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Originally Posted by DuffMan
OK,
I am badmouthing protesters who interfere with other peoples lives by blocking roads.
I am also badmouthing irresponsible band leaders who cannot account for the money they are given. The ones who pay their ex husbands $850/day for who knows, while the people they are supposed to be represent, live in squalor. The ones who demand meetings with the PM and then change their minds and act like spoiled little children.
It just so happens that all of these people are FN. So, in order not to sound racist, I shouldn't talk about them and their actions? Is that my choice?
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This pretty much sums up my issue with icecube (and apparently Vulcan). Criticism of action, inaction, position on an issue etc. is not racism simply because the target of that criticism is of a certain ethnicity.
If I criticize Obama's fiscal policy, that is not racist.
If I criticize corruption in the reserve system, that is not racist.
When people here criticize this movement for being disjointed or whatever else they see it as, that is not racist (I don't really have an opinion on the Idle protests as I don't know enough about them, which sort of demonstrates their success at conveying a message). Throwing that accusation around is simply a cop out, it's a great way to avoid actually facing criticism of your position and instead shift the scope to an attack on whoever dared to question your cause. It shouldn't be thrown around so lightly.