Natalie

full support for a latin american self determination movement against anglosphere hegemony

Oh god, as a quebecer, I have feeeeelings about this.
The short version: I am worried independence would just lead to the same, or more, amount of white supremacy than now. I hate Canada, but my hatred of Québec is personal.
There is discrimination toward french-speaking people in Canada (some who don't live in Québec and, I am told, don't really like the independence movement for fear that it might lead to Canada curbing their right), and therefor it is good that there are protection against this. That's why I'm uncomfortable when people make sweeping criticism of Québec. There are warrant criticism, and type of racism that are unique to Québec, and I wouldn't blame someone who has been oppressed to react emotionally, that's not my issue, my issue is that those criticism can be weaponized by awful people, who don't really care about social justice in the first place. But then, am I blaming the wrong people?
I would never want people to refused to criticize Québec, especially in all the shit it's complicit in. I don't know, it's a tough topic for me because I both agree with the criticism, but also think it can have unintended consequence.
Ah, but I sound like one of them fucking liberal. And if following my line of thought lead me to "well people shouldn't express their criticism", than there is a wrong thought somewhere.
What I'll say is this: being a quebecer is part of my identity. That's why I have a personal hatred toward Québec. It lied and betrayed its promises: of plurality, of the social good. Its values are just an excuse to bludegon other cultures, especially First Nation. It call itself secular when I still remember a time when catechism was offered as a school subject. All of these stories it told me about helping one another and embracing difference, those were just fictions, and I'm the fool for still believing in them. Well fuck you. Fuck you for lying to me, fuck you for what you did, fuck you for what you are doing. And fuck your independence.

It was genuinely something I thought about as a kid in Nova Scotia back when the 1995 referendum happened

ooh we should probably invite Saint-Pierre & Miquelon while we're at it