We Must Restore Sir John A Macdonald's Legacy ｜ Dominion Society Demonstration, Hamilton
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Summary
On this episode of White Boy Summer, the boys discuss the removal of a statue of Sir John A. Macdonald in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, as well as the recent Indigenous unity rally in support of the city s decision to remove the statue.
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Is this the official beginning of White Boy Summer?
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Hamilton is built upon courageous men, pioneers who cleared the land, sowed the seed, and
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brought forth from the black earth great orchards and vineyards, dreamers who foresaw the strategic
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acquisition of their city and secured it for future generations but perhaps the story of
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In a 12 to 3 vote not to remove the bronze statue, numerous councillors say they want the review of all landmarks and monuments to be completed before any changes are made to artifacts.
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It will send, unfortunately, a signal for some to opt out of consultation.
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Sir John A. gave Canada direction, purpose, and identity.
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To take that away from Canadians would be sinister and truly unfortunate.
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hundreds of people gathered at hamilton city hall earlier today for an indigenous
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unity rally just steps away a statue of sir johnny mcdonald was toppled
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the statue is now on the ground waiting to be removed from the park it was spray
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painted and a rope tied around the neck before being pulled to the ground attendees say the
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rally was held to oppose a decision made by hamilton city council last month to keep the
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statue standing prior to the toppling indigenous residents spoke to the crowd sharing their
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experiences from residential schools hamilton police say they're investigating but no arrests
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I'm concerned that there's real risk of just accelerating the conflict over a statue.
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In some ways, we're justifying all of the violence that has been borne down upon it.
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People think that we live in an ahistoric time of meaninglessness and indifference.
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I don't recall a time where there's been a professional group out doing something like this in quite a while.
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For too long, radical activists and out-of-touch elites have rewritten our history, torn down
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our statues, and renamed our institutions. Progressives tried to erase Sir John's history.
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He defied the impossible. Everyone told him it could not be done. The colonies could not
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be united. Economic interest said it couldn't be done. American interest told him it could not be
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done. And he did it anyway. They say there's no unified sense of Canadian identity. We're here
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to tell them they're wrong. For too long, white Canadians have been told they do not have an
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identity. We're all just immigrants on stolen land. We've had enough of these fake narratives.
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Canadians are a great people, descendants of the brave settlers, pioneers, and explorers
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that built this nation from nothing. We will transform this country just like Sir John.
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We're proud of our history and we're done apologizing.
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Nationalism and fascism are like shit by jowl.
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Because fucking how many are you fucking youngs?
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The cops are a part of your goddamn group.
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The use of who lives across the street is a Canadian.
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But I think the immigrants that are coming here are like, it's fantastic.
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Dan, what did you think of the demonstration today?
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we made history i thought it was fun it was great to see so many people here
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i thought it was great you know it was a first for me so a little awkward because our demonstrations
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are not like socially permissible but other demonstrations are but it was great um we were
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in a high traffic area um it felt good to be with like-minded people it was a great turnout a lot of
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a lot more people than i expected probably people around driving by they were also receptive people
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really friendly people everywhere uh great event all around i thought the demonstration was awesome
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it was a chance to help preserve canadian history something that's currently being erased and
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i had a great time it was amazing it was so nice to see so many people um peacefully come together
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and so many with the same beliefs um sometimes it can feel pretty lonely you know what first led you
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to join dominion society i got hit by an indian truck driver five years ago these guys are just
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handing out those licenses and every day you see on the news someone's losing their life to some
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guy that then gets like two years in prison at most and they keep him in the country afterwards
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so something's got to change. I mean what first led you to join Dominion Society? Yeah we ended
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up joining Dominion Society because we wanted to make a change. There aren't many organizations or
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movements in our country that care about Canadian values way that the Dominion Society does
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and it really touched us deeply and it really caused us to come and join.
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Finding an organization that's actually trying to make a change,
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not just, you know, complaining about the lack of change
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So that's one thing I really value with Dominion Society.
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The concept of mass immigration and why it's wrong sort of clicked.
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Yeah, there was clearly a problem that we weren't willing to address
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and so I was looking to get involved in something that was looking to address it.
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So why do you think it's seen as like controversial to to kind of be part of Dominion society or like want to fly the red ensign?
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A lot of people have a lot of white guilt because it's been instilled in them through their education, through our media.
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And that's something that we need to address and do something about.
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I think the only reason that they do it is because they want you to be punished.
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It's been a sign of cultural heritage for us in Canada since the 1870s
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and hopefully with groups like the Dominion Society
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And so the Red Ensign is representative of who founded Canada,
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who built everything that everyone enjoys when they come here.
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This is the country that Canadian people belong to
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and Canadians are represented by Scottish, Irish, English, and French.
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People have been told certain things about our history.
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They want to make it into a multicultural kind of place.
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But yeah, I think honestly it's just ideologically offensive to people
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No hate detected, no. It's all fun and all peace and love, you know?
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So some people think that this, like, red ensign flag or Sir John A. Macdonald is, like, controversial.
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They don't respect the history that built this country that gave them such a good life,
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and maybe they should just rethink their attitude about it.
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We just love our country. We love the culture that we were raised in, and we want to see it continued.
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Look at your history, and there's nothing to be ashamed of for greatness.
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Sources are going to tell you what they want you to hear, and that's why a lot of people think the way they do.
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But really looking into what actually happened, I think, is very eye-opening for a lot of people.
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And so when you ask them what they find racist about these certain figures and Canada as a pool is, it's false.
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It's just information that they've been spoon-fed and they follow along.
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About Dominion Society or the future of Canada?
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Yeah, if you're looking for the country to remain the way that it started, join now, get involved, and be a part of the change.
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It starts with us. If we don't make a change, who is?
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We're just going to let our country be overtaken, so join now and be the change that you want to see.
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These demonstrations are only going to get bigger and more frequent.
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People get to see your beautiful faces out proudly, holding our flags,
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And it's going to inspire many more to sign up as members,
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But it's our responsibility to restore the society that he dreamed we could be.
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You know, the Conservatives, they pay lip service to him.
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It's down to nationalists to reclaim John A's legacy and carry his mantle.
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We work hard, we take risks, and then we celebrate.
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And really, at the end of the day, nothing makes the radical left more upset than a bunch of proud white Canadians having a good time.
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We stand for a simple cause, re-migration, and we hear the exact same thing.
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It's not economically viable. It's not politically popular.
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Whatever is in the best interest of our people, our nation, is never impossible.