Bonus Sample: Spiritual, Um—Sorry—Canadian Bypassing

Conspirituality

Derek Beres, Matthew Remski, Julian Walker

Philosophy, Science, Society & Culture, Social Sciences

4.0 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 14 February 2022

⏱️ 10 minutes

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"An essential pleasure of white liberal identity in Canada is the schadenfreude of looking down our noses when we consider what’s south of us. It’s an unearned pride that says: “We’re not like that.” It’s delusional. We are absolutely like that, with tougher gun laws and the moderating effect of the Parliamentary process—but absolutely like that. We want to say “QAnon wouldn’t find a foothold here.” and it does. We want to say “We’re a long way off from Jan 6,” but we’re not. Democracy is as fragile as the human body."An editorial piece from Matthew on a harsh awakening in the Great White Liberal North.Show Notes Land acknowledgments meant to honor Indigenous people too often do the opposite – erasing American Indians and sanitizing history instead Harsha Walia on historical continuity Ottawa police discover children living in protesters' trucks | The Star Land Acknowledgement – City of Toronto Toronto Cops Say They Did 'Tremendous Job' After Beating People, Destroying Homeless Camp Nearly $2 million spent on clearing encampments should have gone to housing, advocates say300 people trapped. 4 hours. Pouring rain. The day I was kettled by police in Toronto.'We regret that mistakes were made': Toronto police acknowledge 'unacceptable' mass arrests at 2010 G20 protestsLawsuit filed against convoy organizers, seeking damages on behalf of downtown Ottawa residents We're not Tragically Hip fans — and yes, we're Canadian -- -- --Support us on PatreonPre-order Conspirituality: How New Age Conspiracy Theories Became a Health Threat: America | Canada Follow us on Instagram | Twitter: Derek | Matthew | JulianOriginal music by EarthRise SoundSystem Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello, Conspirituality Podcast listeners. Welcome to a sample of a Patreon bonus episode.
0:11.0	We release these every week for our subscribers. They're usually solo essays from our team.
0:16.5	It costs $5 a month for access, and the support helps to keep us ad-free and editorially
0:23.0	independent. You can sign up at patreon.com-conspirituality. Thank you.
0:30.7	Spiritual, oh sorry, Canadian bypassing. Hey everyone, and welcome to a Conspirituality Podcast
0:40.0	bonus episode. Thank you for your support, which keeps us ad-free and editorially independent.
0:47.2	So it's Matthew here, coming to you from the traditional territory of many nations,
0:52.4	including the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishinaabe, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee,
0:57.2	and the Wendot peoples, and what is now home to many diverse First Nations, Inuit, and Métis
1:04.5	peoples. Okay, having said all that, it feels a little conflicted to open with a land
1:13.2	acknowledgement in these times. It feels necessary on one hand, because the civil unrest here,
1:20.2	predominantly in Ottawa, has explicitly ephononationalist routes, as I discussed with Elizabeth Simon's
1:26.8	on Thursday's episode. It feels a little bit meta, because the Ottawa police are now openly
1:33.6	describing the occupation that paralyze the downtown core as an occupation, which makes it an
1:41.3	occupation of an occupation. It also feels bitter, because the reality is that land acknowledgements
1:47.8	from middle-class white settlers like myself are a kind of paper mache over the Canada that
1:54.1	has always been staring at us in the face. There's a sick feminist writer on the West Coast,
2:01.1	named Harsha Wallya, and she posted the following on Twitter, and I think it's right on point.
2:06.8	She wrote, quote, it is possible to both be aware of how none of this is new and is, in fact,
2:13.1	a historical continuity of Canada, and also be outraged and fearful of the blatant escalation of
2:21.1	white supremacist colonial-gendered ableist far-right fascism. So just for context, the land
2:31.1	acknowledgement I just read is used by the city of Toronto, and just this summer, as Elizabeth
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