I'm Canadian. I love that I am Canadian. I love my country and think it's one of the best countries in the world to live and be a part of.

I'm also very well aware of the atrocities my country has done, and still does. My brother is Anishinaabe and I spent a lot of time as a white kid steeped in Indigenous Canadian culture because of him and his family. I wore my orange shirt yesterday because as I don't have the time I once had to attend and participate in local indigenous events, the very least I can do is raise awareness and be an ally.

You can absolutely take pride in where you live. It's understanding the negative things associated with that and accepting them and learning from them, trying to prevent those atrocities from ever happening again.

Unlike, you know, that country to the south of us. Waving it loud and proud while your pedophile president drops bombs on school children halfway across the world probably isn't the best look for a nation.

I mean, cuba and Palestine have their own crimes without reaching for the empires, but nothing compared to the great leap forward.