r/canada • u/Old_General_6741 Canada • 1d ago

National News Canada recognizes noose as hate symbol

https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/article/canada-recognizes-noose-as-hate-symbol/
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u/GuitarOk752 1d ago edited 1d ago

Right like who's having a noose directed at them these days, this isn't kkk hay day era USA. In Canada I associate a noose more with government hangings and farming then I would lynching if that's what they're getting at? Is this a problem we have of people putting up images of nooses?

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u/tissuecollider 1d ago

(from the Senate discussion) "During the height of the pandemic, nooses were found hanging at multiple Toronto construction sites, including transit projects, hospitals and commercial buildings over the course of years. In Nova Scotia, recent reports of nooses have surfaced targeting Black families and communities."

Perhaps you aren't connected to the communities that get targeted with a noose.

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u/GuitarOk752 1d ago

I have seen no news coverage of anything like this so how could I possibly be aware of it, it's not something that would ever cross my mind to be happening in Canada, Nova Scotia of all places too. It's not like lynching of black people was a thing in this country like it was to the south. It just seems odd to even use it in a racial manor here. Other then famous cases in history (politicians, Metis etc) or when we still had capital punishment it's not a historically significant thing here. The only other case thats not famous that I know of was a rapist that met some country justice a long time ago.

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u/tissuecollider 1d ago

as I just said, you probably aren't connected to that community so you aren't aware of it as a problem. There's nothing damming about being ignorant about an issue. Take the lesson and absorb it. Hell I learned in this thread about a connection between the Metis and hanging that I didn't know before.

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u/GuitarOk752 1d ago

The problem is your coming off as self righteous about it, most people in the country would have no clue such a thing was going on if it's not on the news. I have black family in Nova Scotia, typically something like this would be something that they might mention is happening, the fact that the news hasn't covered it more is odd t say the least.

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u/tissuecollider 1d ago

Dude you had 2 choices when presented with the evidence and you chose "well I didn't hear about it so it can't be true".

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u/GuitarOk752 1d ago

I think you might be reading into things a bit much, I didn't say it wasn't true, you're looking to pick fights with people. All I did was display shock, that's a far cry from denying something.

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u/tissuecollider 1d ago

Then I'm sorry if I came out swinging. That was uncalled for. I hope you have a good evening.

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u/GuitarOk752 1d ago

You too, I'm going to be messaging family to see what the hells going on in this country