I understand where Tewder's coming from.... I don't think its fair to label his views as racist.
I'm familiar with your propensity to make things up. Reality check: nowhere have I labelled his views as such. I do, however, believe that he articulated contempt for newcomers who do not "assimilate", and in support of this I quoted his posts verbatim.
His words speak for themselves.
I am fairly sure that this is also what Tewder means when he says others might find our values offensive.
Conjecture, unless you're his spokesperson. It's Tweder's obligation to explain himself, and he has
a lot to explain. His positions are either ignorant and reckless or else outright disingenuous. Which is why he should avoid the shrill pontificating, especially given his poor grasp of Canadian history.
Back here, the reality is that multi-culturalism as an official policy has done very little to really promote a national identity. It's cause we really haven't done much to define and defend our own culture (save Quebec).
I note your selective omissions and patronizing tone, which are hardly new from you. Since you clearly missed the point made, I'm happy to repeat it: "defending" a culture is nationalistic, which is to say exclusionary and ultimately intolerant. Reality check: the government of Quebec shamefully abrogated the language rights of minorities in the name of cultural defence. That you would actually
extol something like this speaks volumes about you.
Anyway, let's not take the debate to such extremes. I have not seen Tewder advocate anything as extreme as what you've pitched on here. So please don't paint him as some kind of bigot.
Uh-huh. I'm familiar with your practice of taking something to an extreme and then saying someone else shouldn't. Pity you never walk your talk.
Reality check: I have quoted Tweder verbatim. If he wants to say that "encouraging newcomers to celebrate the culture and identity of their homelands is simply wrong", then he is accountable for it.
Rationalize it all you want. It sure reeks of bigotry to me.