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[–] theacharnian@lemmy.ca 13 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

We need to break the back of far right organizing in the military. This is not a joke, it's an existential threat to our democracy.

Beyond dishonourable discharges of fascists (and banning them from joining any kind of armed force, eg police in the future), we need a serious and aggressive EDI recruitment policy. I know that the MAGAs and the Poilievrites use EDI as a slur. Which is EXACTLY why we should make it a core tenet of army recruitment. Disgust them, keep them out. And in the meantime, train a new generation of Canadian professional soldiers that are comitted to our constitutional multiculturalism and are as diverse as Canada.

[–] Barracuda@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

There is already an EDI policy for recruitment in the CAF. Has been in place for at least a decade now.

Let's be clear; this is an organization with more than 60 thousand members. It is bound to have some extremists pop up inside of it. Best we can do is keeping on what we are already doing: monitoring as best we can (without infringing on the few remaining freedoms soldiers keep), and aggressively pursuing every found Nazis/extremists.

Not to say the CAF is perfect, but it's petty intense the efforts that have been deployed since 2010 to "prpgressize" the Canadian military.

[–] discomatic@lemmy.ca 8 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Studies have shown that racism is often caused by a lack of intelligence, so we've basically got a ton of idiots in the armed forces? That tracks.

[–] streetfestival@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Studies have shown that racism is often caused by a lack of intelligence

Social scientists don't speak in such certain terms. I think what you may mean is, anecdotally, the people you've seen be racist seem unintelligent. Me too. But the answer to get rid of racism isn't to get rid of unintelligent people. It's more complicated than that. Hearing anecdotal experience disguised as scientific evidence ("studies have shown X is caused by Y") feels like reddit not Lemmy

[–] villasv@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

There’s nothing more Reddit like than “I think what you mean / you should be saying” and a “this is such a Reddit moment” to boot lol

(AFAIK the causal link between racism and intelligence is not clear, so we agree on your main point, though there are studies that correlate racist discourse and verbal ability)

[–] streetfestival@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

There’s nothing more Reddit like than “I think what you mean / you should be saying” and a “this is such a Reddit moment” to boot lol

We can agree to disagree. I was respectful. I didn't say the person or their viewpoint was wrong - I just pointed out what I think is inaccurate in their comment. And, most importantly, I fully explained myself so that others could examine my argument and disagree with it. In retrospect, I should have used "cloaked" instead of "disguised" for connotative language's sake. I'm trying to help Lemmy remain a place for respectful and accurate discourse, not bots, disinformation, and dunking on people (edit: censorship too)

[–] villasv@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

“Cloaking” a modicum of non-aggression as respect while still jumping the conclusion that someone is based solely on anecdotal evidence is not as helpful as you might think, but at least I appreciate the spirit

[–] streetfestival@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Why are you being so litigious about this? I'm blocking you because you're detracting from my Lemmy experience. I have a honours degree in psychology, I work in hospital research, I have 20 publications. I've tried to avoid saying "I can tell you two both don't know much about [social] sciences" but refrained from that out of civility

[–] villasv@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 days ago

Thank you for your mercy, even though you eventually ran out of it

[–] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 33 points 4 days ago (3 children)

Is this an offence that would warrant a discharge?

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 36 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Yeah, so they can get a job in law enforcement.

[–] Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca 29 points 4 days ago

Or join as a Conservative MP.

[–] Barracuda@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 days ago

Dishonorable discharge prevents any future public work in Canada. It's intense.

[–] ZiggyTheZygote@lemmy.ca 12 points 4 days ago (2 children)

You never know, it could warrant a medal.

[–] HikingVet@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 days ago

You are thinking of the states there buds.

[–] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 6 points 4 days ago

Crazy times.

[–] Lushed_Lungfish@lemmy.ca 11 points 4 days ago

Yes, section 129 of the NDA at least.