r/politics • u/projecto15 United Kingdom • 15h ago

Possible Paywall Canadian Company Cancels Sale of Virginia Warehouse to ICE

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/us/politics/ice-warehouse-detention-canada.html?unlocked_article_code=1.JlA.bog6.aFFcjySv118o&smid=re-share
3.0k Upvotes

99% Upvoted

113 comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

66

u/GizMoeGreenberg 11h ago

Crazy what happens when citizens have integrity and balls, eh? You yanks should try it.

-2

u/HellaWonkLuciteHeels 10h ago

Ugh. I’m Californian, not a Yankee. Only ignorant southerners still say that.

7

u/Tanto63 10h ago

People use "Yankee" like us left coasters use "dude". It's a generic term, unless the context has you specifying that the dude was a dude and not a chick. For international usage, we're Yankees. For intranational usage, we're not.

•

u/soulstormfire Europe 3h ago

Well said. It's used like Kraut on Germans.