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From what I can find on this subject, this whole "cultural appropriation" movement started with the concept that it was insulting for people who weren't black to wear blackface or people who weren't First Nations to dress up on Halloween as Native Americans. I honestly get that, and agree with the concept that this can be very disrespectful and just plain wrong, just like dressing up like a Nazi to go to a Bar Mitzvah probably isn't a great idea either. But as with everything in the Social Justice movement, what started as a good idea has been corrupted and usurped and made into a total industry of its own. What a surprise. I define social justice as "The stubborn application of unworkable solutions to imaginary problems" and "cultural appropriation" as an issue seems to fit that definition completely. This particular abomination seems extremely Orwellian in nature too.

That's the second time today I've read/heard the term "cultural appropriation". I'd never heard of it until now. This is really getting out of hand. Time to turn back the tide of insanity.

Shopping trip to the beer store? **** yes! Bring some of that Arrogant Bastard if it hit the shelves yet. You could ask Chris Jones to bring you some but that might seem redundant.

Done and done. And I mean done!

randy turnerVerified account ‏@randyturner15 3h3 hours ago Look, I'm all for Winnipeg welcoming refugees into our fair city with open arms. But nobody said anything about Eskimos fans. #CFL

You are an English politician who was a member of the European Parliament?

Are we back to the dead cat issue again? Ask the guy who actually brought it up first, and inaccurately described it as "racist".

Are you even thinking about oppression while you eat that taco? According to Social Justice Internet, it’s totally fine to enjoy foods from other cultures — as long as you don’t call the food “authentic,” act like it’s out of the ordinary, or forget to get upset about Islamophobia every time you eat hummus. Yep. According to “The Feminist Guide to Being a Foodie Without Being Culturally Appropriative,” it’s pretty damned hard for you to eat anything but a cheeseburger without its author, Rachel Kuo, thinking you’re being offensive. Have you ever gone to another country and tried an “authentic” version of that country’s cuisine? If you said yes, you’re already a racist. According to Kuo, the word “authentic” should never be used when discussing another culture’s food because “seeking ‘authenticity’ fetishizes the sustenance of another culture.” “The idea of the “authentic” food experience is separated from reality,” Kuo writes. “It also freezes a culture in a particular place in time.” Unfortunately, Kuo had no recommendations for how someone should describe the kind of food he ate on a trip to China versus what he ate on a trip to Panda Express. She simply declared that using the word “authentic” to describe the former to be totally unacceptable. But don’t worry — she did have a ton of other great tips! For example: If you eat something new like a pig intestine, do not under any circumstances act like it is a strange or interesting experience to you. “When people think they’re being adventurous for trying food from another culture, it’s the same thing as treating that food as bizarre or weird,” Kuo said. Kuo, who described herself as “Taiwanese and American,” said that one of her favorite foods is made with pig intestines and congealed pig blood. She explained that although she is totally okay with you eating pig intestines and pig blood even if you’re not Taiwanese, you had better not act like it’s a big deal when you do it. “By making a big deal out of someone’s culture and food, it reminds them that they’re culture is abnormal and doesn’t quite belong in this world,” Kuo states. ‘Folks might love Mexican food, but not care about different issues such as labor equity and immigration policy.’ So basically, eat all of the pig intestines you want . . . but you had better not act like eating pig intestines isn’t what you do every day. Simply say “Oh, this is very good, very normal food!” or don’t say anything at all — or else Kuo is going to feel as though she literally does not belong on planet Earth. Seems fair. Why should people have the freedom how they’re feeling about new experiences when they experiencing them? Oh, and there’s another thing: You cannot eat a culture’s food without thinking about the oppression that the people of that culture have gone through. “When food gets disconnected from the communities and places its [sic] from, people can easily start forgetting and ignoring historical and ongoing oppression faced by those communities,” she writes. “America has corporatized “Middle Eastern food” like hummus and falafel, and some people might live by halal food carts, but not understand or address the ongoing Islamophobia in the US,” she continues. “Folks might love Mexican food, but not care about different issues such as labor equity and immigration policy that impact members from that community.” See, it’s easy! You can totally go ahead and eat that burrito in Mexico! Just don’t call it authentic or think of it as an interesting experience — which you shouldn’t have time to think about anyway, seeing as you’re supposed to be thinking about immigration the whole time. Read more at: http://www.nationalreview.com/article/427436/cultural-appropriation-authentic-food-racist

Honestly, I don't see how you can come to these black and white conclusions, unless you are privy to counter-terrorism intelligence that no one else here is. The truth is, no one knows what terrorist groups have infiltrated these camps, and radicalized the people living in them. But I agree that we can't allow this fear to stop Canada from letting in refugees, and I support these efforts. There is no way to ever know fully if the people we are allowing in will one day decide to strap on a vest and self-detonate, but such is the way it is. Bring on the refugees. Great point. This is why I feel like the refugee "threat" is being over blown & politicized somewhat because the terrorist threats are not limited to refugees. If the Paris & Ottawa incidents have shown anything, it's that immigrants and natural born citizens are being radicalized and are just as willing or likely to commit these crimes. I honestly think that anyone expecting these immigrants to just strap on vests and start self-detonating after arriving is putting too much pressure on them. They need to be "integrated" and live for a few years off of our welfare system, and cost our government a few million in social services first. Just kidding....as I said before, bring on the refugees.

Honestly, I don't see how you can come to these black and white conclusions, unless you are privy to counter-terrorism intelligence that no one else here is. The truth is, no one knows what terrorist groups have infiltrated these camps, and radicalized the people living in them. But I agree that we can't allow this fear to stop Canada from letting in refugees, and I support these efforts. There is no way to ever know fully if the people we are allowing in will one day decide to strap on a vest and self-detonate, but such is the way it is. Bring on the refugees.

I was trying to give you a compliment, but I see that was lost on you. Even though you couldn't see the forest for the trees on the niquab issue, you did point out the religious freedom aspect of the constitutional argument surrounding the niqab issue and thank you for that. Now you can continue babbling about false dichotomies while 25,000 women and children (no single men) are freed from camps and arrive on the shores of our great country, to hopefully lead law-abiding and peaceful lives. Merry Christmas to all of them (oops, that just slipped in there .

how can you be racist against a religion? It's a question of religious freedom, not racism. And PCB, our board constitutional lawyer, said that what Harper was doing was constitutionally wrong. And he was right. But it wasn't racist.

He won't be asked, because that's a "gotcha" question. The media party is Trudeau's lap-dog. Which is why he can make his whole government available to the media, because he knows they will just get soft-ball questions.

SEE, SEE HOW INCLUSIVE I AM?!!? why

I agree totally too. I just find it hilarious that I've been told now for weeks that all of these refugees were totally screened and totally cool and the UN and the government know exactly what they were doing, and if I didn't just 100% agree with this and instead asked that the Government make sure that these refugees were screened properly that I was a racist, Islamaphobe, bigot, insert stupid label here, and now the Canadian government is actually admitting that maybe, just maybe, they shouldn't be allowing in single males. But why? Isn't it totally xenophobic to assume these single males will be strapping on self-detonation kits and reaching for their AK's after they "integrate" into our society? I don't see how it all reconciles with the politically correct psyche, but once again, it appears the politically correct feel-good lefty crowd has tied themselves into an ideological pretzel here. I know you guys won't admit it, but it's pretty cool to see. Bring on the 25,000 women and children, let's get em here ASAP and lickety split.

definitely xenophobia.

Oswald was a US Marine. That's where he learned how to shoot. Didn't you see Full Metal Jacket?

I loved Definition! https://youtu.be/hdsQgy3m0ZQ

We're going to a game in Phoenix on Dec 31. I can't remember who the Coyotes are playing. Anyway, we're thinking of getting two tickets for $99 and they are throwing in two free beers, under their "Coors light" promotion. But I am also thinking we'll just get tickets off a scalper. I don't know why there are hockey teams in these markets. It just makes no sense.

Once again, attack the person, but don't even address the message. What else is new around here. Here's Rex Murphy on the Syrian situation. I expect Rex to get the same treatment. http://www.cbc.ca/news/thenational/rex-murphy-trudeau-s-refugee-promise-1.3327352 Yes, let's get Noam's take on everything. Can't wait, though I already pretty much know what he's going to say.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ry3NzkAOo3s#t

The leadership of Hamas spends most of their time in Qatar, living in five star accommodation, paid mostly by all the millions of dollars of cash they've skimmed out of UN grants that were supposed to go to building schools and hospitals in Gaza, but instead went into building terror tunnels. I will never understand all of the love of Hamas by the extreme left. They are just as bad as ISIS in so many ways.

http://cnews.canoe.com/CNEWS/World/2015/11/19/22574799.html