• @OutlierBlue
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    1116 months ago

    As a Canadian, I’m incredibly disappointed in my government for supporting this genocide and settling of stolen land. We’re on the wrong side of history with this.

    • @[email protected]
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      476 months ago

      this genocide and settling of stolen land.

      Guess they’re concerned they’d have to look inward a little?

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      6 months ago

      They can shut the fuck up about “truth and reconciliation” while simultaneously supporting a modern day indigenous genocide on top of continuing on their own indigenous genocide in secret. I knew they were full of shit after they made the Queen’s day of death a holiday.

      • @[email protected]
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        216 months ago

        It’s so absolutely insane how Canada is happy to tout reconciliation with First Nations people and simultaneously support the genocide of an indigenous people.

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          That’s just a resistance-numbing effort. In the courts and on the streets they very much continue their genocide at full speed, and judging by how shocked as shit people were at discovering the mass graves and how quickly everyone forgot about it after the initial shock, it’s working.

        • @corsicanguppy
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          First Nations

          I think they’re third-nations with all the discoveries of civilisations long buried.

    • @[email protected]
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      166 months ago

      Generally speaking if Germany votes in favour of this kind of resolution and you against, you done fucked up.

    • @[email protected]
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      126 months ago

      Disappointed, sure, but I don’t think you should be surprised.

      Canada was founded as a country specifically for the purpose of genocide. Virtually the entire country is on settled and stolen land. It would be hypocritical to be against someone else doing the same.

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        116 months ago

        You could say the same about Australia and various Latin America countries, yet they still condemn Israel action.

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          46 months ago

          You’re right, but there’s a reason why Canadians don’t talk about their “founding fathers” the way Americans do.

          I don’t know how many other countries are the same way.

          The first PM was explicitly racist against indigenous people, and IIRC, the country was explicitly founded on the basis of white supremacy over indigenous peoples.

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        16 months ago

        Canada was founded more than 150 years ago. I’m surprised that in that intervening period, nothing has changed.