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Jerry Faust 🏳️‍🌈🇨🇦

Jerry Faust 🏳️‍🌈🇨🇦

@jerryfaust

All opinions are my own & not endorsed by my employer, RT is not an endorsement. Ally against antisemitism. I love books/reading, nature, urbanism…

Vancouver, British Columbia Katılım Mart 2009
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Jerry Faust 🏳️‍🌈🇨🇦
Avi Lewis was elected leader of the federal #NDP . Although his family has deep roots in the party’s politics, I do not think he will take the party in a direction I can agree with. 😔
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@jerryfaust The hostility exists today. Recall my earlier mention of the 1937 raid on a private home where Saanich Police were hunting homosexuals. I got harassed on Twitter just for mentioning it.
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I’ve long admired Aaron Copland’s music for the movie version of Thornton Wilder’s play Our Town. Both Copland and Wilder were living private lives as gay men at a time of immense hostility to the 🏳️‍🌈 community. youtu.be/gpgWemHvXTw?si…
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Jerry Faust 🏳️‍🌈🇨🇦
I agree with Andrew Perez’ diagnosis of the federal NDP. The Party would best serve Canadians by focusing on policies that help poor and working-class Canadians and bring prosperity to elements of our society that are struggling.
Andrew Perez@andrewaperez

I’ve never seen Canada’s @NDP in such dire circumstances in my 25+ years following Canadian politics. And yet, the party is poised to elect firebrand leftist @avilewis this weekend rendering Canada’s social democratic party even more irrelevant. Lewis and his band of supporters are anything but moderate Social Democrats — indeed they’re radicals: anti-Canadian energy, anti-Western and anti-Israel verging on anti-Semitic; these are merely some of the adjectives one could reasonably use to describe this iteration of the NDP. As a partisan Liberal, I couldn’t care less if the NDP are intent on becoming even more irrelevant to debates around politics and public policy at this most crucial time in our history. But as a Canadian, which I am always first and foremost, I mourn the essential death of the NDP. The party currently plays a critical role governing (mostly responsibly) in BC and Manitoba and forms a compelling Official Opposition in provinces like Alberta and Saskatchewan. The pragmatic “Prairie populism” of Western Canadian provincial New Democrats has always been sensible; but with Avi Lewis at the helm, the federal party is about to take a sharp turn to the radical left leaving a not insignificant rupture between the NDP’s federal and provincial wings. Canada needs a robust, moderate social Democratic Party — especially in this moment. To fight for the unemployed, labour, the working poor and equity seeking groups that are genuinely struggling in an era of fiscal retrenchment. But mark my words: an Avi Lewis-led NDP will always prioritize divisive culture wars over fighting for the interests of everyday Canadians — every time. And that’s a real loss for Canada and social democracy in this country. #cdnpoli

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@VivicaBattersea @Eve_Barlow To your point re: ppl getting sucked in, I wonder about gaps in our education system. Some ppl easily recognize that Naziism is wrong, but don’t pick up on other types of Jew-hate. Or they don’t think critically about popular tropes… or seem aware of ✡️ lived experience. 🙁
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Vivica Battersea 🇨🇦@VivicaBattersea·
@jerryfaust @Eve_Barlow Thank you 💗 I think a lot of people's prexisting, but previously low-key bias against Jews makes it easy for them to get sucked into the propaganda and/or vibe of general hate going around At least we've been given a mask-off moment and can make choices accordingly.
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Eve Barlow
Eve Barlow@Eve_Barlow·
This really hit me hard. Sharing in case you lost your friends and family in the same way. Non-Jews, you need to know what’s happening to Jews. You need to challenge this.
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@knish_of_death Nobody- even conservatives- should be praising Franco, a man who overthrew a democratically-elected government in a civil war and then became a de facto ally of Hitler and Mussolini. 🙁
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1983 was a great year to be a synthesizer. Case in point: yesterday I heard Matthew Wilder’s “Break My Stride” at a coffee shop. This hit, which I heard on the radio growing up, wouldn’t exist without synths! youtu.be/B4c_SkROzzo?si…
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@SelinaMRobinson I just read this article, and it made me think k of Charlotte Kates, who also began her “activism” at a very young age. 😔 I wonder if Walsh can go through a de-radicalization program like Mubin Shaikh did? I wish Walsh and Greta would have stuck to climate change activism.
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Jerry Faust 🏳️‍🌈🇨🇦
I’ve lived in 9 cities as an adult! So far I have not lived in a suburb; I’ve only lived in the core cities of metro areas. Two good friends are relocating from the Hamilton, ON area to Calgary next week; I hope they like their new city.
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I didn’t realize that Leonard Nimoy was just 5 days younger than his Star Trek costar @WilliamShatner ; I did know that they grew up in Boston and Montreal, respectfully & share Ukrainian ✡️ heritage. I share Adam’s sentiment| I stand with Ukraine.
Adam Nimoy@adam_nimoy

To commemorate my father’s 95th birthday, I want to remind Spock fans that dad’s parents were Ukrainian immigrants which shaped my father in many ways. Four years of Putin’s war has brought death and destruction to our people, our homeland. LLAP. #standwithukraine #ukraine

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David Fleischer@Fleischmarket·
My default defense mechanism is to laugh at how dumb antisemites are to reply to these pieces with the absolute, most transparently-textbook Jew hatred. The reality is that's scary A F how willing they are to do so in public, with their own names and how good people say nothing.
Michael Geist@mgeist

I've written several pieces about antisemitism in recent weeks. The antisemitic vitriol in response may no longer surprise, but it still leaves me stunned. My post on the barrage of hate and criticism that greets anyone who speaks out about antisemitism. michaelgeist.ca/2026/03/when-w…

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Thanks to all MPs who supported this bill. Alas, the bill was opposed by 131 Conservative Party MPs, Green MP Elizabeth May, and all 5 NDP MPs (including my MP @DonDavies ). I hope that the bill is a turning point in the fight against hate in 🇨🇦.
CIJA@CIJAinfo

"Bill C-9 represents an important and necessary step to strengthen tools for law enforcement and prosecutors to protect targeted communities and hold criminals accountable.” CIJA joins @ALCCAcanada, @bnaibrithcanada, @cwaa_national, the Canadian Jewish Law Association and @CanadianFSWC in welcoming the adoption of Bill C-9, The Combatting Hate Act, by the House of Commons and urges Parliamentarians to advance more measures to confront Canada’s antisemitism crisis. In the wake of violent attacks targeting Jewish communities, Parliament must act with urgency. The Senate should move quickly to pass Bill C-9 and help ensure that all Canadians can live in safety and security. Click here to read our full statement: cija.ca/jewish_communi…

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Jerry Faust 🏳️‍🌈🇨🇦
@knish_of_death Thanks for sharing this. I always try to delineate between Palestinians and their leaders. And in the case of Hamas’ rule in Gaza, the the gov’t appears to function like a totalitarian state, so it’s hard (for me, at least) to know what ppl on the ground are thinking…
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knishofdeathⓋ✡
knishofdeathⓋ✡@knish_of_death·
@jerryfaust Obviously I'm not a mind reader but based on the polling and prevailing attitudes I've seen, no. That doesn't mean we couldn't get there.
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knishofdeathⓋ✡@knish_of_death·
Ignoring of course that Palestinian's don't want this.
ibrahim@ibrahim14706

@shadihamid I don't think 'dismantled' is the right word. Probably, a 'one-state' solution is a realistic option, a state where ALL enjoy freedom and equal rights. This introduces "justice" for the Palestinians and security for all.

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