r/newfoundland • u/longobedience • 1d ago

High-profile legionnaire apologizes following profanity-laced outburst at Carbonear wedding reception | CBC News

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/legion-wedding-outburst-9.7383382
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u/Ryano2112 15h ago

Supporting veterans - giver.

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u/username__0000 13h ago

There are other ways you can support veterans that don’t involve encouraging spaces that allow this boorish behaviour.

In fact, if the news wants to do a whole expose on the problems with local legions - I’d bet there’s cases of sexism and discrimination against LBGTQ+ and younger members who went there looking for community that could relate to their experiences, but were shunned or made feel unwelcome by the “old boys club” that excuses the kind of behaviour displayed by Lawrence here and keeps a bride in an office for an hour on her wedding night.

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u/Newfieguy78 13h ago

Are you just assuming that's happened?

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u/username__0000 13h ago edited 10h ago

Nope, I’ve heard about it happening in Newfoundland.

But mostly second hand information, not from the people it was happening to. Which is why I said “I bet” rather than state it as a fact.

Edit: didn’t take long for a vet to speak up here about the issue.

https://www.reddit.com/r/newfoundland/s/bd20ZDK4eM