bellye66 (Douglas Bell)
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@bellye66
Former hack, author, "actor" and grad school dropout. I'm reading Dos Passos, Upton Sinclair and trying to sort out where Eugene Debs got it wrong.
Major problem
Air Canada Board of Directors announces the retirement of President and Chief Executive Officer: aircanada.com/media/air-cana… // Le Conseil d'administration d'Air Canada annonce le départ à la retraite du président et chef de la direction : aircanada.com/medias/le-cons…
Premier Wab Kinew owes the Jewish community, and the public at large, an immediate apology. Speaking at the federal NDP convention, @WabKinew attacked U.S. policy by declaring, “Let the Epstein class fight the Epstein war.” That line was an invocation of a loaded and poisonous antisemitic dog-whistle which has gained traction around north America over the past months. The idea that sinister, powerful Jewish elites are manipulating events from behind the scenes. When public figures reach for that kind of language, they enter the territory of classic antisemitic conspiracy rhetoric, whether they choose to acknowledge it or not. Jews have lived with the consequences of these narratives for generations – the content changes, the narrative does not. Premier Kinew used that frame in a major public address. That is profoundly reckless, and wholly unacceptable from a premier. He must apologize clearly, publicly, and without qualification. He must also undertake formal training on antisemitism, which B’nai Brith is prepared to facilitate, so that he understands the history of these tropes, the damage they cause, and the responsibility elected officials bear when they speak on matters touching Jewish safety and dignity. Leadership requires judgment. On this occasion, Wab Kinew showed a serious lack of it.
What happened to the @WabKinew who was sensitive to racism and antisemitism? Let the Epstein class fight Epstein war … WTF - you do know this is code for Jews right? The @ndp the @bcndp and the @ndpmanitoba have all lost their way. The Jew hate is real.
Where have all the campus protests gone, asks @rosehorowitch
It has come to our attention that the r/canadaland subreddit has been locked down by Reddit. This forum is independent from Canadaland News. Canadaland did not submit any request or demand to Reddit, asking for the forum to be locked down, or for any Reddit account to be banned. Recently, we were made aware of suspicious and manipulative activity in the r/canadaland subreddit, and we launched a journalistic investigation to determine if multiple highly active accounts were being controlled by one person, and if so – why? Our investigation has revealed extensive, years-long deceptive activity in violation of Reddit’s community rules, and we will be publishing as soon as we responsibly can, and once all parties involved have been given a chance to respond. It has been alleged that an employee of Canadaland sent “phishing” emails to various media personalities from an anonymous email account, CLTipster@proton.me. This allegation is false. Canadaland had no association or involvement with the CLTipster email account and no awareness of its actions. For absolute clarity, our investigation into suspicious activity involved sending messages to four Reddit accounts and to one individual – Mark Bourrie.
I wrote a piece for @TheAtlantic about how Jews are being purged from public life. I call it the Polite Pogrom. theatlantic.com/international/…
PM Mark Carney says he is "very disappointed" in Air Canada CEO's English-only message of condolence: "It doesn't matter the circumstances, but particularly in these circumstances, lack of judgment and lack of compassion."
Glenn and I used to be friendly. I once interviewed him on stage in Ottawa, liked him and admired his work on the Snowden story. To shrug off a wave of bigotry and the widely-felt concerns of a minority, on such a petty basis, is beneath the morals of the guy I thought he was.
