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Originally Posted by kwoldtimer
Might be OK, but it would have to be terribly frustrating in a multicultural country.
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The members of the Madarin speaking condo board seem to be doing just fine
And yes, I agree with many of the commenters above, opinions and feelings towards multiculturalism and immigration should not be seen as black and white issues.
Believe it or not but there are many shades between "I fucking hate all people who are different than me" and "My bleeding heart must welcome everyone without question or concern."
Currently my 4th year living in Japan and now being married to a Japanese woman has been an eye opening experience regarding these issues. The idea of moving to Japan and then demanding everyone here to revolve around my culture and traditions without any effort to assimilate into theirs / learn the official local language would be the most arrogant and rude thing to do IMO. I see no reason why we should not expect the same from those who come to Canada.
And yes, multiculturalism is problematic if you don't establish a basic foundation of language and culture for all those living in a region / country to share. This doesn't mean people can retain their old traditions and languages, but there must also be some shared aspects with the general population installed.
I also find it interesting how the pressure is always for western nations to diversify and be multicultural, but you never hear the same being said for Japan, or Korea, of China, or India, or any other non Western European nation. I feel this is due to people on the left ironically viewing African and Asian cultures as static artifacts that must be protected at all costs, while the west is a dynamic beast that must accept all changes from external forces without question.
The Donald Trump thread recently perfectly displayed how goofy this thinking can get where some on the far left expressed how they can't wait for white people to becole the minority in America because they believe that this will bring the of Trump and Republican style politics. The big joke about all of this is that the vast majority of immigrants replacing these white people actually come from cultures that are far right in social and political beliefs than the average American. Instead of extreme right wing politics dying the white right wing leaders will simply be replaced by whatever group becomes the new majority, and things may potentially become even more right wing. Look at the Philippines, their new found Trump is even worse than Trump himself (having laughed at rape victims and openly admitting to killing people) yet the vast majority there still love him, even more than right wing Americans love Trump.
Sorry, went on a rant there.
Just getting really tired of this with us or against us thinking.
Ironically while we are trying to divide the once two established genders into 38+ categories all other social issues seem to have become binary