a lady in Alberta took this picture. For her she was horrified that a Nazi Youth flag was fluttering in the breeze along with the flag of the Confederate States of America. She claims that she almost ran her car into a tree as she passed the property.
The end result is that she contacted everyone she could, to force the land owner to take down these symbols of hate. The R.C.M.P. and the township office spoke with the land owner and he refused to take down the flags. So the woman then went to the Simon Wiesenthal Center for Holocaust Studies in Toronto. The Wiesenthal Center contacted and the R.C.M.P. and filed a criminal complaint against the land owner.
According to the news report, which has since been taken down off the news feed of the internet (most likely because it didn't get the response of outrage like they had hoped) there seems to be more concern about the Hitler Youth flag flying than they are about the Confederate Flag flying. Being that aside, the land owner has already been called a white supremist, hate monger, etc. even though the report said nothing of the sort in the report. But it doesn't take much to read between the lines.
According to the R.C.M.P. in reality there is no crime being committed. It's just two flags being flown by a land owner. Rightly so, there is no real crime here, accept for the symbolism that the Nazi flag represents since the bigger concern is the Nazi |Youth flag. The filed criminal complaint is going on the compliant of symbolism for that is all it can do.
Now here's the Devil's Advocate part. With the present conditions going on in Canada at the moment, these two flags can be used to protest the direction in which the governments in Canada appear to be going. With all the draconian laws, the restriction of movement and even speech, the imprisonment of ministers and the seizing of church property, these flags present the authoritarian direction of Canadian governments. And with the future passing of Bill C-10 that takes away freedom of speech and press, one can use these flags as symbols of oppression.
Let's walk down this path a bit more. All the provincial governments in Canada have been using their own "health act" legislation to control the population. Travel restrictions, stay at home orders, ratting on friends and neighbours, where 5 or more are gathered there shall the KGB/Gestapo (police) will be. The new media is also thriving on these stories making sure that the government abuse of power is seen as such, but rather a kind and benevolent government with the people's health as their concern (excuse me while I vomit). The land owner is simply bringing the people's thoughts to the kind of governments that we are now experiencing in Canada. After all provincial governments have jailed ministers on a new charge of "inciting people to attend church" and have also seized church buildings and property. Sound like oppression to me. So the flags can represent the direction of the governments of Canada.
Let's walk a bit further down the path. There isn't one flag in the world, that does not represent oppression of sort. China's flag comes to mind first, than the Union Jack as another - remember the historical moto of the British Empire was to "Make the world British". The flag of France is another one, and then the Canadian flag ---- what your may ask. Yes the Canadian flag since it is well known that the First Nations have claimed in the United Nations that Canada is oppressing them. So it depends on how you want to play this game.
Another path is this. If these flags of oppression are ruling your life, than perhaps you need some therapy. After all, the WWII is over, the American civil war is over. Columbus coming to America in 1492 is long past. The list can go on and on, however if you are so concerned what someone is flying a certain flag is all about, than yes perhaps you may need therapy.
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