My family are #WarSurvivors . My parents never knew what no war felt like until we came to Canada as war refugees - they lived through wars for their whole lives til we fled. I was conceived in a bomb shelter. Born while active shelling was happening.
No one really wants to flee only homes they ever knew with only basic supplies. As war survivors, we never wanted revenge. We wanted peace. We wanted safety to live simple daily life. As victims of violent war, we only wanted the violence to end.
Also - don't try to tell me what some armies do isn't fucking #genocidal & not comparable to Indigenous experience here. WTAF. Many Indigenous #elders here, in fucking high conflict #BritishColumbia where #Indigenous ppls have been fighting for longer than most of you have been alive have compared ongoing genocides to their own ongoing #genocides by #colonial govts. They can #recognize the similarities & #atrocities. I listen to offline elders - not ppl online.