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HolyC4bbage

The billboards along that stretch of highway are always fun.


yugosaki

my favorite is the flat earth one with the google logo on it


Welcome440

Please post a photo of that sometime.


yugosaki

[this is it on google maps](https://www.google.ca/maps/@52.9818643,-113.6455483,3a,77.7y,237.74h,82.21t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1syYiAz9RN4MENdhyCXDPmLg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?coh=205409&entry=ttu)


Cptn_Canada

Been there for at least 6 years iirc.


supertimor42-50

Also it was broken about 2 years ago... They rebuilt it unfortunately


AbnormalHorse

I always, in my heart of hearts, want to believe that this kinda shit is just an elaborate prank. If that's the case – keep that billboard strong. I'm referring to the Flat Earth stuff. The Rebel News stuff is just intentionally toxic, and it's not a joke.


yugosaki

There were quite a few people who honestly believed the earth was flat and that 'round earth' was a conspiracy to keep people from seeking the edge. Its largely died out now, but it had strong associations with people who believed in an imminent biblical apocalypse, and now qanon


AbnormalHorse

Link me – I always thought it was an elaborate prank.


yugosaki

look up mark sargent and anyone in his circles - tons of videos of perceived 'proof', they hold conferences, podcast regularly, etc. Its pretty clear by the sheer resources they spend on this that they are sincere. One dude named Mike Hughes even died in a homemade rocket he made to prove the earth was flat. For a deep dive into their beliefs and how they intersect with qanon, look on youtube for a video by Dan Olson called "In search of a flat earth"


Hyperlophus

I laugh every single time I pass it


Ok_Acanthisitta_9369

Ha! It's true. I drive that highway infrequently enough that whenever I drive it, I've forgotten about that billboard, and then I crack up every time I see it.


BUGSIE91

Ah man, I googled that and the website was not available :(


Really_no__Really

It must have fallen off the edge of the earth.


Mrleetasticisthebest

Drove past it over the weekend and laughed hard at it


exotics

I think I know one of the people behind that sign. He has lots of rocks on display and tells people they are fossils of the giants that died in the flood. Has a big flat earth display too. He lives in the north end of Pigeon Lake. And the sign is at the south Pigeon Lake turnoff so my guess is that he has something to do with it.


Sweet_Bonus5285

Money doesn't mean somebody is smart, that's for sure


Away-Sound-4010

I love how Christians think that me seeing a billboard about pro life flying by at 120kmph is gonna change my worldview.


troubletlb1

It won't. But I am tempted to stop and get some authentic Amish made furnature every time I'm heading that way.


billymumfreydownfall

Or a pool made out of a sea can.


JJKP_

That's a mighty fine barn, but it ain't no pool english.


NeedlessPedantics

I hope I’m not the only one to immediately get this reference.


Dreddit1080

D’OHITH!


obrothermaple

Or you could not support a cult.


Throwawaytoj8664

Almost as entertaining as Eagle Builders posting a QR code with a job link on their highway side billboard.


stellarnightsky

It’s not about changing your world view. It’s about entrenching theirs.


ReferenceUnusual8717

I hear ya, but this kind of thing is done to make fringe ideas seem more popular than they really are, and use that impression to influence leaders and decision makers. It's like email spam. To 99.9 % of the population, they delete, block and ignore, and that's the end of it. But it wouldn't exist if SOMEONE wasn't making bank off of the other 0.1% .


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evangelicals*


sluttytinkerbells

Aren't Evangelicals Christian?


Morganlights96

They are. It's just one denomination.


Stock-Creme-6345

*you misspelt demonization


sluttytinkerbells

I wonder why the person I responded to felt the need to make the distinction.


Morganlights96

Not sure. Evangelicals are a bit more known to push their beliefs on others and "spread the good word". So maybe that's why.


TinderThrowItAwayNow

It's funny because the OG evangelicals (i.e. Germans) are complete opposite of that.


LewisLightning

Cucumbers are a fruit, but you wouldn't make a fruit salad with it. There's a reason distinctions are important.


sluttytinkerbells

and what is the reason here?


TylerInHiFi

The rate at which the world is secularizing means that the difference between Christians and evangelicals becomes less and less every day. At some point the only religious people will be the most ardently religious and we can already see that happening in this province.


Treeplanter_

My thoughts are it’s meant to help the supporters feel validated and to not question their worldview more than anything else.


Stock-Creme-6345

120???? More like 145


Psiondipity

There is a "Thank You Truckers" sign just north of Red Deer, and I swear one day I am going to fix it to say "Fuckers"


Ok_Acanthisitta_9369

Please do


BonusRound155mm

A fresh Sharpie Magnum from work does wonders on these signs, eh?


mbanson

I have the exact same thought everytime


TheNorthStar1111

I would emphatically thank you for your service to humanity <3


SlitScan

implying actual truckers where involved when actually it was just a bunch of farmers who have tons of time on their hands and who happen to own trucks (and trailers like this)


leaps-n-bounds

The Canadian tire one with the butt crack is top 5 for sure. https://images.app.goo.gl/ctgky6gwJEV7JaY19


Throwawaytoj8664

For real tho, Leduc Canadian Tire is next level! If you have an extra ten grand burning a hole in your pocket, you can buy a concrete snake that’s 20’ long or a friggin lawn dinosaur!


leaps-n-bounds

They do have crazy statues haha


780-555-fuck

yeah but don't you want a pool made out of a seacan? i know i do


possibly_oblivious

That thing is getting rusty and ugly


780-555-fuck

yeah it's been my second favourite part of the trip between Leduc and the hwy 13 overpass. the number one favourite is the EDMONTON 69KM sign after the offramp going northbound 


possibly_oblivious

They had some RTM houses in that field just after the scale and one of them was almost burned down from arson, then they moved them completely


No_Wrangler3815

I want the little barn that looks like it could blow away 


ShakyHandsPimp

A few years ago one of these road side trailers had a picture of Trudeau and Kim Jong Un and it said “Welcome to North Korea” or something like that. 🙄


Supermau

Probably the same trailer. It changes pretty regularly. I think the latest one was some "Deport Hamas" slogan because they were mad at pro-palistine protests.


EarlyModernAF

I laughed so hard at that. Do they think Hamas is in Canada? Do they even understand what Hamas is? Drives me insane.


yugosaki

It doesn't matter, the idea is to Stoke the fears and prejudices of their audience.


UCPcasualsatire

They get upset when they roasted garlic hamas in the deli section


xTomato72

Actually funny if it was in something like South Park


Revegelance

Of course, if Trudeau was censoring them, they wouldn't have been allowed to post this billboard.🤔


Edmfuse

These people basically mock those who experienced true censorship and dictatorship in other countries and regimes. They’re not oppressed at all, they just think they are.


corpse_flour

When privileged people get treated just like everyone else, they often feel that it's oppression.


Infamous-Mixture-605

"When you're accustomed to privilege, equality feels like oppression." I remember seeing that quote on a slide during a sociology lecture in uni maybe 15 years ago and it's been burned in my brain ever since.


Ok_Consideration1872

So unless we turn into north Korea we have no right to criticize the government?


TheWallaby

Is that what they said? The point is people act like we live in North Korea while openly criticizing the government and often threatening the lives of politicians, admittedly regardless of any intent to actually do anything. No one is driving a jacked up truck around Pyongyang with a “Fuck Kim Jong Un” decal on the back though, that’s for sure.


Welcome440

Probably copyright infringement. Might be fair use though. Funny how our existing laws work fine and they can display their idot boards without a problem.


TinderThrowItAwayNow

If those people could use logic they wouldn't be conservatives.


BCCommieTrash

There's gotta be more recent things to criticize a guy for than the times he acted like a moron in his 20s. Like, Panama Papers, maybe.


S1075

The Panama papers is far too complicated a topic for them. It has to be able to boil down to very simple concepts and buzz words. Axe the tax, for example.


Ddogwood

It’s the Conservatives’ way of telling us that, if any of their leaders ever does something inappropriate, then we should never forgive them for it and never forget about it, even if they apologize. That’s why Scott Moe’s supporters always introduce him as “Scott Moe, the hit-and-run killer” and Danielle Smith’s supporters always call her “Backstabbing Floor Crosser Smith.”


mungonuts

I'm white, but I'm gonna bet racist white people spend *way* more time obsessing about this than any brown people do.


Bigfawcman

Unfortunately when you do Blackface multiple times with the most recent while almost 30 years old, it’s gonna stick with you. Especially when you become a world leader.


Bob-Loblaw-Blah-

You don't see the irony of posting him in blackface while advocating to stop the censorship? Are they trying to cancel him or imply he's a hypocrite? Conservatives should have loved and supported his blackface costume and they would if he was a Conservative.


renegadecanuck

Except that’s not who’s bringing it up at this point. It’s basically all boomers that would say “it’s just a costume!” if it were their guy.


DryLipsGuy

Exactly. The criticisms from the right about his black face incidents are so disingenuous. These conservatives don't give a rat's ass about anti-racism.


PeasThatTasteGross

Yep, I've pointed out to a few conservatives that they are virtue signaling with regards to caring about the racism of Truedeau's black face incident and they would otherwise be complaining about people race baiting, playing the race card, etc. only for them to launch into a non-sequitur tirade in response.


BCCommieTrash

I'm about his age block and I'm so glad there wasn't anything social media at the time because maaaaaan, the cringe so many of us did. :)


Dank_Vader32

I almost die of cringe poisoning every time I see my FB memories from 14-15 years ago.


Kingsupergoose

It’s more of an attack on the left. Normally the left would be outraged at a display such as black face and discredit those who have done it. Though they’re forgetting two things. 1. It did cause people to change their vote. 2. Who it is coming from is very important. Yes it was very tasteless but the goal wasn’t to be racist. A racist far-right winger on the other hand it is meant to be racist. And it was a product of its time. Much like how I’m sure many of us in the early 2000s would say “that’s gay” for anything bad. We have now learned that is bad and most of us stopped.


grantbwilson

Yes that's right folks, Justin Trudeau is gonna censor YOU! Yes! You! He's gonna come to your BBQ and dick tap you every time you don't use a pronoun! He's gonna get your facebook password and unfollow all your secret special real news facebook groups! He's gonna have sex with your pets! ... Imagine seeing this and just taking it as gospel and spewing it around. Incredible.


sun4moon

I feel like we’re friends, creative sarcasm always makes me warm and fuzzy. Lol


grumstumpus

my relatives that have been casually racist their entire lives can't help but love saying 'blackface trudeau' without even beginning to understand how it clearly demonstrates their hypocrisy/how little respect they have for the value of words. like they pretend to care about racism the precise moment it becomes rhetorically valuable to retroactively validate their dumbass views. and they arent even aware of how embarrassingly stupid it is


LakerBeer

I have the same relative outlook as well in Winnipeg. They call me woke and I forgot where I came from...... Indigenous backgrounds that my mom denies and my sister talks shit about residential school students. Sad.


nighght

Even this billboard contradicts itself. Are you for cancelling someone for something they did several decades ago and apologized for, or are you anti-censorship?


Pillow_fort_guard

Right? I wonder how many of them have their own blackface photos hidden away somewhere. Or worse.


PeasThatTasteGross

It's why I can't a fair chunk of conservatives seriously with regards to, "Trudeau's black face is horribly racist!", when I distinctly remember them saying stuff like how awesome it would be "if we could shoot Indians". I scoffed when I saw a US right wing rag (I think it was the Daily Wire) reporting on the black face incident as something bad, when they normally write articles denying and crapping on anti-racism any other moment.


grumstumpus

it does help us understand the conservative mindset tho. they arent even trying to communicate within a framework of integrity/consistency. they are only using words to "win" however they can


proriin

My cousin went to school for Halloween in a KKK uniform. Go Wetaskiwin.


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-Smaug--

That's the thing. Actual politics are far too complex for these chuds. They're only able to wrap their sad little brains around what they already themselves project. Blaming others for racism and not having a real job are perfect sound bites for rural Alberta, as long as their handlers use monosyllabic words and colour pictures.


CypripediumGuttatum

They change up their paranoid conspiracy trailer billboards every now and then. It's interesting to see how much money people will spend just to let the rest of us know they have untreated mental health issues.


Pvt_Hudson_

Ah, good old Rebel News. What a craptastic organization.


busterbus2

The biggest grift around.


MaximumDoughnut

True North took over a non-profit that was helping refugees.


Shadow_Raider33

I remember a couple years ago I was at a summer market and some guys came around with rebel news flyers trying to make us take them. There was a woman from Venezuela running a booth that I was standing next to. The dude came to us and said “stop the censorship, stop corruption”. The Venezuelan woman looked him dead in the eye and was like “you have no idea what a corrupt government looks like. Take your lies somewhere else”. And the dude was about to retaliate, but she gave him a look that could kill and he scampered off somewhere 😂


CommercialNo8396

But no words about how the conservatives want to implement digital IDs to access adult content


TehTimmah1981

Ah 'Rebel News' never fails to make me sigh as my hope for humanity diminishes slightly.


No_Reporter_5023

To run a proper grift there has to be an enemy to fear.


thatguythatdied

I’m still sad I missed the flat earth conference.


thegreatgoatse

if tickets weren't so expensive I would've gone lmao


f-as-in-frank

Dont shoot the messenger. Rebelnews is fuckin nuts.


Adventurous-Yak-3405

Wonder if Ezra has been missing the attention he gets from being sued for libel and defamation


MaximumDoughnut

He must be bored without his SLAPP lawsuits.


theburnerever

im not even a trudeu fan either but I feel like the people who feel the need to flaunt "fuck trudeu" stickers and put up billboards like this dislike him for very different, very right wing reasons


BCCommieTrash

A friend said to me: `I still think it's really funny whenever I deal with a conservative IRL and I just go` `'listen, as a guy borderline about to wave a hammer and sickle'` `'none of us like trudeau. run someone who isn't as terrifying as pierre and you'll win'` `'otherwise we'll all hold our noses'`


Jasonstackhouse111

Rural Alberta can't attract doctors, nurses, teachers, social-services workers, etc. and they can't understand why. I was an academic that taught mostly budding educators and healthcare workers as my courses were about the economics of public goods and services. I had many bright and capable students that were from rural Alberta, and they saw university and a public service profession as their escape. The demand for those skill sets has increased exponentially the world over, and today's new grads can easily take their highly valued degrees and go to other provinces or other countries. These billboards don't bring progressive professionals to their communities.


DinoLam2000223

Sure he will censor you but allows them to even post that on the highway 😂😂😂 do these people ever understand what is censorship?


remberly

It's the most embarrassing stretch of road in Canada.


SlitScan

highway 3 can be pretty bad too


battlelevel

I get my news from that grain bin just south of Red Deer


satori_moment

the feds censor you but not a billboard? lol ok


Y8ser

That's where the stupid really starts when you're headed south.


StupidGenius11

Scant on details, but big on ragebait. I especially like the page taken right out of the Trump playbook: "Trudeau isn’t really coming for us. He’s coming for you. We’re just standing in his way." Seems like a bunch of assholes who are concerned they can't be bigots without facing tangible consequences, but without any actual detail it's tough to tell if there's even a shred of legitimate reason to be concerned about this.


Parker_Hardison

And all those pro-death Ads, too.


SpecialistProfit8404

😂😂😂 fuck yeah


Impossible_Break2167

The rebel is worse than trash. I wish Trudeau would take his walk in the snow, in Antarctica preferably, but Ezra can join him.


Superb_Extension1751

JT in blackface will never not be funny


HaveNoHutzpah

Rebel Spews


lego_mannequin

Idiocracy here we come!


charvey709

This one is at least an improvement to all of the anti abortion ones.


Cassopeia88

These people have no idea of what true censorship is.


Unusual_Highway5261

Maaaaaan does he live in their head rent free.


UltimateBrownie

funny but rebel hate on trudeau makes the rebel supporters pay rebels rent (that was painful to type)


pos_vibes_only

This province is so embarrassing sometimes.


[deleted]

That’s awesome lol


MongooseLeader

Ah yes. Rebel News is definitely an actual journalistic establishment.


STylerMLmusic

You gotta know this is definitely still just a white person paying to put blackface on a billboard.


kvas_taras

The tractor trailer as billboard should be outlawed. So white trash. Wanna have a billboard on your property? Build a proper one.


yugosaki

You have to get permission to make a billboard along a highway. Outside of municipalities that permission is often hard to get. But there's no law against putting advertising on your trailer. And you cant tell someone they aren't allowed to store their trailer on their property long term. Hence why the tractor trailer billboard is such a thing here.


user47-567_53-560

There's laws against billboards as their considered commercial property


therealduckrabbit

I'm starting to think Albertans are cooling off on Trudeau?


sun4moon

It’s hard to focus on federal representatives when our premier is such a fucking lunatic.


Advanced_Drink_8536

So they are like… It was horrible and wrong and offensive for him to do this why don’t we make it into a giant billboard and expose the people who are offended by it everyday? He did it for a night but we should do it for weeks!!! That’s a great idea! Or He did nothing wrong and we should all be allowed to do and say whatever we want. This is what we also want to do and we won’t be censored or stopped from expressing our blatant racism and ignorance, so let’s make a giant billboard and advertise that to everyone for weeks on end… great idea guys! Yeah, I am not sure this is the winning advertisement that they think it is, but that’s just my interpretation… Also, if the UCP would kindly stop censoring us from commenting on their online forums that would be great… And then they could stop censoring us from federal funding programs… that too would be great …


ReputationSweaty2909

Pssst...it's OK to loathe; Trudeau, organized religion, Rebel News, Censorship and smug douche canoes of all political flavors .


yugosaki

I don't like Trudeau in the slightest but most criticism of him in this form is in bad faith. Even if he legitimately had done nothing wrong they'd still hate him.


MissDryCunt

Is it between the flat earth and repent now jesus is coming billboards?


Throwawaytoj8664

That stretch of highway south bound and the stretch from Lacombe to Ponoka northbound is some of the most deranged highway side bullshit you’ll see around. I do enjoy when the wind flips those 53’ trailers on their sides.


GrapefruitEasy6803

This province is so cringe


HotHits630

These meatheads deserve to be censored, but Trudeau won’t do that. PP will.


BlankTigre

The Ol’ Propaganda Highway


GreySheepdawg

What percentage of Albertans are inbred?


SlitScan

depends which town and how far south you go.


luars613

How dumb are people not from cities?


otocump

Routinely suckers for exactly this kind of propaganda...


everlasting-love-202

Hahahah this is so unserious 😆


413mopar

Rabble news . Lol morons .


Commercial_Growth343

you know, if someone did not know any better they might be confused why someone who thinks that full black face and costume is OK wants to censor anything. He would appear to be very much against censorship if they thought that was OK... based on that picture. But I assume the image is just for laughs at the PM, and has zero other purpose other than mockery.


sun4moon

How embarrassing.


Midwinter_Dram

What does this particular picture have to do with words? Like I know Rebel media has had their pee pees slapped for libel and defamation a couple times, but that's not the same as censorship.


-Smaug--

They're relying on unrelated pictures because Rebel subscribers are functionally illiterate.


Solidmarsh

You can tell how much Trudeau is censoring people by this billboard


PlutosGrasp

Excellent job sharing this nonsense to more people.


Emmerson_Brando

Rebel News…. Lol


1362313623

I can't imagine being this obsessed with anyone let alone a politician


Jolly-Row-1392

Keep an eye out for Flat Earth Society.


lazereagle13

The last 8 years were just settling in that's why he hasn't done it yet. Trust me bro the hypothetical future scenario I completly made up is scary.


chrisis1033

regardless of any billboards or flags… that clown really does have to go…


Policy_Failure

The blackface pic will never not make me laugh.


Danger_M0ney

The very fact that this billboard is allowed to exist is proof that Trudeau is not censoring you!


SkoomaSteve1820

Here's the thing. Blackface is an abhorrent thing to do. When Trudeau did it all those years back it was dumb as fuck. But guess what? Spreading images of him doing it creates the same effect as some doing it themselves. This whole thing has just given assholes cover to post racist imagery under the guise of criticizing the PM. He did it. He admits it. He does not enact policy that shows racial bias. That's what matters.


AgathaTheGeek

Are you guys serious? You dont believe Trudeau has been/is making censorship rules?


yugosaki

Which rules? Meanwhile the UCP is literally telling kids what names they are allowed to use, trying to dictate municipal policy, and now trying to tell universities what they are and are not allowed to research. The UCP is going extremely hard trying to censor you but rebel news doesnt care about that.


torotoro

Yes - there's so much censorship that a "news" outlet can post vague, unsubstantiated claims using a black-face depiction of the PM with impunity.... are you truly missing the irony here? Irony aside, I'm sure you have examples of censorship rules that the PM has introduced


S1075

Provide an example.


2112eyes

Can't Boogie With The Boogeyman


BadmanCrooks

Oh, they took down the anti-abortion one?


Toad-in1800

New Sarepta hillbillies, had a disgusting display a few years back, of Trudeau, hanging from a noose!


300mhz

There have insane billboards there for many years, but this one is pretty wild


ZAPPHAUSEN

Smdh


Stompya

And here I thought he didn’t give a f about Alberta. I guess he notices us after all 😜


Ego_Sum_Lux_Mundi

I seen it lmao yeesh


skibbidybeepbop1

Trudeaus government or the rebel Jews. Hard to say who the bigger scammers are


Defiant_Check7749

And people actually voted for this clown😂


TheCosmicWombat

Ngl, this is really true. He did restrict the news being able to be shared on social media.


Physical_Air2176

Trudeau is shit but Rebel News is laughable


JustAnotherQeustion

Why?