7 July 2020
The Hamilton Spectator today ran an opinion column by Margaret Shkimba headlined, "Canada Day 2020 left us a lot to reflect on." Shkimba is another woke-progressive. A few pithy comments on it below:
Shkimba’s latest column once again demonstrated her ignorance and arrogance. She can afford to criticize Canada because she, personally, isn’t responsible for this country’s sins, and she can make all the woke recommendations she likes because she, personally, won’t be affected by any of them.
She wonders what it means to be Canadian. Obviously, she doesn’t understand the raisin pudding model of Canada upheld by Justin Trudeau. You can be one of the raisins, or you can be the bland, flavorless gelatin that holds everything together - and is responsible for all the country’s past sins (including holding it together in past times of crises).
She thinks Canada is the greatest country in the world, but can’t call herself a patriot because that term has been appropriated by “white supremacists” – of another country! I wonder if she has a similar repugnance to the word “white” to describe the colour of a tablecloth, or “supreme” to name the highest court in the land.
She loves Canada – but not this one. The one she loves is the one that’s better for everyone, and meets all the latest woke requirements for perfection. (If you’re not perfect, then you’re not really good.) The one culture that is evil to inculcate is the Anglo-Saxon one. She falsely states that “Canada has a history of slavery.” No, Canada does not. This is woke fiction. She then says that Quebec is “addicted to whiteness.” Whatever that means.
She ends with a call to rewrite history. That’s all we need, historical revisionism in which children are taught to hate their country for all the evils it has done. One example, cited by Shkimba, is the Cree being allowed to starve to death under the stewardship of Sir John A. Macdonald. This is more woke fiction, period. Yet we’re supposed to believe this story sums up Macdonald’s entire career.
Another hash of ignorance and arrogance. If Shkimba’s lucky, the woke mob won’t discover her because you’re never woke enough.
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