The myth of the Kamloops mass grave

[Michie]

Gruesome claims that Native Canadian children were buried en masse have completely unravelled.

When events occur that are important, but awkward and hard to discuss, the public should not be encouraged simply to move on and forget them. We often hear this line from good-faith leftists. Sometimes, as in the context of a historical lynching, those making this point have a real and significant case.


But there is another side to this. Frankly put, most high-profile recent US / UK narratives of racial conflict have turned out to be largely or entirely falsified. Stories touching on race are often misreported, and hoaxes are often uncritically believed by the media. The outlets and individuals who promote these storylines should not – cannot – be allowed to simply move on and forget them when they collapse.

What do I speak of? Well, American actor Jussie Smollett was not actually attacked by two MAGA-hatted Trump supporters in downtown Chicago on the coldest night of 2019. Nor – while he did not intend to commit a hoax – was auto-racing star Bubba Wallace actually confronted with a real hangman’s noose in his NASCAR garage a year later. Around the same time as the Smollett hoax, the Covington Catholic schoolboys did not actually taunt a Native American Indian elder.

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The myth of the Kamloops mass grave

 

[WarriorAngel]

Gruesome claims that Native Canadian children were buried en masse have completely unravelled.

When events occur that are important, but awkward and hard to discuss, the public should not be encouraged simply to move on and forget them. We often hear this line from good-faith leftists. Sometimes, as in the context of a historical lynching, those making this point have a real and significant case.


But there is another side to this. Frankly put, most high-profile recent US / UK narratives of racial conflict have turned out to be largely or entirely falsified. Stories touching on race are often misreported, and hoaxes are often uncritically believed by the media. The outlets and individuals who promote these storylines should not – cannot – be allowed to simply move on and forget them when they collapse.

What do I speak of? Well, American actor Jussie Smollett was not actually attacked by two MAGA-hatted Trump supporters in downtown Chicago on the coldest night of 2019. Nor – while he did not intend to commit a hoax – was auto-racing star Bubba Wallace actually confronted with a real hangman’s noose in his NASCAR garage a year later. Around the same time as the Smollett hoax, the Covington Catholic schoolboys did not actually taunt a Native American Indian elder.

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The myth of the Kamloops mass grave

Don't trust the media.

Example: The Enquirer and thus subsequently the popularity of sensationalism [bearing false witness to make money]

It is hard because it undermines important stories that affect us.