re: #56 negativ

I’m not the biggest Rush fan, but I severely enjoy “2112”. I’ve heard from some people who were directly involved that Rush (the band AND crew) very directly treated the then-newbie Joan Jett’s band like shit when JJ opened for Rush back a million years ago, but I still never thought of Rush as racists. Can Canadians be racist?

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Slightly off topic, but the wife made me sit down and watch “The Proposal” the other week. One of (many) grating moments in the film was when the “heroine” exclaims “It’s not like I’m an immigrant. I’m…..Canadian!” The way it was delievered was obviously a set up for a laugh, but I couldn’t hear it over the grinding of my teeth. That’s one of at least three moments in the film that absolutely reeks of white privilege. It’s the same privilege that evey other numbnut who is “brave” or “witty” enough to be “politically incorrect” depends on to excuse their bigotry.