• cerothem@lemmy.ca
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    3 days ago

    I think he means that because it’s a first Nations name they wouldn’t do it.

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      3 days ago

      Yes this. Trump was happy to rename Ontario, the name the lake has held for centuries, even before Europeans arrived. There is a reason Canadas First Nations are deeply pro crown, republican Quebec or Alberta would follow America in replacing all things indigenous with their white alternatives.

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        2 days ago

        Canadas First Nations are deeply pro crown

        This is a dangerous falsehood. Indigenous ppl get audiences with the crown because their treaties are with the crown, and not with the Federation Government. They are absolutely NOT “pro-crown”.

        You should no longer say that.

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          1 day ago

          Thanks for the important distinction. If forced politically to choose between the crown and republicanism these communities are consistently choosing the crown, is all I mean.

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            1 day ago

            Yeah, I understand what you meant. However, specific language is better to speak of this because of the tendency of people to extrapolate from single facts inappropriately.