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IN case you’re morbidly curious

I do enjoy visiting your blog from time to time. Quite like it actually.

Oh CK? You were right about Blatchford’s voice. Nails on a chalkboard. Nevertheless, her message wasn’t all bad. All in all, I think it drew more attention to the issues facing first nations people. And she took a few shots at the newly elected conservative member from Vaughan (oh, that’s part of Turtle Island don’t you know)

now, all you haters get a clue, you live in a society based in oppression (patriarchy/dominance), which is destroying itself (mass extinction, unsustainable resource use, soil/water devastation/toxification), and living without honour (no commitment to treaties (other than the neoliberal ones), ongoing colonial wars, abuse of new immigrants – MV Sun Sea, sweatshops, raids, deportations, Komagata Maru, SS St. Louis). you tell me to get a job or grow up. i always thought growing up was taking responsabilitiy, i thought work was effort that people thanked you for, or appreciated inherently, somtimes gave you items or currency as a sign of appreciation. i guess i learned a difference between growing up and maturing.

bash me all you like, i can take it, i can bury it (this patriarchal system taught me how to do this after all), but these facts about our settler society will remain. this system has trained many and we know the insides and the outs of your system. you trained us for 10-20-30 years on how to be capitalists, how to be individualists, and how to shut down our humanity so we could live in an isolated “peace”. well we dont want that system, we will live so everyone can live. you can’t escape the violence settler society creates, and we must reocgnize the resulting and systemic injustices as our own. The insjustice of colonialism is of us, and until its physical structures and current practices are confronted by us and according to our allies, we will not have peace.

live critically, live radically and live with the knowledge that you are responsible for your actions – responsible to yourself, to those who you love and love you, and to all the future faces.

And I’m glad that the protesters were able to protest, but did not shut down his talk.

That’s the way it’s supposed to work.

You might shriek, however, at those idiots at Waterloo. By denying Blatchford the right to speak, they likely greatly increased her book sales. She couldn’t have orchestrated a better publicity stunt.

Corporatist perspectives, being key, here.

the doctrines, methods, or movement of the Fascisti
a system of government characterized by rigid one-party dictatorship, forcible suppression of opposition, private economic enterprise under centralized governmental control, belligerent nationalism, racism, and militarism, etc.

a political movement based on such policies
fascist behavior
Origin: It fascismo < fascio, political group < L fascis: see fasces

You had forgotten the part about the private enterprise;

The second definition I provided obviously, suits both the US and Stevie Spiteful’s Canada; seeing the beginnings of those characteristics. Why isn’t this sounding more alarm bells to Canadians?

Over 60% didn’t vote CPC

Well, hold on there, I beg to differ. I have always said that those who stayed home on election days was the same as a vote for Stevie Spiteful, as it’s always a vote for the front runner

Harper is an ardent Nationalist who has shown contempt for democracy on several occations. He insists on his supremecy and has been caught on camera declaring how the CPC MUST WIN A MAJORITY and he has a VERY strong dogmatic approach. Remember, being fascistic doesn’t mean you are a Nazi. It means that the country leans towards the government by one over many. Now, we know most Canadians don’t want this (over 60% didn’t vote CPC) but regardless Canada has become more right wing, more caustic to democracy and more dogmatic simply as a result of the rule of one man: Stephen Harper.

And what is happening in the US is fascism and it’s growing in Canada too, look up the definition.

I have no issue whatsoever with protests, marches, boycotts or whatever any group wishes to do to get their perspective heard. THAT is free speech and I would absolutely defend that. But that’s NOT what happened at the UofW. The stated objective of the ARA was to prevent Ms. Blatchford from speaking altogether because they firmly believe she had no right to speak, and I had no right to listen. Unlike York, the UofW was unprepared for even this small cadre of protestors and cancelled the talk.

As I understand the above incident, the authorities were present, the protestors were allowed to voice their opinions, the speaker got to speak, and the attendees got to listen. A good night for democracy all round.

What saddens me though is how political activists from EITHER/BOTH extremes so readily use words like racist, bigot, fascist, nazi, etc. All of which are menu staples on this site as well. Shrill, adamant, unreasoned voices, unwilling and unable to allow any civil debate which disagrees with their particular entrenched views. (I’m about to break into Lennon’s, Imagine. lol) That being said, I suspect I’m tilting at windmills here.