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Originally Posted by SebC
I would say that indigenous Canadians have a significantly better situation than Palestinians, but that's not an invalidation of my argument. Rather, it's my point. Their situation is better because they are making their claims peacefully, and we trust that the freedoms they have won't result in dead Canadians. Their gains aren't made through force, but through appeals to the consciences of those with power. Now, if you want to argue that their situation is equally bad, then that would refute my point. But you're implying precisely the opposite.
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Well if you want to play that game, let's say the Canadian government were to strip the first nations people of their citizenship, making them stateless. They then set up checkpoints on their territory, start building white only settlements on their land and arbitrarily throw them out of their homes to build those settlements.
What do you think the indigenous population would do in that case?