@FakihaBaig writes an article for The Canadian Press alleging ‘Racism is a real problem:’, but what about the other side of the story – March 2, 2021,
There are instances that I do agree that people should get ahead of what could be a threat to the public, my problem with these alleged attacks on Muslims is that we’re only hearing one side of the story. Similar to Gun control debate, law-abiding Canadians are being targeted by the media for something crazy individuals are doing.
Based on the news story below, would it be fair to say that all Muslim men abuse their wives?
Women’s shelters serving immigrant and Muslim women open in Calgary and Edmonton | globalnews.ca
Because when you have a few isolated instances of violence, the narrative Fakiha Baig is trying to convey is that all white people are racists because of a few isolated incidences. In fact, when you read her article for what it is Fakiha Baig is forced to point out that “So far in 2021, three of seven hate-crime-related investigations have involved Somali-Muslim women.” 7 reported hate crimes.
Edmonton has close to 1 million people and Calgary has about 1.3 million people and in 2 months, with all the lockdowns, there have been 7 reported hate crimes? Law-abiding gun owners can’t be blamed for the actions of people who break Canada’s gun laws and it seems to me that white people as a whole are being blamed for the actions of a few.
Furthermore, I still haven’t heard both sides of the story? I’ve personally witnessed instances in which the victim instigate an attack, but the initial victims’ reaction or response to the attack led to the initial victim being charged with a crime. You never know with these attacks, there is a due process to everything and no ethnic or racial group is perfect.
There are idiots in every race and culture and to sensationalize these stories is why Canada’s mainstream media needed a Justin Trudeau bailout. I don’t subscribe nor do I intentionally support news organizations that do not report the news in its entirety. The media is not doing any ethnic group any favors by picking sides of a debate.
People can not learn to love each other if one group of people are being demonized in order to uplift another group of people. When I looked at the Fakiha Baig Twitter profile she looks very young, and I don’t think The Canadian Press is doing her any favors by not telling her to tell her audience both sides of the story.
She ran with this story because of the sensational headline, racism, white supremacy, minority victim, more laws and resources need to be created for non-white Canadians, because minorities feel targeted by their white skin. All white people shouldn’t be guilty until proven innocent, this defeats the purpose of building a more beautiful Canada.
What kind of world are we building? Canada isn’t perfect, but it’s doing a lot better than most countries, it’s not like there aren’t rich Muslim countries on this planet, why do many Muslims call Canada him? Because in comparison to most rich Muslim countries Canada offers more freedoms. Well, if laws are created to benefit specific groups of people, Canada will have the same problems that made most Muslims leave Muslim nations in the first place.
Freedom for the INDIVIDUAL
We don’t walk around and label entire groups of people ‘racists’ just because of the actions of a few, that’s how wars are started in the middle east. Certain groups of Muslims like to label their opposition with labels they hope will make their opposition appear less than human.
Now, I’m not saying that we shouldn’t look into these instances, but labeling everything racism is very hurtful and destructive to Canadian civilization. Nowhere in her article below, does Fakiha Baig even attempt to tell the other side of the story.
If Canadian mainstream media wants to know why it’s failing it’s because of your sensational headlines with no substance. These clickbait headlines are leading the readers towards DIVISION. Nobody wants to be associated with hate, poverty or division. It’s a horrible feeling to volunteer yourself to propaganda, meant t destroy a great nation.
White people attack white people all the time, some white people are jerks, some white people have mental health issues, some white people are going nuts being prisoners in their own homes. Humans aren’t perfect, but I think Alberta is doing pretty well, collectively and instead of trying to put labels on people, let’s discuss things openly and honestly as Canadians. Let’s tell both sides of the story and enjoy debating and exercising our freedom of speech so we can all learn to work together to build a better country. Let’s learn to love each other by having an enriching dialogue!
‘Racism is a real problem:’ Muslim women fearful following attacks in Edmonton | ctvnews.ca
Interesting times ahead