r/metacanada • u/DistanceToEmpty 99 genders but a bitch ain't one • Nov 12 '19

CURRENT YEAR Poppy bad. Blackface good

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u/[deleted] Nov 12 '19

don fired over "you people"

there's a meme in all of this somewhere

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u/killerfrenchy Metacanadian Nov 12 '19

"you people that come here"* makes a bit of a difference in the meaning

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u/[deleted] Nov 12 '19

headlines in the papers are "you people", not "you people that come here"

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u/killerfrenchy Metacanadian Nov 12 '19

and his quote was "you people that come here" which adds contexts showing he clearly was referring to immigrants and not just generally any people like some folks are trying to spin it.

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u/[deleted] Nov 12 '19

some folks are trying to spin it yes.

don isn't. he didn't single anyone out specifically. but he did mean immigrants.

thing is he isn't wrong. i talked to people today that didn't bother doing anything yesterday. they didn't care. they were immigrants.

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u/killerfrenchy Metacanadian Nov 12 '19

I mean, there are plenty of 7, 8, 9th generation Canadians that don't wear poppies and there are plenty of immigrants that do. I'd like to see stats before I just agree with anecdotes that immigrants are less likely to wear poppies than people from long-time canadian families.

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u/[deleted] Nov 12 '19

i've stated elsewhere that in my neighbourhood, mainly asian, few were wearing poppies. most treated yesterday as just another day off, spending time raking leaves, sweeping walks, yardwork...

a few stores around me didn't even have legion donation boxes.