They had that protest apparently yesterday at Bannerman Park in St. John’s against white suprem-acism as if it’s a huge thing in Newfoundland. They said black and indi-genous people are systematically treated badly, etc. but I would ask “what do you want?”
I can guarantee they want other people to give them stuff. I don’t know if that’s an oversimplification. But that seems to be what it boils down to. But isn’t that a position of weakness? How can you say you are equal if you have to be given things? They aren’t even saying they want equality, they want some compensation. But again, it’s like asking for a higher allowance or welfare. Why can’t they just ask to be free and then do their own thing? If there really is systematic discri-mination somewhere, why not fight it? Not vague “attitudes” or perceptions. How can you change those? But I mean laws and regulations. Otherwise you have to admit they don’t exist, on a systematic basis.
Nick Whelan tried to make some comments and he was shouted off stage, because of comments he made a long time ago saying indig-enous people should eat more fish. He apologized for it, and that should be the end of it. But to these fanatics nothing is ever enough. It seems to me they want special treatment, not equal treatment. I’m sure he has said much worse things to many other people, but again, this seems like a special protected group who we can only praise.
Kind of reminds me of how people obsess about se×ism, about comments men make towards women. But men usually make much worse comments towards other men. Take video games for instance. They will say these are not welcome environments for women. As if the gamers should be complimenting them and being chivalrous. At the same time however, men are bashing other men in a much more derogatory manner.
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