@EmmMacfarlane I take point that issue is intrinsically ideological but it is odd that North Americans commemorate other people's atrocities
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Replying to @DrewFitzAndrew
@DrewGuy86 Sure but we also have many victims of colonialism, of anti-communism, of just plain repression. Seems arbitrary to pick one group
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Replying to @hamandcheese
@HeerJeet @DrewGuy86 BTW a memorial to the victims of communism IS a memorial to victims of colonialism, in many cases1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes -
Replying to @hamandcheese
@hamandcheese @DrewGuy86 Well, like I said before, ideally memorial should be where atrocities actually happened. Kiev would work.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @hamandcheese
@HeerJeet @DrewGuy86 I think your confusing about the purpose of memorials. Its more than a concrete mea culpa2 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
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@hamandcheese @DrewGuy86 Sure, but it seems hypocritical to not-memorialize atrocities committed in Canada but mark crimes done elsewhere1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @HeerJeet
@HeerJeet@hamandcheese This would be more effective if it was a memorial to the victims of Soviet communism or some specific villain2 replies 1 retweet 0 likes
@DrewGuy86 @hamandcheese But all crimes being memorialized took place outside of Canada.
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Replying to @HeerJeet
@HeerJeet@hamandcheese but the effects were felt here regardless0 replies 0 retweets 0 likesThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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