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Find out what you're complaining about before getting race-baited into hating someone. The context of his statement might have made it perfectly reasonable. Thi
by EnigmaFlare 3y ago
Find out what you're complaining about before getting race-baited into hating someone. The context of his statement might have made it perfectly reasonable. This article is obviously trying to paint everyone and their dog as a racist so don't trust it to be open about the context.
- badcppdev 3y agoI think you need to provide some links with context because the article makes a compelling case that people are trying to block an indigenous group from exercising their agency.
- trimethylpurine 3y agoDo we know that it's not a small few wealthy deal makers selling the land out from under people that wanted to preserve it? I'm not Canadian, so I have no clue. But that would be my immediate suspicion based on experience in real estate and movies I saw on TV.
- badcppdev 3y agoI agree that's absolutely a possibility. Also not a Canadian. But I will point out that superficially there doesn't seem to be opposition to development on the land. The opposition appears to be based on what is being built rather than where.
- kareemm 3y agoI am Canadian and lived a literal stones throw from the site in question for 4 years. The real issue is that Vancouver is full of NIMBYs who want sightlines, low density, and “character” preserved. It’s basically encoded into the zoning laws for the municipality. Those groups will use whatever tactics at hand to prevent density at a scale they don’t approve of from being built.
- EnigmaFlare 3y agoI couldn't find the context so, given the tone of the article, I think it's a safe assumption that the author isn't being charitable and is trying to mislead.