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Originally Posted by Fuzzy14
Sorry, but this point of view is deeply flawed. It isn't white-privileged to have pride in your country; even when that country has all kinds of warts on its history.
Truth and Reconciliation is not achieved by eliminating any sense of pride in Canada; it's achieved by ensuring that both the good and the bad are taught and recognized. Rather than cancelling fireworks, why don't we ensure that Canada day celebrations properly reflect aboriginals and their essential place in Canada's past and present.
The same can be said for how we teach our history. We don't stop teaching about pre-confederation aboriginal history, we just make sure that we place emphasis on both pre and post-confederation history and the wrongs that were committed (and continue to be committed).
Just the same as we don't stop teaching about the railway in Canada and the benefit it's been to this country, we continue to teach it while giving equal acknowledgement that it was built by exploiting Chinese immigrants and sending them down tunnels with dynamite on their back.
We also continue to teach about John A. MacDonald as the father of confederation, while acknowledging that he held views that are gross when viewed through 21st century glasses, and that he had a significant role in some of our countries worst episodes.
This whole cancelling anything that may trigger a minority of aggrieved individuals is not reasonable accommodation.
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LOL, you got Fotze'd. He's been gone so long many don't remember his satiric and sarcastic posting style.