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Originally Posted by dino7c
People offended by words questioning the bravery, sacrifice, and value of those who actually put their lives on the line to defend freedom
God forbid we actually have another world war it would be quite the reality check for some
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that's not actually what people take issue with. It's the "you people who come here" followed by "you enjoy OUR milk and honey".
People, like myself, take that as blaming immigrants and took issue with it. Rogers apparently gave Don a chance to apologize and/or walk back his remarks but he chose not to. It would have been very easy to do. So I take issue with him on that too.
Personal note here. I think everyone should wear a poppy too or make a donation towards vets. That I agree with. I did that myself. My issue is him painting immigrants as the problem. I married an immigrant. Do you know how much it hurts me to hear her tell me when someone has told her to go back to where she came from? Do you know how proud my wife is to be Canadian? I guarantee you she is more patriotic than a lot of born and raised Canadians. When she studied for her citizenship test she ended up knowing more about our country than I did, sad to say.
It’s so easy to just blame immigrants. Go look beyond immigrants. Go look at our youth. There’s a huge disconnect between the younger generations from the older. They are so far removed from world wars they don’t really understand the sacrifice. The issue is far more problematic than an immigrant problem.
I have first hand knowledge of what it’s like to have immigrants in my family. I can tell you 100% that my wife has rekindled my sense of patriotism. I got complacent. But when I met her and seen her pride and enthusiasm for the Canadian way of life it rekindled something in me that I took for granted. She buys a poppy every year. She never misses a Canada day celebration. She drags my lazy out to them. It’s not just her either, her sister immigrated here, she and I have made friends with others who have also immigrated here. So when I hear Cherry say “you people that come here” it fired me up. Sorry but it’s dangerous language. Even in 2019 it’s so easy to people to revert to “go back to where you came from”.