B.C. Conservative candidate uses racist slur for Indigenous Peoples in interview
B.C. Conservative candidate uses racist slur for Indigenous Peoples in interview
Conservative Leader John Rustad has condemned the statements by Marina Sapozhnikov, the party’s candidate in Juan de Fuca-Malahat
Holy shit, "uses racist slur" puts it mildly.
No kidding. Pretty upsetting and eye opening, especially as she only finished 23 votes behind her NDP opponent.
The slur was savages
Pretty mild and not worth the headline compared to the rest of the comment
Mild enough that it should have been in the headline. Not mild enough that there shouldn't be outrage at it.
Nah, in this "modern" time using the term savages is a way to dehumanized them, and push a view point that the white man helped them...when clearly that is not the case.
What the fuck is going on that these bigots are not only in power, but emboldened to say heinous shit?
There's a not insignificant number of people that share their beliefs and are tired of hiding that fact. Combined with a decent number of single issue voters that don't give a shit about anything other than their own issue.
They fought each other all the time.
Right, Europeans have never fought each other or others for frivolous reasons
Totally different. They did it while being white.
Of course not! White people never get violet, upset at each, commit crimes against each other, assault each other, and are just the epitome of politeness 24/7.
Yes, but you see, the frivolous killing of each other was in context of a legal framework. It's completely different! /Sarcasm
Here in Alberta a candidate compared trans kids to literal feces. She was disavowed by the Conservatives for a time, STILL got elected (as an independent), and earlier this month the Conservatives welcomed her back into the fold after a vote. These people almost never suffer actual consequences for their hatred.
Edit: I ended on a grim note, so I'd like to say I have hope situations like these and our responses will get better with time. I think generations that grew up with the Internet are going to be more used to/accepting of novel experiences and opinions simply by virtue of seeing a world's worth of them. Of course that's not to say either being open-minded or not is restricted to age, just a trend I've noticed. There's some data to support this, but we'll have to see how it evolves over time.
Yeah I've seen that.. Embarrassing that someone like that got elected. Embarrassing for Albertans that they would elect someone like that. My experience of Alberta over BC, especially Victoria, is it was much more conservative, and tended to be more racist. I spent some time working in Edmonton, and I saw more racism in a year there than in my 30 years in Victoria.
I agree with your statement about things getting better. There seems to be a lot less racism in younger people than old.
Rustad is a confirmed piece of shit for not firing here instantly
My standards for conservatives are so damn low that the fact that he said the whole bit about how her views don't reflect the views of the party made me feel somewhat relieved. I realize this is simply platitudes and is nothing more than damage control to retain votes.
I do agree though, she should be fired and barred from politics. What an abhorrent thing to say.
The standard for the cons these days is to say nothing or even double down.
If one thing history has proven is that natives were never more savage than the colonists that took their lands.