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UNITED NATIONS (AP) — On a stage where many world leaders spotlight their successes, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told the U.N. General Assembly on Thursday about one of his nation’s historic failures: the injustices long faced by its native people.
“For indigenous peoples in Canada, the experience was mostly one of humiliation, neglect and abuse” under successive governments that didn’t respect their rights, he said.
“We are greatly ashamed,” Trudeau said. “And for far too many indigenous people, that lack of respect for rights still persists today.”
Good for Trudeau. Besides, I fail to see what's so bad about apologizing about this kind of stuff. Seems to me like it's the respect-worthy thing to do. Yes, Trudeau himself had nothing to do with it because he was born well after the atrocities, and that would be appropriate for him as a private citizen. However, as head of a still-existing government that committed the atrocities, I'm all for it.
We may not be able to change the past, but we can at least offer relief to the still-disadvantaged descendants of the First Nations peoples.
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Self-loathing beta. I'll give him this....he grovels even better than Obama. So there's that
Eh, I'm not self-loathing, and were I a member of a government, I'd still apologize. I see nothing groveling about it. As for the "beta" part, for the sake of argument, I'll assume it's a meaningful phrase. Then, tell me what makes a "beta" or even an "omega" worthy of disrespect, especially if they do nothing to hurt, harm, or demean others at all - let alone deliberately so.
Good for Trudeau. Besides, I fail to see what's so bad about apologizing about this kind of stuff. Seems to me like it's the respect-worthy thing to do. Yes, Trudeau himself had nothing to do with it because he was born well after the atrocities, and that would be appropriate for him as a private citizen. However, as head of a still-existing government that committed the atrocities, I'm all for it.
We may not be able to change the past, but we can at least offer relief to the still-disadvantaged descendants of the First Nations peoples.
So how long must "still-existing governments" apologize, and how many times into the future should they?
We ended slavery over 150 years ago, but all the continuing apologies and liberal white guilt seems to be making racial strife worse, not better.
Leaders (which Obama clearly was not) find a way to bring people together, not create division between them.
I have never seen race relations at a worse stage in this country since Obama & Co started looking out for "his people". Funny how blacks didn't do better under Obama, but being true to his calling as a community organizer (aka rabble rouser), he helped to create an entire generation with a chip on their shoulder.
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