Maplewashing refers to a tendency by Canadian governments, institutions, and media to perpetuate the notion that Canada is morally superior to other countries, thus sanitizing and concealing negative historical and contemporary actions.
By engaging in maplewashing, Canada downplays its complicity in the exploitation of natural resources in developing countries, masking its role in perpetuating global inequality and environmental destruction. This practice also obscures the country’s ongoing violations of indigenous sovereignty and the disastrous impacts of colonialism. Furthermore, Canadian politicians often use maplewashing to present the nation as a humanitarian leader while simultaneously enforcing harsh immigration policies that disproportionately target refugees and asylum seekers from marginalized backgrounds. Additionally, maplewashing serves to conceal Canada’s significant contributions to the global arms trade, thereby hiding its involvement in fueling conflicts and human rights abuses worldwide.
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“That girl was such a maple tree, she was a gremlin in her pics but a 10 in real life and sucked harder than a Harley low on fuel”
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Person 1: Hey man, did you and Kelly do it last night?
Person 2: Yeah man, and she's from Canada so she asked me go maple syrup moose sploosh style.
Person 1: OH wow I bet that was sticky.
Person 2: You know I got that Canadian rizz tho dawg
Person 2: Yeah man, and she's from Canada so she asked me go maple syrup moose sploosh style.
Person 1: OH wow I bet that was sticky.
Person 2: You know I got that Canadian rizz tho dawg
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Or a basketball player hailing from Canada; with the maple leaf symbolizing the Canadian flag.
Used in the sense of a basketball player being a Cager, or in this case...a Mapler.
Or a basketball player hailing from Canada; with the maple leaf symbolizing the Canadian flag.
Used in the sense of a basketball player being a Cager, or in this case...a Mapler.
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