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Old 06-25-2018, 02:09 PM   #462
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Originally Posted by undercoverbrother View Post
The victim's response to the racist tirade directed at him:
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“That is Canada. That is on this country,” he said. “My statement that I hate Canada is not racist. Canada is not a race. It is not a statement that I hate white people. The statement is that I hate Canada, because I do. Canada really sucks.

“I didn’t start anything. I shook my head at a really stupid thing that a guy said and this is how I am treated.”
The guy's original statement that was really stupid and that he shook his head at, leading to this altercation:
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According to Running Coyote’s account on Facebook, following rehearsal, he went to a restaurant and a news story came on the television regarding charges being dropped against an Alberta rancher in an incident in Okotoks where a man was shot in the arm after trespassing.

A man — who Running Coyote described as Caucasian, wearing a black cap and sunglasses – walked out of the bathroom area with his female partner, looking at the screen and said, “This is a victory for Canada. If someone comes on to my property now, I’ll f**g shoot em’ dead.”
Now, do you think that perhaps - just possibly - this isn't a result of Canada teaching people to be racist, but rather an instance of someone being a complete a-hole in general and also racist? It's not really that surprising that those two character traits might overlap?

You've got a guy here who just reveled in the death of a trespasser and suggested in public that he'd like to murder someone if given the opportunity. Citing that as a demonstration of a national attitude racism towards indigenous peoples that leads you to hate the whole country seems to me to be a bit of a stretch.
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