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Originally Posted by Textcritic
I think the discussion about whether it was racist, Cherry's intention, or whether they were directed to immigration completely skirts the issue.
The problem is that he disparaged a segment of the population to make his point, whatever it was. Call it whatever you want; it was wrong.
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We agree, he chose some wrong words.
I think it also skirts the issue to ignore the intent of his actual point.
He was taking issue with people who don’t value the contribution of veterans
Would he take issue with immigrants that don’t value veterans? Probably
Would he also take issue with Canadians that don’t value veterans? I don’t doubt it