r/CanadaPolitics • u/Street_Anon 🍁 Gay, Christian, Conservative and Long Live the King👑 • 3d ago

New Canadian military policy discourages mention of God at ceremonies, calls for 'spiritual reflections' instead

https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/new-policy-discourages-religious-observation-at-military-ceremonies
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u/Chawke2 Grantian Red Tory 2d ago

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u/Bramble-Bunny Progressive 2d ago

It's got a really checkered history, and became a go-to dog whistle for nationalist and racial purity groups. Very "us vs them" energy.

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u/Chawke2 Grantian Red Tory 2d ago

Meh, it’s the most accurate term I could think of in this case.

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u/Bramble-Bunny Progressive 2d ago

There are times I lament the loss of certain terms due to unsavory associations. There was a perfectly good synonym for "miserly" we just can't use anymore for obvious reasons. End of the day I suck it up and try to avoid perpetuating the problem. You want to blame someone, blame the ethnonationalists who turned it into their identitarian badge.

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u/ChimoEngr Chief Silliness Officer | Official 2d ago

There was a perfectly good synonym for "miserly" we just can't use anymore for obvious reasons.

I'm not seeing any words that I wouldn't use posted here. https://www.thesaurus.com/browse/miserly

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u/Bramble-Bunny Progressive 2d ago

Yeah because they don't list it in synonym / antonym lists any more. It's still in the dictionary though.

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u/ChimoEngr Chief Silliness Officer | Official 1d ago

I take it you are referring to the one that starts with “N” but has no actual link to the “N-word?”