Evelyn Kwong @Thestar.com Divisive Rhetoric? – Welcome to multicultural Canada — where ‘go back where you came from’ is also a thing – Response – July 20, 2019,
There are times when I’m very critical of articles written on thestar.com this isn’t one of them, this article by Evelyn Kwong appears to be coming from a genuine place, it appears to be a lived experience that as a Torontonian I know to be true, my feeling, however, is that there’s a misinterpretation that “multicultural” is a good thing. When the word multicultural comes up, I’m often reminded of books I’ve read about African Americans in the Jim Crow south who outright refused to let the KKK push them around, these African Americans, wouldn’t use violence, many of them were actually more Amerian than the racist whites of that era.
The Jim Crow South was anti-free market and anti-capitalism, the Jim Crow South who were starch supporters of the Democrat Party posted signs on their businesses that “colored people were not allowed” in their shops, oddly enough people forget that this prevented economic growth in the South, even to this day, immigrants would rather avoid certain U.S States, because of the legacy of Jim Crow, which in many ways prevents economic growth not only in U.S States but in countries all over the world. Hitler and the Nazi Party were National Socialists and it’s said that they learned from the Democrat Party, the Classical Liberals historically were ignored after their push to distance the church from the State was accomplished.
Separating the Church from the State gave rise to the modern-day left, who now didn’t have to abide by Judeo-Christian values and who then began using the State to play the role of what used to be the Church. Modern-day Leftism, whether it be Communism, Socialism or Fascism is a derivative of Collectivism. Where Religion differs from Collectivism is that it’s a VOLUNTEERED submission. What Political Collectivism represents is force or at bare minimum social engineering. Countries which have been unsuccessful with separating Church from State are typical destinations that aren’t welcoming for everyone, but these oppressive religiously controlled countries are often barred from the discussion when modern-day Liberals would rather use the flaws of Western white men as their reasoning to micro-manage and socially engineer humanity.
In her article, Evelyn Kwong makes the following statement:
Despite the utopian rhetoric of the Canadian soundtrack to my life — ‘Multiculturalism! Diversity! Acceptance!’— I’ve always struggled with accepting my national identity.
She make this statement after quoting Justin Trudeau’s words, words Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said in response to Donald Trump’s tweets attacking four Congresswomen, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ayanna Pressley, Rashida Tlaib, and Ilhan Omar, telling them to “go back” to where they came from.
“A Canadian is a Canadian is a Canadian.”
“That’s not how we do things in Canada,” Trudeau insisted.
words Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said in response to Donald Trump’s tweets attacking four Congresswomen, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ayanna Pressley, Rashida Tlaib, and Ilhan Omar, telling them to “go back” to where they came from.
But for this Canadian who is a Canadian who is a Canadian, the lived experience of how we do things doesn’t quite match the Prime Minister’s words.
Evelyn Kwong from what I read her parents came to Canada from Hong Kong. Hong Kong is regarded as one of the freest economies on earth. In fact, one could argue as long as Hong Kong can distance itself from Mainland China, Hong Kong economically will be an example that Canada will have to consider emulating in the future. Now, if as individual Evelyn Kwong allows white people, who I’m assuming she’s viewing collectively and seeing as somehow superior to Asians, well then we have a social problem in Canada.
I think it’s based on military power? but I’m not entirely sure where this assumption of looking at white people as superiors comes from? I personally think it comes from the Leftist collectivists, who have no moral arguments and instead are forced to revolve their entire political ideology around divisiveness? My projections for the future show east Asians being the economic leaders of the world, and I have a hard time understanding why words that some idiotic white people say at BARS or at public schools have had such a profound effect on people’s lives as adults. This is what bothers me about the Public school system, sticks and stones may break my bones by words will never hurt me.
How did that turn into words will hurt me and it’s okay for ANTIFA to hurl sticks and stones at people they disagree with? There’s no way to regulate or control what people say or how they make you feel in a country based on Freedom! A large portion of humans are idiots and the best way to punish morons is to hit them in their pocketbooks. You don’t have to do or say anything, let your money do the talking, I live in Toronto and the Chinese have done an amazing job of out-competing white people, there are China towns everywhere and because Chinese people aren’t known as violent or openly racist, white people vote with their dollars by supporting Chinese owned businesses.
In my world, that’s game set match. I often write about the stupidity of minimum wages, because guess who doesn’t have to abide by minimum wage regulations? Family-owned businesses! That simple concept often flies over white Canadians heads, even those who see themselves as Conservatives. Wage and Price controls are government decrees a lot of so-called white Canadian Conservatives are too stupid to comprehend why many countries even in Europe abolished minimum wages.
Economically Communist China s outsmarting Justin Trudeau, in quasi-capitalist America, Donald Trump is mopping the floor economically with Justin Trudeau. Bad social policies tend to lead to bad economic policies. Is there a racist element in Canada, of course there is, but you’d be stupid to assume that racism only comes from White people, there’s racism coming from Muslims, from Blacks, from South and East Asians, from Jews, from Eastern Europeans, now in a free market, where the rule of law is respected, where the welfare state is non-existent those of us who are civilized, will lead the charge of what is the social norms.
In a free market, you’re punished for bad or stupid behavior, you’re punished for being closed-minded, you’re punished for arrogance or divisiveness, the Chinese in many ways do so well economically because at least on the surface, they don’t appear to allow words to stop them from being productive. White people call other white people horrible names too, humans are idiots, just because someone is white doesn’t mean they’re superior to you in any way, in the end, what makes Western culture so appealing to everyone all over the world is FREEDOM OF SPEECH and the FREE Enterprise system.
Want to know why Africa is so poor? It’s simple you have to watch what you say, want to know why China isn’t flooded with a wave of immigrants? Communism and the reality that there is no freedom of speech, in China there’s a 99% conviction rate, which is why currently the people of Hong Kong fear the very concept of being extradited to Mainland China. The people of Hong Kong don’t hate the way the people of Mainland China look, it’s the ideology of the people in Mainland China that the people of Hong Kong want to distance themselves from.
I don’t want a Nanny State, I don’t want Justin Trudeau or any politician forcing political correctness on me. In China there’s a social credit score, that can literally make all your hard work in life, vanish because of a government decree. In Canada, some very good people are having their entire lives destroyed because of political correctness. White people are still Humans, they’re not super-humans they’re regular people just like Evelyn Kwong who should be allowed to make mistakes and do stupid sh^t just like everyone else in a FREE society.
Together we all work to make this system work, the government can’t force people to change. In America, when the government stepped in and tried to help African Americans, the standard of living for many African Americans got even worse, if you look at the history of Black America they weren’t as violent or as angry as many of them are today. In fact economically, what the racist white south at the time feared was that African Americans would soon surpass the whites economically, it wasn’t until government intervention starting with minimum wages and then the Great society where economically African Americans collectively began plateauing.
Individually, you’ll still observe that there are Black people all over the world doing very well economically, however if you pay close attention, the Black Americans or the people of African descent that have the most difficult time economically, tend to consume the Leftist, dogma that the Government needs to do something to rectify their peoples bad economic decisions. It appears to me, after reading the article by Evelyn Kwong, that she’s not looking at the good and is instead focusing on the negative. I do charity work; 24/7 electricity and a working toilet are what I love about my country. The toilet flushes and it makes the news when there’s a blackout in my city, imagine how spoiled we are.
I love being Canadian, I love my country, I prefer the optimistic view of the world, of course, this country isn’t perfect, but let’s not assume that the government can fix social problems. Every time the government intervenes into social issues, they’re forced to pick winners and losers. A lot of white people don’t like a lot of white people, because some whites are jerks, a lot of Asians don’t like other Asians, because some Asians are jerks, a lot of black people don’t like other Black people because some black people are jerks, a lot of south Asians don’t like other south Asians, because some south Asians are jerks, same goes for Jews and people from the middle east.
When you embrace Western culture, understand that some people are stupid, and you should never view an idiot as your superior. A potentially drunk white male at a Bar doesn’t represent all white men in Canada, for all you know that white man or those white men that she interacted with might have mental issues, maybe they’re insecure, maybe they’re trying to sound cool around their friends, a lot of white people have mental health-related issues.
Go back to where you come from often comes as a result of a person who is always complaining. Nana is always complaining about something, a part of western culture is a hatred for the Nanny state. Classical Liberals were known for separating church from state, the modern-day left appears to want to turn the State into what was the Church.
None of us want a Nanny State and once you escape the collectivist, social justice state of mind, you’ll start to notice patterns with Conservatives, which is they don’t like to be controlled and in many instances, they’re very reasonable if you present them with a valid argument. If as an example you took Black Americans as they are now and dropped them in Sweden do you think Swedish whites would instantly know about Black Americans what American whites know? Of course not, because white people aren’t super-human, it’s a work in progress, everything is a work in progress, none of us know if this experiment is going to work in the long run.
But if you constantly poke the bear over and over again, might it lead to lower birth rates amongst whites? Might it lead to an increase in racial tensions? Might it lead to an increase of White parents in Canada encouraging their children to take a more conservative approach to their social behavior? We are a beautiful WORK IN PROGRESS and Evelyn Kwong some optimism would be nice, a thank you some time, maybe some kind words of appreciation, thanks for keeping the lights on.
The whole go back to where you came from is a response to modern-day Leftists pushing for a NANNY STATE. Let’s forget race for a moment and notice that the squad which includes Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar, Ayanna Pressley, and Rashida Tlaib are all women. NANA, NANA, NANA, the NANNY STATE, do what I say and don’t question my authority.
It’s not like Ilhan Omar is the only politician that was born outside of the U.S, but she’s the only one who is aggressively pushing for a NANNY State, aggressively name-calling the President of the United States and making statements that make you question if she’s appreciative of 24/7 electricity and a working toilet, which I’m not sure exists in such abundance in Somalia as it does in America? Humans make toilets, humans keep the lights on and if society is in not in harmony, things we take for granted will become scarce.
When Nanny keeps pushing everyone around, different factions are formed, this is quite common in Somalia, the rule of law isn’t respected because the rule of law isn’t balanced, currently Somalia has a the Tayo political party in power, take a wild guess what part of the political aisle he Tayo Party is? Yes, you guessed it, it’s a Liberal political party in Somalia. Now, if you check Somalia you’ll notice that most of their Political Parties have Liberal themes and their lone Conservative Party that I could find hasn’t separated Church from State yet. The lone Conservative Party I could find from Somalia was The Daljir Party (DP) which is a Conservative Islamic democracy party. Now, Democracy favors the majority, which obviously means that if The Daljir Party (DP) came to power, they’d choose the side of the majority and potentially oppress the minority. Can white people get a little credit for understanding what makes a stable democracy?
Some gratitude you know, some credit, 24/7 electricity, paved streets, obese nonwhite poor people, groups of white people willing to make a person who doesn’t look like them represent their political desires, just a little credit? Can white people get a little credit? In Canada, a non-white person can racially bash white people in a public form as much as they like, and white people aren’t allowed to return the favor.
Can white people get some credit for that? Nonwhite people can complain about their government in Canada, Non-white people can pull the race card if they’re denied access to certain things, white people going out of their way to make non-white people feel comfortable, does this exist in any other non-white culture? Will Hong Kong allow immigrants to get special favors over the Asian people of Hong Kong and will the Hong Kong government provide housing for people who go to their country illegally?
I’m not sure if Evelyn Kwong or thestar.com see Canada as racist, but, well I wish they’d give this country, our people and our culture some credit because in an imperfect world life sure is good in Canada
Interesting times ahead