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    Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 9 Mar 2017

    Jeet Heer Retweeted Waubgeshig Rice

    The explicit intention behind the residential schools was cultural genocide. If you think that's "well-intentioned"....https://twitter.com/waub/status/839817580802097152 …

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    Conservative senator defends 'well-intentioned' residential school system http://www.cbc.ca/1.4015115 
    7:53 AM - 9 Mar 2017
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      1. Тито Пуенте‏ @WineJerk 9 Mar 2017
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        magnitudes worse, but like the well intentioned nuns who beat my father for using his left hand.

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      1. Vetarnias‏ @Vetarnias 9 Mar 2017
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        Forget it Jeet, it's Torytown.

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      1. Joel Wood‏ @JoelWWood 9 Mar 2017
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        she cites conversion to christianity as success.....

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      1. A. Nerd.‏ @HorribleNerd 9 Mar 2017
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        Well segregation was actually good because school choice, and slaves were just immigrants to today's GOP.

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      1. LeMule‏ @TimLeMule 9 Mar 2017
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        the people at the time would have called it 'civilizing' & probably did think it was the well intentioned thing to do.

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      1. Aaron Frith‏ @JAFrith 9 Mar 2017
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        Richard H. Pratt, head of the Carlisle Indian School, famously said, "Kill the Indian, save the man." Sure, well-intentioned.

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      1. Empty vessels make the loudest sounds‏ @ohmyhog 9 Mar 2017
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        'well-intentioned cultural genocide'

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      1. Paul Milovanov‏ @wooglooskr 9 Mar 2017
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        "no one knowingly does evil"

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      1. Robert Wakulat‏ @robertwakulat 10 Mar 2017
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        Did you ever do a twitter essay on this in response to Lord Black of Crossharbour's position on this issue?

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