For anyone who doesn’t know, a decent primer on what “the 60s Scoop” refers to: https://www.theindigenousfoundation.org/articles/the-sixties-scoop

I swear, I hear it in my sleep: paidforbythegovernmentofontario ding-dingding-ding

Yes! All that civility and decorum training. I’ll add to yours “Don’t speak ill of the dead.”

Stops people from learning about intergenerational trauma and fascists/terrorists in the family. Sure, my grandad was wildly abusive to his daughters and disgustingly racist about black people in Nova Scotia, Canada (the ones in Jamaica are fine btw). But he’s dead now so “we don’t talk about that.” Totes cool to mention his army medals tho.

One of the worst, isn’t it? Blaming the victim in advance.

He’s just looking for attention. Paying attention to him makes him do more of the thing he’s already doing, so if he’s doing a thing and you’re paying attention, it’s actually your fault now because circular reasoning works because circular reasoning works.