• PeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.ca
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    3 months ago

    Our southern racist neighbor embolden the local racists and make them feel more comfortable doing their racist recruitment in public where it’s more effective.

    Canada is always just an election cycle or two behind the popular American culture.

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      3 months ago

      Indigenous women have been disappearing to the concern of absolutely nobody in the country for decades. If anything, the rise in fascist ideology in the US has made people more aware and critical of the racism that already existed in Canadian society

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        3 months ago

        That’s true, it has emboldened both the bigots and progressives, but I feel like the bigots have turned that boldness into action and change.