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5 More Productive Things Than Fleeing To Canada If Trump Gets Elected

Canada is great, but let's use our brains people

Catherine Cervone
Mar 07, 2016
Wesleyan University
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5 More Productive Things Than Fleeing To Canada If Trump Gets Elected
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I’ve never moved before. I grew up in the same house, in the same town my whole life. That being said, I can’t imagine what it would take to move to a whole new country. It’s hard to believe that anybody could be so enraged by a presidential election (not policy, just the act of an election) to make the conscious decision to relocate their entire family in the case Donald Trump is elected President. If you or anyone know is plagued by this thinking, please share this article with them.

1. Vote

I mean…duh.

2. Write A Letter

The chances he (Trump) reads it are so slim, but writing a letter that sits in a pile of mail in his office is still closer to enacting change than posting mindless, angry Facebook statuses.

3. Read A Civics Book

You can tweet all you want about how racist it is to build walls, but we have a governing system with checks and balances and a federal budget that prevent such rhetoric from coming to fruition.

4. Don’t Be Rude

Hating on Trump supporters doesn't make you holy. It doesn't make you enlightened. It just shows your friends that you’re a political jerk who ruins friendships over the diversity of opinions. Calm down and use your brain. If you share an article titled, “An Open Letter to My Friends Who Support Trump,” there is a high chance your “Friends Who Support Trump” will just scroll right past.

5. Support A Different Candidate in the Republican Party Even If You Don’t Like Them

I can guarantee that endorsing Marco Rubio or Ted Cruz is a lot easier then selling your house, packing up all your things, learning French, and moving to Canada. The only way to make sure Trump isn’t the nominee is to show that there are candidates with more support.


Don’t get me wrong, I love Canada. I just think it’s better to partake in some civic duties and common sense before fleeing there.

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