Nope, it's an attempt at con-speak. I'm not very good at it. Maybe if I hit myself in the head with a hammer a few dozen times. . .
Is this con-speak? There was the
violent riot in Montreal, where an
amalgam of anti-NATO protesters and university student activists somehow managed to include Israel, Zionists, and Jews as targets of their graffiti, vandalism, and car-burning.
(Israel is not part of NATO and Zionism has nothing to do with tuition policy in Quebec)
Why do people who don’t like what NATO is doing regarding Ukraine speak about the “Zionist entity”? Why are those protesting tuition policy draped in the keffiyeh and dreaming of a Jew-free land “from the river to sea”? Why is a sperm whales throat this big…
…? If your aunt had balls, would she be your uncle?
For more than a year there have been demonstrations by Palestinian supporters in
Jewish neighbourhoods in Toronto. Again, why Jewish neigbourhoods? Why vandalism against Jewish
shops and
schools? Is there a reason other than hatred for Jews?
Is it possible to be pro-Palestine and anti-Hamas? Myself, I would prefer that Palestinians not live under Hamas rule. But those on the streets of Toronto have too often been
pro-Hamas, pure and simple. And Hamas
hates Jews.
There's been much signalling, but no virtue
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Last
Sunday, Ezra Levant of Rebel News showed up at the pro-Hamas protest in
HIS neighbourhood. It included a depiction of Hamas leader Yayha Sinwar. Levant wanted to film it. The Toronto police wanted to keep Levant away, even though it was public sidewalk. When Levant refused, he was arrested for “breaching the peace,” told by police that his simple “presence” was inciting the pro-Hamas element. Levant styled that as the police serving as “concierges to terrorists.”
After a year of pro-Hamas protests in Toronto, the police well know who Levant is. That he was arrested was wrong legally and insensitive to Jews who live in that neighbourhood. It was clearly intended to send a signal. I would be tempted to call it virtue signalling, but there was no virtue in it.
The signal was that Toronto’s residents ought to get used to pro-Hamas manifestations on their streets, and while their free expression rights are protected, those who object are a nuisance, a breach of the peace, even inciters of violence. The signal was clear: If you object to pro-Hamas demonstrators, pass by — literally — on other side of the street.
Levant was unjustly treated. Releasing him without charge after two hours, the police knew he did not deserve to be arrested. But Toronto does not deserve what it has suffered for more than a year.
There's been much signalling, but no virtue
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