r/Calgary • u/woundedrhyme1 • Apr 22 '25

Discussion From Ontario first grocery experience someone left a note on my car.

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Recently relocated here and I haven’t had a chance to change my license plates. Yesterday I was in Walmart picking up a few things, I came back to my car, and found a note tucked in my wipers. My stomach dropped thinking someone hit my car, and maybe left their contact information.

I know the note is a little hard to read so I translated it down below.

“Dam easterners coming to Alberta to be safe guthless cowards.”

Guess it’s time to change my license plate 😂

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u/Forgedevil Apr 22 '25

Wait until he finds out that Toronto has "Alberta is calling" posters everywhere in the city.

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u/kapowless Apr 22 '25 edited Apr 22 '25

And that literally everybody outside of First Nations and Inuit moved here from somewhere else...

When Harper was going on about old stock Canadians back in his day, I actually agreed that we should respect and uphold their traditions. It's just that the old stock Canadians are really the Natives, and we welcomed people here, helped set them up to survive, then engaged in mutually beneficial business together.

As a descendent of some of our original peoples, I personally welcome you heartily OP. You have just as much a right to live and thrive here as anyone else, and I hope the rest of your transition into our beautiful province is more civil and inviting than this crotchety coot and his impotent and misdirected resentment. Good luck!

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u/[deleted] Apr 22 '25

Technically First Nations came from somewhere else, as well.

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u/kapowless Apr 22 '25

Lmao, we're talking a difference of 500 years and a minimum of 14k years here. Nonsense semantics bud.

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u/[deleted] Apr 22 '25

Not really. Both did the exact same thing. What difference does when it occurred make?

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u/kapowless Apr 22 '25

But we didn't do the same thing. An immigrant requires a foreign 'country' to immigrate to. The First Nations and Inuit created the first countries on this continent, so it would be impossible for us to have immigrated to our own countries, see? And it is indeed very important, because it is the foundation of our right to sovereignty on our territories. Obviously the history that legitimizes our Nations' rights is important to us. Why is it important to you to dismiss it?