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| The Silencing of Western White Men | |
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| Topic Started: Jan 5 2016, 11:29 AM (280 Views) | |
| friendshipgal | Jan 5 2016, 11:29 AM Post #1 |
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Guess everyone wants their own Trudashians
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This is a bit long and rambling but worth a read from a former non white MP and Premier. http://www.ujjaldosanjh.org/index.php/entry/the-silencing-of-the-white-men-of-the-west excerpted: Canada continues to make important strides toward more equality. But there are storm clouds on the horizon that endanger the continuing pursuit of true equality. What started as a legitimate change to bring about equality and transformation of how we viewed, treated and spoke about each other has now ossified into a rarely breached wall of silence; a silence reinforced by the onset of the West's indifference to its own - good, bad or ugly but - distinct societies, their values and norms; call it white man's burden or guilt; a guilt for the sins of the past now manifesting itself in the white man's fear. This fear has habituated many Western leaders in their frailty to speak the unvarnished truth about the need for the refugees and immigrants welcomed into these societies to fully integrate in them. It is not about changing one's religion or bleaching one's skin to make it paler. It is about learning the moral, ethical, social and political anchors that, in this case, Canada is rooted in. Is Canada perfect? No. It has its own past shame of the indigenous cultural genocide, Chinese head Tax, Concentration Camps for the Japanese Canadians, turning away in the middle of the Second World War a ship full of Jews from the Atlantic coast and much more. But Canada has confronted many of its demons and continues the important task of reconciliation with its indigenous peoples. But the real need for equality and social justice for all has also spawned the much despised political correctness preventing us from being honest with each other. Politicians afraid of 'ethnic backlashes' revel in silence policed by the so called multiculturalists who might be more appropriately called multicults - the practitioners of a fierce brand of exclusivist Multiculturalism that ought to be renamed Multicultism. Under these circumstances when politicians do speak they utter non sequiturs,simply bromides. Edited by friendshipgal, Jan 5 2016, 12:00 PM.
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| heatseeker | Jan 5 2016, 12:37 PM Post #2 |
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I am so pleased to have people standing up for me. There is a war on Christmas, Christianity, old dumb white guys who just like to talk shit about other people... Wankers of the world unite! You have nothing to lose but your grip! Edited by heatseeker, Jan 5 2016, 12:38 PM.
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| Darcie | Jan 5 2016, 12:46 PM Post #3 |
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:beer: 023 |
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| friendshipgal | Jan 5 2016, 01:20 PM Post #4 |
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Guess everyone wants their own Trudashians
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I do have a bit of a problem with this Dosanjh and the Dosanjh who vigorously defended hate speech legislation, human rights tribunals, and the many absurd abuses committed under them. |
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| Delphi51 | Jan 5 2016, 02:38 PM Post #5 |
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He has a good point about Canada having some core values that need to be recognized and defended. |
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| Dana | Jan 5 2016, 02:41 PM Post #6 |
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Does the charter not protect white men's right too ? |
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| friendshipgal | Jan 5 2016, 02:50 PM Post #7 |
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Guess everyone wants their own Trudashians
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What I believe him to be saying is that by silencing white people, Canada can’t have an honest debate about equality, race and culture. We have to lift the veil of political correctness. Up to now anyone who disagrees with the 'progressive 'crowd is immediately labeled a bigot or racist, in fact, if this article had been written by a white dude, we know what we would be hearing. ETA: Ujjal Dosanjhs eems to make more sense now that he's no longer a Liberal MP. He actually ripped into Trudeau about electoral change http://www.theprovince.com/news/ujjal+dosanjh+change+canada+electoral+system+without+parliamentary+unanimity+national/11617866/story.html Edited by friendshipgal, Jan 5 2016, 03:06 PM.
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| Bitsy | Jan 5 2016, 02:50 PM Post #8 |
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I am curious, what values are not being defended? |
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| Bitsy | Jan 5 2016, 02:56 PM Post #9 |
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Snap, talk about racial stereotyping. A man's skin color does not determine his political persuasions or beliefs. |
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| Bitsy | Jan 8 2016, 06:37 AM Post #10 |
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A white dude responds. http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/jesse-ferreras/white-man-ujjal-dosanjh_b_8918316.html |
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| Trotsky | Jan 9 2016, 02:32 AM Post #11 |
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God knows, we saw the truth in that with Barack Obama. |
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| Bitsy | Jan 9 2016, 06:12 AM Post #12 |
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Another white dude responds. http://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/don-martin-blog/a-pale-male-rebuttal-to-dosanjh-s-fear-of-white-men-being-silenced-1.2728201 |
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