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[–] [S] 6 points 3 weeks ago
  1. Bruce Banman, who crossed the floor from BC United after refusing to denounce the freedom convoy, has previously stated that “motherhood begins at conception.”
  2. Bryan Tepper, candidate for Surrey-Panorama, shared a meme saying January 6 “was a lie.”
  3. Rosalyn Birdshared a Rebel Media video from an account called “Anti Woke Canadian” that describes Pride supporters as “groomers” and claims the government wants to “castrate kids.”has also promoted anti-abortion events and publicly declared herself “pro-life.”
  4. Anna Kindy, candidate for North Island and former BC Conservative health critic donated to the Freedom convoy and participated in far-right, convoy-adjacent rallies outside the BC legislature with a group known for opposing public health measures and promoting far-right conspiracies. She has been featured as a speaker and made multiple appearances at an annual conference featuring key individuals and influencers involved in the Freedom Convoy, Maxime Bernier’s PPC and far-right politics in Canada where she extolled the benefits of natural immunity over “leaky” COVID-19 vaccines.
  5. Sheldon Clare, candidate for Prince George-North Cariboo, has previously been criticized for his “residential school denialism.” Clare has previously stated that residential schools actually created “opportunities” for Indigenous children. Saud municipal politicians should be "hanged"
  6. Lorne Doerkson, voted to repeal BC’s Human Rights Code, abolish the Human Rights Tribunal and terminate the BC Human Rights Commissioner. Repeal the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act as his top priority
  7. Joachim Agou, calling for violence against pro-Palestinian protesters and calling Pakistan a ‘shithole.’
  8. Katy Merrifield, called Islam an "abhorrent ideology" reposted a privately funded “Rape Gang Inquiry” report from the leader of the far-right Restore Britain party, Rupert Lowe, about grooming gangs in the United Kingdom, adding “Fuck Islam,” claimed Islam as lesser than other religions. reposted a comment from the former spokesman for the Israeli government, Eylon Levy, where he referred to the chant “Allahu Akbar,” as a “Jihadi war cry.” The post also cautioned Canada not to let “hateful extremism define Canada.” characterized as a “problem,” and decried for being problematic compared to other religions.
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    [–] 7 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

    "Conservative teenager makes offensive Holocaust and Hitler remarks"

    How shocking.

    To be fair, teenagers of all persuasions say a lot of cringe stuff.

    I know that I certainly did.

    But social media wasn't around to capture it all forever.

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

    The rules are different when you run for office.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 weeks ago (2 children)

    But if you go by that standard, that means entire generations will be restricted from running for public office because of cringe shit they posted when they were kids and teens, and I would argue in their early 20s.

    That reduces your candidate pool by a lot, which excludes a lot of otherwise talented people.

    What's left in the candidate pool is the few who didn't engage in social media, and sociopaths and other abnormals who always posted the socially acceptable things.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 child)

    You're speaking like this precludes anybody who has ever posted something "cringe" from running, but there's a world of difference between someone who, 15 years ago, posted something embarrassing that they have had time and distance from, and this kid who is still a teenager who appears to have posted "Hitler "may have not intended death" during the Holocaust, and that "lots of Jews died" not because Hitler "hated them specifically" but because there were so many of them."

    He was removed by his own party, immediately, which also tells me that it's likely that these were both fairly recent posts, and that they were creditably attributed to this candidate.

    Sorry but a recent history of Holocaust denial, even if it's just an edgelord kid being an edgelord kid, is absolutely a valid reason for the party to revoke his candidacy. It doesn't preclude him from running, he just does not have the party endorsement or resources of the CPBC.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 weeks ago

    In this particular case, yes, the former-candidate is still a teenager and therefore not distanced at all from the postings in question.

    But I was making a larger argument about how people of a younger age now have all of their immature words in writings and video recorded by social media in perpetuity, which can be used against them later in life.

    And it may impair them not just from seeking political office, but also job applications, promotions etc.

    You never know how these things are going to pop up on a background search or investigation.

    Even moreso that AI has been fed everything that has ever been posted online.

    I could imagine all one has to do is ask a chatbot, "Has Joe Candidate ever posted anything (insert controversial buzzwords here)?" and this kind of thing could be dredged up.

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    [–] 6 points 3 weeks ago

    As it should be. We need to go back to a time when Nazis were ostracized from society and deplatformed. After all, the only good Nazi...

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  • [–] 2 points 3 weeks ago

    Must be nice...

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