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February 2, 2026 · 10:12

“They Weren’t Refugees; They Were Settlers.”

Stupid comments from Magats for $10K, Alex.

I am so damn fed-up with feeling the need to face palm, fed-up with having my eyeballs roll…the level of ignorance south of my border is just amazing, in a very, very, bad way. Rhetorical question, I guess, but here we go; is there no education in the United States, I mean not just global history/geography but their own.

Those “settlers” who arrived at Plymouth Rock? They were, in fact, refugees, fleeing religious persecution, financial hardship and looking to find freedom. (Freedom and this particular arm of Puritanism is pretty much the definition of irony.)

The Irish who arrived in the great wave beginning in 1845? Fleeing hunger, economic hardship and religious persecution.

The Italians? Financial hardship, vis a vis, unemployment, overpopulation, and natural disasters.

Germans? Religious persecution, poverty, and restricted freedoms, except the Drumpf family – who were draft dodgers from way back.

The Polish, Ukrainian, Scottish, please refer to the above. They all came to North America for the same reason, freedom from oppression, to escape poverty and hardship – natural or politically inflicted.

Oh, did I mention, they were all white? Is that where the current calls to halt immigration, arrest and throw innocents into concentration camps? Deport them to, what is to most, foreign countries?

Most “Americans” faced prejudice but this current degradation of the country, these “Make America Great Again” idiots, gleefully ignore the ethnic slurs faced by their own ancestors; Mick, Limey, Wop, Polack, Bohunk..oh and then there is “bead rattler”, bible thumper…you get the gist.

The United States is, most definitely, NOT the “Land of the Free” hoped for by their founding fathers. It is the land of “Whatever ideology the oligarchs want to throw out as diversion”.

So no, the United States, Canada and Mexico are were not “settled” by Europeans. These countries were destinations for refugees, fleeing for their lives. For christ’s sake, get off Truth Social and read a goddam history book.

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April 5, 2025 · 07:30

Splash of Cold Racist Water….

No secret I despise Poilievre; I see him as a Trump sycophant catering to the basest of Canadians, the racists and self-serving knotheads who showed themselves, brilliantly, during the pandemic.

Be that as it may, this coming election is ripping the false faces off of family and friends, and, for me anyway, it is devastating. People I had respected, people I had liked and counted as “friends” pulling aside the smiles, making me realize that I seem to be a poor judge of character. How did I miss the racism, the hypocrisy? 😳

Find a Poilievre supporter and scratch the surface. Usually, they are anti-immigration among a myriad of other dog whistles BUT, and that is the big old “BUT”, their anti-immigration only seems to extend to those folks who are not melanin-challenged. Those folks who don’t attend church on Sunday, opting for a mosque, for a temple.

The biggest disappointment was from a long time acquaintance, rabidly anti-immigration and blaming Trudeau, immigrants for everything and then some. Oh, this individual listed a whole whack of Poilievre talking points, that were, actually, quite easily, debunked. However, it appears having the debate was not an option and any views not jiving with this individual’s faulty bulleted list was enough for name-calling. Ironically, this person IS AN IMMGRANT, but not from one of “Those” countries.

I’ve worked in transport, in various areas, all my life and I’ve seen the racism within the industry rise to unprecedented levels. I’ve left discussion groups as a result. Yes, I did try to counter the slurs and the misinformation but these people do not want to understand, do not want to look at facts, the only thing seen is the skin colour and usually, the religion although most of them seem to think that Sikh’s are Muslim and the other way around. They can’t find India, Pakistan, Ghana or the Middle East on a map but are experts, apparently, on the cultures.

The thing is, this individual SHOULD know better, working with folks of differing cultures as well but once the blindness of racism becomes a part of character, “Should” is no longer an option.

I am prepared to cut this diatribe from my life, it serves no purpose. I don’t need to learn how racists think, I have seen how it works over and over, in my lifetime. While, for many years, they had to hide their ugliness, Diaper Don, Bernier and Poilievre seem to be giving them license to expose themselves. Fine, it allows the rest of us to avoid the filth and keep on creating an inclusive society.

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January 30, 2025 · 10:06

Losing Friends and Family Due to Politics..

Ok, so maybe this doesn’t have much to do with the topic but, I do love this song.

The topic is, sadly, familiar to many people these days, whether heated arguments over political party, gender, sexuality, religion, gun laws or abortion caused the rift, family and friends are seeing relationships torn asunder.

I’m not giving a lecture on how to fix this, I’m suffering through the same ostracism whether self inflicted or “other” inflicted. I still love or am fond of the relationships I had with these people and I do grieve the loss but, for good or bad, I will not give up my convictions, nor will they and so we parted.

The rampant destruction of relationships due to viewpoints, isn’t new. Is it even as widespread as it appears or is it social media that allows light to be shed on the topic? The answer to this is the purview of those far more educated in the psychology of relationships than am I.

Most of us have strong convictions, mine have fluctuated with life experience; what was black and white to me, say – 20 years ago, is not so clear and defined now. You live, you learn. An often overused axiom but its truth is quite evident to me.

I am sorry for the loss of the relationship but I can’t overlook chasms of conviction. I believe in equal rights for all, I believe in gun laws – laws, not bans but common sense laws. I believe gender is none of my business, I don’t live the the body of another and I can’t imagine the heartbreak of being forced into a role that is foreign to me. I believe a woman’s body, is inviolate to the opinions of others, of religion or political stance. I believe skin colour is simply biology, and has nothing to do with worth, criminality (some the most despicable despots in history were, in fact, white), if someone braves a long journey, away from home and family, there is a reason and they deserve to be heard, not locked up or shipped to an island (read – Guantanamo concentration camp).

Just a little rant here; we are ALL immigrants to Canada and the U.S. with the exception of aboriginals. The majority of ancestors arrived, fleeing starvation, imprisonment, subjugation; the same reason people are fleeing to our countries but that’s not a legitimate reason now? Go take a long walk off a short pier.

All I have to say, is that you aren’t alone. A lot of us have lost family and friends. Grieve but move on. Don’t compromise your beliefs because they are uncomfortable. Resist, stand by your ethics, your morals, your social conscience.

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