Friday, January 20, 2012

Conservative MP to his South Asian constituents: Do you speak ‘Indian’?

Oh dear.

Perhaps he was thinking of Indo-European languages? (The Indo-European languages are a phylum of several hundred related languages including most major current languages of Europe, the Iranian plateau, South Asia and historical Anatolia).

On second thought, no, he wasn't.

Now as for me, I speak European!

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Conservative MP Wladyslaw Lizon has raised a little ridicule by sending a survey out in his ethnically diverse riding asking constituents if they speak "Indian."

The problem, of course, is that there is no such language. In India, there are 29 languages each spoken by more than a million people, like Hindi, Bengali, Tamil and Punjabi. English, though the first language of few Indians, often serves as a common tongue.

The gaffe question was sent out in a free MP mailer to constituents in Mr. Lizon's Mississauga East–Cooksville riding, which has a sizable South Asian community.

5 comments:

WesternGrit said...

F'n idiots.

Besides their closet hatred for most minorities, they don't do very well to hide their ignorance.

What's more annoying is that they somehow cobbled together enough South Asian "community leaders" to broker an election victory - while we sat and watched.

The Conservative Party is an INSULT to anyone of South Asian heritage.

No worries... most of the community stayed home rather than voting for the evil... while many more were just duped. WE are working hard to get them back. Hopefully the party backs us up.

WesternGrit said...

F'n idiots.

Besides their closet hatred for most minorities, they don't do very well to hide their ignorance.

What's more annoying is that they somehow cobbled together enough South Asian "community leaders" to broker an election victory - while we sat and watched.

The Conservative Party is an INSULT to anyone of South Asian heritage.

No worries... most of the community stayed home rather than voting for the evil... while many more were just duped. WE are working hard to get them back. Hopefully the party backs us up.

Anonymous said...

"The Conservative Party is an INSULT to anyone of South Asian heritage."



And in reality, there is no such thing as "south Asian". Just like "Latino" in the USA, Marxist Liberals made up these names to put those people into groups.

When these people are put into groups, liberal Marxists like to form bureaucracies all around them.

That's all this is.

Anonymous said...

"That's all this is."

Yep. Damn those Liberal Marxists in the Conservative Party of Canada grouping South Asian constituents into an "Indian-speaking" group so as to form a bureaucracy up around them.

Anonymous said...

"Yep. Damn those Liberal Marxists in the Conservative Party"


HARPER IS A TOTALITARIAN MARXIST.

If HE ISN'T , GIVE ME SOME FUCKING EVIDENCE.