My dem niece posted this. A step in the right direction
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I believe it is the roundup of indigenous children in the 1880s
This is "a step in the right direction"? Do you believe that before now she was ok with that happening? It seems like something everyone has already agreed on.
The residential schools are promoted by the mainstream media in Canada for their political purposes. This is as mainstream a leftist political talking point as anything. And with that, comes a lot of lies that surround it which are promoted in the media. All counter-points are supressed (counter points to the narrative, not arguments that the residential schools were a bad idea). And the blame is shifted wherever they want it and away from who they don't want blamed (the government).
Furthermore, the truly dangerous arguments on residential schools is that because they happened, natives should become a protected class who should not be held responsible for any crimes and be allowed to rob other citizens with impunity. That is what they are really pushing with residential schools. And that whites are bad.
When did the government not accept responsibility? I thought they've been falling over themselves backwards since the buried bodies were discovered.
As for your second point, exaggeration aside, that sounds more like critical race theory/reparations talk, which exists outside this specific case ("they started at a disadvantage because of what our ancestors did, so they deserve a chance to catch up")
Turdeau (the current PM) always says sorry for what OTHER people did and no doubt he has apologized many times for the wrong doings of others on this topic. And the government of Canada did set aside money for compensation for abuses resulting from the residential schools and did officially apologize. I don't disagree with that.
As for the second point, the residential school narrative is used to promote critical race theory and bolster it. That is a problem. The fact that there are a lot of lies and exaggerations in the narrative makes it worse because it means the media is using inaccuracies and lies to manufacture outrage and getting away with it.
As for the buried bodies, there were no buried bodies discovered. That is a MSM hoax. Basically, they pointed ground penetrating radar at an orchard and found objects in the ground, which you would expect (tree roots, rocks). They then claimed they were bodies even though ground penetrating radar does not have the resolution to identify objects. They never dug up one body. That is my main points about the residential schools story. The push so many lies about it and supress any counter-points. Counter points such as that many of students had a good experience in these schools (doesn't mean the were a good thing overall, but the truth matters). Here is a link that goes a bit more into the buried bodies hoax:
https://www.lifesitenews.com/blogs/trudeau-lied-about-the-bogus-mass-grave-story-just-like-hes-now-lying-about-the-truckers/
My comment was geared more toward the writing than the picture. Since the inception of BLM she has supported removing statues doesn't believe google has censored historical data, etc, and she has a Masters in history. We have gone toe to toe about the rewriting of history and in some respects she is all for erasing parts of it because it's painful to her friends.
That part I feel leans a bit more left even, as they believe conservatives and "patriots" don't feel history's ugliness should be taken into account (see reparations and CRT).
It comes down to interpretation I guess and you clearly have more context than I do! Could be a conversation starter to see if she's drifting right.
Thanks. That's awful.