Canada’s shameful history of marginalization exposed again.

[DIY-HP-LED]

I'm Canadian. I'm white. My opinion has been canceled already.

Perhaps because you were being asshole?

Your opinion is not canceled here, it is being challenged though. We have the same continuous government in Canada that perpetuated the crimes against humanity that these children and their parents endured. We are therefore responsible to redress this genuine grievance and the many violations of treaties and other abuses over the years. Treaties made by the crown became Canadian responsibility when we became a country and were made enforceable contracts when we repatriated our constitution in 1982. Where a treaty cannot be enforced because of historic changes, other fair compensation and accommodations need to be made. We either live by the constitution and rule of law or we suffer the alternative consequences and they can be very unpleasant. This is besides the moral and ethical responsibility we have to do the right thing and try to make up for past wrongs. Land issues can be settled in Canada, there's lot's of land and the native population got pushed onto the shittiest land available in many cases.

 

[DIY-HP-LED]

Feeling bad about it isn't changing or stopping the people doing it.

It's about compensation, honoring treaties and redress of grievances perpetuated by our government and people. Who owns the land on which your house is built? Is it treaty land? Who owns the land where you work?

 

[schuylaar]

yes

But all I said was you sound racist, not that you are racist. So, don't get your hackles up.

I do wish that white men would stop telling "colored folk" what it's like to grow up in a racist society. They sound racist when they do that.

just like you can't understand what a glass ceiling is like; to be pawed at and hate your body for it; to be cheated of your children and locked in an attic or taken to an asylum for wishing divorce; to favor his horse (metaphoric) over you.

 

[mooray]

Feeling cancelled comes from narcissism, typically white narcissism. Don't really hear a lot of black folks complaining about it and they've been cancelled for hundreds of years, but holy shit look out if a white person's opinion is dismissed.

 

[schuylaar]

Perhaps because you were being asshole?

Your opinion is not canceled here, it is being challenged though. We have the same continuous government in Canada that perpetuated the crimes against humanity that these children and their parents endured. We are therefore responsible to redress this genuine grievance and the many violations of treaties and other abuses over the years. Treaties made by the crown became Canadian responsibility when we became a country and were made enforceable contracts when we repatriated our constitution in 1982. Where a treaty cannot be enforced because of historic changes, other fair compensation and accommodations need to be made. We either live by the constitution and rule of law or we suffer the alternative consequences and they can be very unpleasant. This is besides the moral and ethical responsibility we have to do the right thing and try to make up for past wrongs. Land issues can be settled in Canada, there's lot's of land and the native population got pushed onto the shittiest land available in many cases.

we did the same AND gave them smallpox blankets..

 

[Severed Tongue]

Nice, so now I'm a narcissist too.

Thanks

What else you got?

 

[Fogdog]

just like you can't understand what a glass ceiling is like; to be pawed at and hate your body for it; to be cheated of your children and locked in an attic or taken to an asylum for wishing divorce; to favor his horse (metaphoric) over you.

I don't really understand what that is like. No man can.

 

[DIY-HP-LED]

I don't really understand what that is like. No man can.

Fortunately with the number of women moving into politics and law, we won't have to!

 

[mooray]

Nice, so now I'm a narcissist too.

Thanks

What else you got?

Don't get too worked up about it, white societies in particular tend to condition it in. A certain degree is unavoidable. If one is able to hold up a mirror and see it, that's great, but odds are it's going to be a lifelong battle to keep it in check. That whole open-and-honest-self-improvement thing isn't easy. The ol' ego takes a lot of hits.

 

[schuylaar]

I don't really understand what that is like. No man can.

it seems as if we all have our crosses to bear due to one thing.

 

[hanimmal]

No, my opinion is based on observing the actions of politcally and racially charged fucktwats crusading that everyone who's not a victim is responsible.

I am betting you are more listening to the hate mongers telling you how to feel about cherry picked edited clips of people, and then being told how you should feel about it, if anything.

Because that is the bullshit that has been getting spammed for decades to trick people into fearing our economy being able to run at 100% efficiency.

It means I don't give a fuck. I wasn't part of any of this and never will be (good or bad). I can't control other people, what they think or what they did or what some still do today.

Are you not an American? I am confused why you giving any fucks has to do with anything? And why you think that it is reality that you are having these feelings if you are this worked up over it that decided to post about it.

Shit happens all over the world, even today.

That's kind of how the world works yes.

Feeling bad about it isn't changing or stopping the people doing it.

No, but it might help people to stop and take an actual look at the very real problems. Especially the people who are elected into positions to do something about the inefficient ways we have allowed our society to continue.

Because the only way to compete at our best is for 100% of our population to be able to succeed to the best of their abilities. Right now that has not been the case for far too long here in America, which is where I live and why I care about racial injustices that our society has continued.

 

[Fogdog]

it seems as if we all have our crosses to bear due to one thing.

Not just one. If your point is that white men carry the least burden due to bias and ignorance from others, then I would not disagree.

 

[mooray]

Nice, so now I'm a narcissist too.

Thanks

What else you got?

Yeah, it's easier to dismiss, then you get to keep walking around feeling awesome with a sense of entitlement.

 

[DIY-HP-LED]

I do feel awesome, because I am.

Yer a legend in yer own mind.

 

[mooray]

Man he belongs down here, got that U-S-A! U-S-A! U-S-A! brain.

 

[DIY-HP-LED]

Man he belongs down here, got that U-S-A! U-S-A! U-S-A! brain.

Probably from Alberta, so in a way he already is, if there's a "red" province in Canada, Alberta is it. Lot's of high paying oil industry employment for uneducated people these past 20 years, filled the place with dummies and they weren't to swift to begin with there.

 

[mooray]

Like Fort McMurray, a literal cancer on the country.

 

[CunningCanuk]

It's sad what people did to each other decades ago. I've been seeing the reactions all over social media.

That said,

It's kinda like saying a group in Texas killed a bunch of black slaves in 1950, so ALL white Americans should be held accountable for these racist crimes, for the rest of time.

That said,

I'm Canadian. I'm white. My opinion has been canceled already.

 

[CunningCanuk]

Nice, so now I'm a narcissist too.

Thanks

What else you got?

Stick around, I’m sure we’ll find something else.

 

[printer]

Haven't had time to see what was written, just stepped in and got to go out.

I MISSED IT!

I just overheard a pice of the story yesterday from the neighbour's radio playing next door. I thought the 250 kids were across Canada from all the schools. I got my morning paper today and it was on the front page and my heart sank. I have not read the article yet, tomorrow is going to get hot enough to be painful for me so I am getting a week's worth of stuff do where I have to get out. My apologies to everyone, I just caught part of the story and jumped in when I saw the water thing. I was looking at it from a current standpoint, what can we do going forward in terms of the reserve system.

Again, sorry, sorry, sorry. I made the same kind of thing saying "How are you doing." to a son of a friend who's funeral I was at. The son said, "Well considering my dad is now in that ern..." I felt terrible, his wife was there and she knew me better and knew I just automatically said a normal greeting we all use. She gave me a hug then, she knew my feelings towards my friend. Again, sorry for the grief I caused anyone, I didn't realized I was stepping into it and slipped and fell on my ass.