I think you understand the context. Yes, Muslims have been experiencing violence already. That is clearly evident.

Huh, muslim suspect has been released and called a witness now.

The rotting smell comes from trying to unsuccessfully bury our worst demons with truly inventorying our history and culture. The stench has always been there but someone just recently figured out how to catalyze it for political gain.

True. Targeting mosques is nothing new as was noted by the author. I’ll cross my fingers its a coincidence but i won’t hold my breathe.

Can’t argue with that.

As I have read it the Canadian Constitution has more leniency for state infringement written into it than the US Constitution. Take Section 1 “guarantees the rights and freedoms set out in it subject only to such reasonable limits prescribed by law as can be demonstrably justified in a free and democratic society.”…

Thanks for the link.

Thanks for sharing that context and detail. My education in Canadian liberties and government is rather limited.

I would wager this sort of civil unrest is a goal of the Trump admin. I haven’t vetted the story but it’s being reported that Bannon has openly talked about intentionally trying to take down “tge state” as we know it. Much easier to facilitate that through fear mongering and civil unrest than direct action by the…

Don’t most Canadian provinces have rather aggressive hate speech laws in place compared to the US? Its my understanding that free speech isn’t comparable between the nations.

Sadly, the rhetoric is escalating to violence alot faster than most of us feared.

Best of luck with that approach. Neo Nazi lover? Thats rich. You are one of the people making that word useless.

Good to know.

I think there is a power to grace and humbleness that can help the world overcome the worst of society’s demons. He displayed that power in that speech.

True enough.

True. I would wager there is a gulf betwern the guy who punched Spencer and Shia’s performance. I just think the saturation of social media of Captain America memes by tepid protestors is indicative of how quickly this will pass. But who knows, maybe more white people will start showing up to resist in unsafe…

Would love to see my skepticism proven wrong. Sadly, most of the people I see outraged don’t give me hope. These are the same white dudes that tried to turn the DAPL protest into a mini Burning Man. You see more hope in our fellow Bernie voters where I see evidence of cult of personality and a noticeable lack of…

Fair enough. I could eat my words. If we see these same folks start to show up at BLM protests or bringing attention to authoritarian actions of the next democratic president then my skepticism will have been misguided. I just continue too many of these newly outraged liberals looking into the skeletons in their…

Rarely by the people I suddenly see “outraged”. I support persistent behavior but so much of what we are seeing right now is rhetoric of convenience. The likes of Shia will disappear when there is no longer a social value to these public displays.

Then I applaud you and fellow anti-fascists for your persistence. But so much of what we are seeing right now is bullshit political theatre. The outrage will pass for the likes of Shia when the next meme and internet prompt hits.