Canadian History

[Kirkhill]

Dude, be careful, some people might be offended by the historical truth!

And this lady would likely consider that a job well done.

Geoff Russ: Russia probably sent this woman to decolonize your mind

Exploiting this modern discourse undermines Canada at a time when we most need unity

nationalpost.com

Last week, New York resident and “decolonization” expert, Nomma Zarubina was arrested in the United States on suspicion of being an agent of the Russian state. Usually, when we think of Russians interfering in our democracy, espionage immediately comes to mind. This does not appear to be the case with Zarubina. This decolonization expert allegedly aimed to build a network of contacts in the U.S. and elsewhere in order to influence, or, perhaps, “decolonize” North American perspectives.

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Tinfoil time.

It strikes me that it is generally "white settlers", Brits in particular, that are being delegitimized. If the statue is of a British "hero" or "heroine" it is likely to be hauled down. Now us Brits have made a fair number of enemies over the centuries and some of us are of the opinion that many of those enemies were worth making. The people and ideologies we displaced allowed for the rise of freedom, democracies, the abolition of slavery and authoritarianism. Unfortunately not all of those people and ideologies disappeared. We just managed to push them onto the back burner.

We left a lot of resentment simmering. That resentment was, and is available for exploitation by anybody inclined to exploit it.

In my view the Chinese have means, opportunity and motive for exploiting that resentment to delegitimize the Brits and anyone who has anything to do with them - with a strong predilection for targeting the 5 Eyes in particular and the Commonwealth in general.

And in Canada - we have a number of populations that are disinclined towards anglophilia, people who are more than happy to consider 1982 as year zero.

 

[daftandbarmy]

And this lady would likely consider that a job well done.

Geoff Russ: Russia probably sent this woman to decolonize your mind

Exploiting this modern discourse undermines Canada at a time when we most need unity

nationalpost.com

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Tinfoil time.

It strikes me that it is generally "white settlers", Brits in particular, that are being delegitimized. If the statue is of a British "hero" or "heroine" it is likely to be hauled down. Now us Brits have made a fair number of enemies over the centuries and some of us are of the opinion that many of those enemies were worth making. The people and ideologies we displaced allowed for the rise of freedom, democracies, the abolition of slavery and authoritarianism. Unfortunately not all of those people and ideologies disappeared. We just managed to push them onto the back burner.

We left a lot of resentment simmering. That resentment was, and is available for exploitation by anybody inclined to exploit it.

In my view the Chinese have means, opportunity and motive for exploiting that resentment to delegitimize the Brits and anyone who has anything to do with them - with a strong predilection for targeting the 5 Eyes in particular and the Commonwealth in general.

And in Canada - we have a number of populations that are disinclined towards anglophilia, people who are more than happy to consider 1982 as year zero.

I believe the term you're looking for is 'useful idiots'


A useful idiot or useful fool is a pejorative description of a person, suggesting that the person thinks they are fighting for a cause without fully comprehending the consequences of their actions, and who does not realize they are being manipulated by the cause's leaders or by other political players.

Useful idiot - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[dimsum]

The thing is that these things are never binary - good or bad. People in general seem to forget that all countries have done good and bad things to themselves and others.

The question is how long does it need to take before the citizenry forgives the injustices of the past? Or should it? And how does a government (or society) tell its people to forgive without giving ammunition to the folks who don’t want to forgive?

 

[SeaKingTacco]

The thing is that these things are never binary - good or bad. People in general seem to forget that all countries have done good and bad things to themselves and others.

The question is how long does it need to take before the citizenry forgives the injustices of the past? Or should it? And how does a government (or society) tell its people to forgive without giving ammunition to the folks who don’t want to forgive?

And what to do when many of the “injustices” are in fact manufactured?

 

[FSTO]

Like how Sir John A is the architect of everything wrong with First Nation's today while the likes of Laurier, Mackenzie-King, and Pearson get a complete pass for doing SFA to fix the issue. Hmm, is it because they are Liberals and SJAM was a Conservative?

And what to do when many of the “injustices” are in fact manufactured?

 

[SeaKingTacco]

Except that Sir John wasn’t the architect of everything wrong with First Nations. He attempted to get them the vote…against the wishes of the Liberals. He fed them when the Buffalo herds failed…against the wishes of the Liberals. He set up school at the request of First Nations…against the wishes of the Liberals.

Seeing a pattern, here?