Why the fuck is our supposedly liberal government giving standard ovations to conservative pundits? What do they hope to accomplish by pushing this rhetoric? Right wingers will never see this and think “wow maybe I’ll vote liberal next election” you fucking idiots. I hate everything.
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Me when I read the headline: DAFUQ
Me when I read the article: oh, ok.
Me when I realized it was yahoo: God damn me for falling for click bait.
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Conservative MP for Lethbridge Rachel Thomas pays tribute to Charlie Kirk in the House of Commons, calls for the defence of free speech and against political violence. She gets a standing ovation from the Conservatives and the Liberals.
Emphasis mine.
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Misleading title. Yes, Charlie Kirk's assassination sparked a conversation about the importance of free speech and disavowing political violence. The standing ovation was not for Charlie, but for the outcome of that speech.
Still, you'd think they'd at least TRY to be reasonable with the optics of the conversation.
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can we stop applauding nazis in parliment for gods sake.
It's all so performative
Propaganda works, y’all. It’s serious.
What the fuck
Why the F does anyone in Canada think they need to capitulate to the absolute worst of America? This is beyond pathetic.
WTF
There was two mentions of Charlie Kirk, in a speech that I'd say was focused on condemning political violence, in a mostly non-partisan way. I'd like to think that in Canada we're above using weapons to prove a point. If we need to beat back the intolerant we'll do it in an enormous show of non-violent force like Torontonians just did at Christie Pits.
Anyway the speech is what I'd expect from a Conservative, but it's nuanced enough that I get behind the primary message being conveyed.
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What the fuck is that
The liberals did not give a standing ovation to charlie kirk. It was performative political theatre from the cons. A conservative MP made a statement praising kirk, framing kirk as a beacon of family values. The liberals could rise to support those values or remain sitting and be accused of supporting political violence. It was a no win situation set up by the cons. The next day the libs had a "standing ovation". If you are outraged by the story ask yourself who wins from your outrage.
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I hope somebody is keeping a list of all these people because it's straight up a list of fascists.
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This is fucking embarrassing.
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Canadian politicians have never heard of this thing called "optics" before. It's a very isolated and fart-sniffing group of people
Why are my tax dollars being used to give a racist, bigot, fascist and all around waste of human life a standing ovation?
This is utterly ridiculous to a country as diverse as Canada that I would think overwhelmingly disagrees with the hate Kirk spewed out of his filthy pie hole.
They want to mention that political views shouldn’t turn violent, great. But don’t waste my money on mourning an absolutely horrific person with a standing ovation. This pathetic human doesn’t deserve anything except that grave he’s now being dumped into.
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Does anyone know what's going on in this context? Is this a part of the trade negotiations or something?
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