirds took their request off the table.

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Fun fact... I don't recall the city but... There was a place in Florida who had a high population of French Snowbirds living there... they
wanted to get all the signs does bilingual... and Bubba and his buddies drove through the area shooting their guns and yelling that they should
go home.

Ha! We don't take kindly to that sh~t, eh? lol

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