12 Nov 2019
Given the moral cowardice that prevails in much of media (see Northwest University), it is not surprising that Don Cherry would get fired for having said something that riled up a twitter mob. It doesn’t matter that what Cherry said was sensible and patriotic.
Cherry hit upon a painful contradiction in the view that progressives have on immigrants and immigration. We hope that immigrants come to Canada with the aim of becoming Canadian and integrating into Canadian society. But if no one tells them what is expected of them, how are they going to integrate? What could be more Canadian than honoring our war dead by wearing a poppy on Remembrance Day?
The progressive twitter mob were outraged that anyone should place expectations upon immigrants. Progressives hold that immigrant cultures are superior to Canadian culture, that immigrants are doing us the favour by coming here, and that we ought to learn from immigrants. Progressives can’t admit that there must be something about existing Canadian culture that makes Canada so appealing that immigrants leave the home of their birth to take their chances here.
If the plan is to have immigrants replace us in future, then shouldn’t we make sure that they will carry on Canadian culture and traditions? If the plan is to have immigrants substitute and replace Canadian culture, then it is patriotic to oppose immigration.
Cherry hit painfully on this contradiction, and so the progressive mob howled in pain and outrage.
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