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A driver plowed a car into a crowd at a street festival celebrating Filipino heritage in Vancouver on Saturday night, killing at least nine people and injuring others.

Some of those attending the festival helped arrest the suspect at the scene, who police identified as a 30-year-old man.

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“It’s something you don’t expect to see in your lifetime,” Kris Pangilinan, a Toronto-based journalist, told Canadian public broadcaster CBC. “[The driver] just slammed the pedal down and rammed into hundreds of people. It was like seeing a bowling ball hit — all the bowling pins and all the pins flying up in the air.”

He continued, “It was like a war zone… There were bodies all over the ground.”

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[–] [email protected] 87 points 1 month ago (6 children)

I know it's a slim chance and I'm going out on a limb here, but something tells me the driver was a white conservative.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 month ago

I prefer to call them "Poilievre voters"

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That's quite racist of you. Great job.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Why are you defending these people? You must be a white conservative yourself, who hates Canada and says Trump to invade.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

I don't believe in pushing any stereotypes in aggregate. Just as I wouldn't say he was a Chinese Commie who can't drive.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 month ago

Apparently it was mental health related, and he was apologizing when he came out of the car

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (4 children)

Video shows the person looks Asian. Probably conservative. I’d imagine a lot of Filipinos voted for Trump too.

EDIT: Filipinos. Not Filipino Canadians.

[–] [email protected] 86 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Going out on a limb that most of the Filipinos in that crowd didn't vote for Trump, being that it happened in Canada

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Filipinos, not Filipino Canadians.

[–] [email protected] 51 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I’d imagine a lot of Filipinos voted for Trump too.

Doubtful in Vancouver.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Now I'm curious as to how many people outside the US vote for American candidates as write-in votes.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

I mean, they're still probably right that a lot of Filipinos probably voted for Trump still. Just not many in that crowd probably. And very unlikely to be "most"

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Seems like people already believe Canada is a US state. I dunno if I should laugh at the stupidity or cry that stupidity is winning

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

You misunderstand. And you’re not a very nice person. What I’m suggesting is that Filipinos have the same beliefs across the border. ChatGPT doesn’t seem to believe that’s the case tho.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

What I'm suggesting is I am asking ChatGPT to validate my idea that all Filipinos have the same beliefs, wherever they are, almost as if their worldviews are entirely determined by their racial/ethnic origin.

Please stop and maybe read the things your write outloud before you post them...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Ditto.

And yeah, Filipinos are very catholic so it would make sense that they lean conservative.

[–] RedditRefugee69 2 points 1 month ago

Talk about a pick me gesture; I guess he's trying to prove he's "one of the good ones."

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

I'm going out on a limb here, but [NPC karma farming opinion]

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

... and you'd be wrong.