Emotional support Canadians' offer to help Americans stressed by U.S. election

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https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/america-votes/emotional-support-canadians-offer-to-help-americans-stressed-by-u-s-election-1.5173970

 

TORONTO -- A growing number of self-proclaimed “emotional support Canadians” are reaching out on social media to help Americans stressed by the U.S. election as the polls tighten.

The term “emotional support Canadians” was trending on Tuesday night as election results started to heat up and Canadians began offering help

 

 

 

[Burnt Reynolds 5,058]

Largely because Canadian media shows far more US news than Canadian. Distracting the populace from their own problems seems to be effective, and has helped the Liberal government immensely in squashing major corruption scandals of their own. I think this is a great experiment though in how media helps facilitate fear and irrational response.

 

At any rate, I'm an American (someone with a personal stake in the election) and I won't need any sort of support nor therapy if my candidate loses. It's a normal part of life. It'll be interesting how this obsession about the boogeymen elsewhere might translate to the next Canadian elections in several years, even though we won't be here for them.

Edited November 8, 2020 by Burnt Reynolds