☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆ to Communism · 4 years agoCanada has a monument commemorating Nazi SS division, totally normal stuffottawacitizen.comexternal-linkmessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up131arrow-down10
arrow-up131arrow-down1external-linkCanada has a monument commemorating Nazi SS division, totally normal stuffottawacitizen.com☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆ to Communism · 4 years agomessage-square12fedilink
minus-squareMuad'DibberMAlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·4 years agoSeriously tho canada fought against the nazis in WW2 why would they let them build a nazi monument there.
minus-squaregallocklinkfedilinkarrow-up7·4 years ago“FreEdoM oF exPrEssIon” “ThE gOvErnMent iSn’t ThR pEoPlE” (so the ppl can build) Actual responses to your question that I’ve seen. These people don’t believe in symbolic violence. A monument/name-calling/making a party is OK because it’s not “violence”.
minus-squareTeethOrCoatlinkfedilinkarrow-up13·4 years agoAnd conveniently, as soon as a Lenin statue gets erected, they become the staunchest champions of exactly the opposite.
minus-squaregallocklinkfedilinkarrow-up7·4 years agoThis is very concerning because Canada still lives under the veneer of a “liberal, equal society”.
minus-square☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆OPlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·4 years agoYou can see how thin that veneer really is when you look at how Canada treats First Nations people. The recent pipeline protests are very illustrative in that regard.
Seriously tho canada fought against the nazis in WW2 why would they let them build a nazi monument there.
“FreEdoM oF exPrEssIon”
“ThE gOvErnMent iSn’t ThR pEoPlE” (so the ppl can build)
Actual responses to your question that I’ve seen.
These people don’t believe in symbolic violence. A monument/name-calling/making a party is OK because it’s not “violence”.
And conveniently, as soon as a Lenin statue gets erected, they become the staunchest champions of exactly the opposite.
I explain a bit of the background here
This is very concerning because Canada still lives under the veneer of a “liberal, equal society”.
You can see how thin that veneer really is when you look at how Canada treats First Nations people. The recent pipeline protests are very illustrative in that regard.