tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45329237096941460.post7557407344276272484..comments2023-10-31T09:18:21.793-07:00Comments on Why Quebec needs independence: Canada’s feel-good racismveritasEtjusticiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12115380451103317791noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45329237096941460.post-72267068608335376592014-05-05T16:59:15.957-07:002014-05-05T16:59:15.957-07:00Thanks... Yes, I do have a Facebook page.Thanks... Yes, I do have a <a href="https://www.facebook.com/WhyQuebecNeedsIndependence" rel="nofollow">Facebook page</a>.veritasEtjusticiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12115380451103317791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45329237096941460.post-63087374196436079532014-05-04T11:29:45.913-07:002014-05-04T11:29:45.913-07:00WHO are you? Do you have a facebook page? Your pie...WHO are you? Do you have a facebook page? Your pieces are great!hellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14530180727796202497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45329237096941460.post-43150644825414702462014-05-04T07:49:14.670-07:002014-05-04T07:49:14.670-07:00"It was also meant as a challenge to Canada&#..."It was also meant as a challenge to Canada's official dogma of Multiculturalism."<br /><br />Which still feels like a big game of semantics. What, honestly, is the big difference between Canadian Multiculturalism and Quebec Interculturalism? <br /><br />I don't think that all PQ are "a bunch of big, fat racists." I think that elements in the PQ (nameles Drainville) know that they can gain a lot politically by appealing to this "big, fat racist" demographic just as Mario Dumont did in 2007. <br /><br />In keeping with your US Politics analogy, not all Republicans are racist but they certainly get a big boost from racists.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45329237096941460.post-80116508161888854322014-05-03T14:18:11.775-07:002014-05-03T14:18:11.775-07:00As I pointed out, France has had a secularism char...As I pointed out, France has had a secularism charter since 1905. Marois' charter is in fact less controversial than France's charter which in 2004 included a ban on “the wearing of symbols or clothing by pupils that clearly demonstrate a religious affiliation”. That's all kids not just people who choose to work for the state. Other countries, like Turkey, have also imposed a strict understanding of secularism. Until recently, Turkey had a ban on headscarves that applied to teachers, lawyers, parliamentarians and others working on state premises.<br /><br />Of course I don't believe that Marois' charter was strictly about secularism. It was also meant as a challenge to Canada's official dogma of <a href="http://aft.atheisme.ca/prospects-for-secularism/" rel="nofollow">Multiculturalism</a>. But for you, a guy who "knows what he's talking about", it's simply that the PQ are a bunch of big, fat racists. It's that type of simple-minded crap that I was criticizing.veritasEtjusticiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12115380451103317791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45329237096941460.post-54977895624471244712014-05-03T12:47:49.994-07:002014-05-03T12:47:49.994-07:00Your argument might hold up better if you knew wha...Your argument might hold up better if you knew what you were talking about. Attacking people for calling out PQ racism (the charter) is like attacking people for calling out Donald Sterling's remarks. It isn't racist to call out a racist.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45329237096941460.post-22656621396376999432014-05-03T11:22:27.481-07:002014-05-03T11:22:27.481-07:00I did not imply that American politics is based on...I did not imply that American politics is based on race. What I'm saying is that racism in American politics has become abstract and coded. In any case, it's not my argument, it is an argument that is made by many people in the US. I am simply comparing that to Francophobia in Canada. Canadians simply have a problem acknowledging this racism. What exactly do they believe all of those <a href="http://www.axl.cefan.ulaval.ca/amnord/cnd_antifranco.htm" rel="nofollow">anti-francophone laws</a> were about if not racism? A hundred years ago Canadians openly spoke about how we were an <a href="http://whyquebecneedsindependence.blogspot.ca/2013/06/quebec-bashing-101.html" rel="nofollow">inferior people</a>. Today that racism is much more coded and abstract but it is still there.veritasEtjusticiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12115380451103317791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45329237096941460.post-58401729789666124182014-05-03T10:59:00.445-07:002014-05-03T10:59:00.445-07:00you imply that american politics is based on race ...you imply that american politics is based on race when it's really based on corporate crony capitalism, race is just a byproduct used to rile up the xenophobic troops. Something similar along the lines of the /charte des valeurs/<br /><br />while your point somewhat stands up, it can be compared to things happening here on either side, it's a weak argument to make lolAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05774515078374286624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45329237096941460.post-74199208607463640332014-05-03T07:48:30.937-07:002014-05-03T07:48:30.937-07:00I did not say that Obama defends the interests of ...I did not say that Obama defends the interests of Blacks, only that he is arguably a Black liberal. That's an F for reading comprehension mr.putridpundits. veritasEtjusticiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12115380451103317791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45329237096941460.post-73021762750574206732014-05-03T07:32:30.753-07:002014-05-03T07:32:30.753-07:00Haha!
"No, Blacks who defend the interests o...Haha!<br /><br />"No, Blacks who defend the interests of privileged white guys like Rush Limbaugh do get a pass but a Black person who defends the interest of Black people, well that’s a different story."<br /><br />As if Obama defends the interests of Black people...that's really funny. Your understanding of American politics is cute and adorable.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45329237096941460.post-44113810082358562332014-05-01T18:43:03.432-07:002014-05-01T18:43:03.432-07:00Some years ago (in 2007, I believe), MaClean's...Some years ago (in 2007, I believe), MaClean's featured a cover story which similarly bashed British Columbia, entitled, "How B.C. Became a Global Crime Superpower." (Please google it.)<br /><br />As for me, I'm not against Quebecois separatists as people, but I disagree with them nonetheless. Good people can disagree about politics or religion, for example.jacqueshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02237301126903448645noreply@blogger.com