The Coincidences Behind Canada’s Nazi-Honoring Debacle Are Deeply Unsettling (jacobin.com)

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[-] CoachDom 24 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

This is just ridiculous - prosecuting Yaroslavl Hunka makes sense, as he himself was a part of a nazzi military outpost.

Prosecuting or using it as a political tool against Chrystia Freeland makes absolutely no sense as it was her grandfather (!) who was at involved in the nazzi business.

Blame granddaughter for grandfather's sins...

I don't know what's going on politically in Canada, but this is just pathetic in my opinion.

Edit:

Michael Chomiak, Freeland’s maternal grandfather whom she’s repeatedly cited as a political inspiration

The link to her essay mentions her grandfather a couple of times, but never "cites as a political inspiration". Just to give a historical context.

Terrible piece of journalism

[-] CollisionResistance@lemm.ee 10 points 2 years ago

All nazi apologists and revisionists should read

Canada’s Future Prime Minister Needs to Come Clean About Her Nazi Collaborationist Grandfather. Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland’s electoral base is in Canada’s Ukrainian diaspora community, which has rebranded Nazi collaborators as nationalist war heroes.

[-] CoachDom 20 points 2 years ago

Are you trying to imply I'm a nazi apologist for simply refusing to punish anyone for the crime they did not commit?

What if you grandfather was a rapist - would you find it necessary for yourself to go around, admit that your grandfather was a rapist, apologies for this and suffer consequences?

Anyone who worked for or supported Nazis should suffer the consequences. She did not.