In response to: https://merb.cc/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=43780 |STOP the Bigotry
Hello Merbites/Staff, this is actually Anglophuck again and I’d like to respond to the thread above. If some of the staff and community take issue with somebody asking for an English speaking SP (I have not had the opportunity to learn French yet), I can only assume that they are prejudiced against Anglophones. Moreover, I seem to have been banned without warning or duration after only four posts. Others have been banned for a few days or weeks and they have actually violated the forum rules, whereas I have not. The staff have accused me of making disparaging remarks towards Frenchies, but if you look at any of my posts I have not done so nor would I ever (against the French or any other race/religion/culture/etc). As an Anglophone in Montreal, I know firsthand what it is like to experience this sort of persecution and would certainly not wish it upon anyone else.
In my initial thread, I had asked for information on English speaking SPs, as I had had a negative experience with a girl on CL who did not speak English (who claimed to in her advert). Respondents had the audacity to call me bigoted, uneducated, inbred, and retarded and did not even answer my question; there was no punitive action taken against them. Unfortunately I don’t know anybody in Montreal yet (professional colleagues notwithstanding) and it was very important to me that company elicited could speak English coherently.
Before relocating to Montreal (from Vancouver) a few weeks prior to Christmas, I thought French Canadians generally speaking, were very open, tolerant, and accepting of other cultures, races, and languages; I was egregiously mistaken. The bigotry and intolerance I have endured as an Anglophone in Montreal is revolting. This has not just been at the hands of the Merb Staff. My neighborhood, Outremont, was so overwhelmingly anti-Anglophone (particularly towards my daughter) that we were forced to move after only one week. I have since relocated to the Plateau area where people are a bit friendlier, but many are nonetheless cold and withdrawn when I approach them in English. I have also seen rampant anti-Semitism and prejudice towards Muslims in my brief time here (I do not fall into any of the aforementioned demographics).
I am tremendously grateful for the information provided by this site and community, and apologize if I have offended anyone. However I am very disappointed at the apparent intolerance and double standards at Merb. The Merb staff and other bigoted Montrealers should be ashamed of themselves. I have never fully understood the Federalist/Separatist issue until now.
Regards,
AP
P.S. I have posted this thread and asked one last question in another as well, but now you can delete this account and my other one. If Anglophones are not generally welcome, I will leave.
P.S.S. This thread underscores the narrow-mindedness that plagues much of Montreal.
https://merb.cc/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=43814
Quote From Above Thread:
TOP REASONS TO LIVE IN QUEBEC
1. Racism (and presumably other forms of prejudice [cultural/lingual/etc.]) is socially acceptable.
2. You can take bets with your friends on which English neighbour will move out next.
3. Other provinces basically bribe you to stay in Canada.
4. You can blame all your problems on the "Anglo A*#!%!"
Hello Merbites/Staff, this is actually Anglophuck again and I’d like to respond to the thread above. If some of the staff and community take issue with somebody asking for an English speaking SP (I have not had the opportunity to learn French yet), I can only assume that they are prejudiced against Anglophones. Moreover, I seem to have been banned without warning or duration after only four posts. Others have been banned for a few days or weeks and they have actually violated the forum rules, whereas I have not. The staff have accused me of making disparaging remarks towards Frenchies, but if you look at any of my posts I have not done so nor would I ever (against the French or any other race/religion/culture/etc). As an Anglophone in Montreal, I know firsthand what it is like to experience this sort of persecution and would certainly not wish it upon anyone else.
In my initial thread, I had asked for information on English speaking SPs, as I had had a negative experience with a girl on CL who did not speak English (who claimed to in her advert). Respondents had the audacity to call me bigoted, uneducated, inbred, and retarded and did not even answer my question; there was no punitive action taken against them. Unfortunately I don’t know anybody in Montreal yet (professional colleagues notwithstanding) and it was very important to me that company elicited could speak English coherently.
Before relocating to Montreal (from Vancouver) a few weeks prior to Christmas, I thought French Canadians generally speaking, were very open, tolerant, and accepting of other cultures, races, and languages; I was egregiously mistaken. The bigotry and intolerance I have endured as an Anglophone in Montreal is revolting. This has not just been at the hands of the Merb Staff. My neighborhood, Outremont, was so overwhelmingly anti-Anglophone (particularly towards my daughter) that we were forced to move after only one week. I have since relocated to the Plateau area where people are a bit friendlier, but many are nonetheless cold and withdrawn when I approach them in English. I have also seen rampant anti-Semitism and prejudice towards Muslims in my brief time here (I do not fall into any of the aforementioned demographics).
I am tremendously grateful for the information provided by this site and community, and apologize if I have offended anyone. However I am very disappointed at the apparent intolerance and double standards at Merb. The Merb staff and other bigoted Montrealers should be ashamed of themselves. I have never fully understood the Federalist/Separatist issue until now.
Regards,
AP
P.S. I have posted this thread and asked one last question in another as well, but now you can delete this account and my other one. If Anglophones are not generally welcome, I will leave.
P.S.S. This thread underscores the narrow-mindedness that plagues much of Montreal.
https://merb.cc/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=43814
Quote From Above Thread:
TOP REASONS TO LIVE IN QUEBEC
1. Racism (and presumably other forms of prejudice [cultural/lingual/etc.]) is socially acceptable.
2. You can take bets with your friends on which English neighbour will move out next.
3. Other provinces basically bribe you to stay in Canada.
4. You can blame all your problems on the "Anglo A*#!%!"
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