Macdonald vandalized by "zombies"
The Macdonald statue was vandalized once again overnight by people claiming to be anti‑colonial zombies rising from the old cemetery in the area.
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Michael Black 13:30 on 2019-10-31 Permalink
There’s lots of ways to be for things, but they choose to anonymously be against something they decide is bad. They really are going against a symbol rather than something concrete.
Why do we have to make do wifh a $60 commemorative coin with Louis Riel on it rather than ageneral.circulation quarter. Even now that Louis has been “rehabilitated” popular history still gives an uncomplete version of the ” Rebellion”.
Just before the election, the CBC had an opinion piece from a native where she said that the leaders barely brought up native issues. Then she pointed out that while those few issues weren’t unimportant, most native people would likely say other issues were more important.
People say lots of things, but the Gazette for example has no local native columnist to provide commentary and opinion. That leaves it to others, who only comment on the biggest news stories that trickle out.
The vandals are like that, reacting to some very loud item that trickles out, but leaving endless more imoortant issues out.
Third parties often have a skewed version of what others want, and often have a very different viewpoint. I am reminded of that demonstratiin against racism in the taxi industry about 1983. Organized by black.people, it waw different from if it had beeen organized by whites. And the loudest guy there was white chanting with his fist in the air. Such actions don’t help, they take away the voice of those directly affected. I know Chief Phillips in BC up there with Greta Thunberg laat week can speak for me.
Michael