One of the more peculiar online conversations I've had was a few years ago, on an IRC channel. Someone from Canada was making some good points about racism in the US. I brought up Riel, thinking that the person would sympathise with Riel's concerns for the treatment of the Métis. Instead, the person went off about how Riel was a traitor and deserved to be hanged. Oops. Too close to home, I guess.
Oh, wow. Even in my very reactionary grade school, we learned about Riel as a great Canadian hero. I mean, I'm sure they sanitized his story a great deal, but still.
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One of the more peculiar online conversations I've had was a few years ago, on an IRC channel. Someone from Canada was making some good points about racism in the US. I brought up Riel, thinking that the person would sympathise with Riel's concerns for the treatment of the Métis. Instead, the person went off about how Riel was a traitor and deserved to be hanged. Oops. Too close to home, I guess.
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[Insert obligatory apology to Albertans reading this who are not those sorts of Albertans.]
[Insert obligatory self-deprecating comment about Toronto not being the centre of the universe even though it is.]
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