After watching the video embedded in the tweet below, however, one thing conservatives used make fun of – in particular – should perhaps be accorded a bit more respect. It certainly changed my perspective, big time.
It’s from someone who is claiming to be him – and Ezra doesn’t ever swear, in my experience, and we have now put aside several decades of, er, disagreements. That said, this letter is a really nice one. Really friendly.
Here’s an extract from the latest issue of Your Ward News, distributed this week by Canada Post to tens of thousands of homes in East Toronto and beyond:
Holocaust denial and aggressive promotion of white supremacy and neo-Naziism, right here in Toronto.
Where is the Toronto Police Service on this? Where are our local MPs and MPPs and councillors? Where is the Crown? Where is the Trudeau government? Where is Toronto’s mayor? Where is the outrage?
Well, as I told my friend Bernie Farber over the holidays, me and mine are outraged. And if the powerful people referred to above don’t start taking concrete action, now, they are going to be named and shamed.
A talented Globe reporter contacted me about my friend Laura Miller.
He asked why I was supporting her. Here’s what I said:
“Why am I supporting her? Four reasons.
One, she’s a friend, and I know her very well. As such, I know that she is a fundamentally decent and honest person, and wholly undeserving of this baseless attack.
Two, political people – of all stripes – too often are held to a different standard. They are too often seen as guilty until proven innocent. It’s noteworthy that political people, of all stripes, are now coming forward publicly as friends and supporters of Laura.
Three, these charges only happened after Laura successfully won an important legal battle against the OPP. They are an out of control, highly politicized police force that decided to pay her back. It is disgusting. It is like something you would see in Putin’s Russia.
Four, no bloody emails were deleted. They can’t be. They are all still on the Ontario government servers in Guelph. The entire basis of the prosecution is predicated on a lie.
Strong words, but I feel strongly about this one. Hope it helps.”
Listening to the CBC news on the way in with Son Three this morning – and with the world seeming palpably (more) dangerous, here and here and here – we switched to Sirius XM and this came on.
Told my son to listen to the words. Still a tonic for the times.
What are we gonna do now?
Taking off his turban, they said, is this man a Jew? ‘Cause they’re working for the clampdown They put up a poster saying we earn more than you! When we’re working for the clampdown We will teach our twisted speech To the young believers We will train our blue-eyed men To be young believers
The judge said five to ten – but I say double that again I’m not working for the clampdown No man born with a living soul Can be working for the clampdown Kick over the wall, ’cause government’s to fall How can you refuse it? Let fury have the hour, anger can be power D’you know that you can use it?
The voices in your head are calling Stop wasting your time, there’s nothing coming Only a fool would think someone could save you The men at the factory are old and cunning You don’t owe nothing, so boy get runnin’ It’s the best years of your life they want to steal
You grow up and you calm down You’re working for the clampdown You start wearing the blue and brown You’re working for the clampdown So you got someone to boss around It makes you feel big now You drift until you brutalize Make your first kill now
In these days of evil Presidentes Working for the clampdown But lately one or two has fully paid their due For working for the clampdown Ha! Gitalong! Gitalong! (working for the clampdown) Ha! Gitalong! Gitalong! (working for the clampdown)
Yeah I’m working hard in Harrisburg Working hard in Petersburg (working for the clampdown, working for the clampdown) Ha! Gitalong! Gitalong! Beggin’ to be melted down
I’ve had an account since the dawn of time. A few days ago, with zero warning, years of accumulated emails to my Hotmail account simply disappeared. And new ones aren’t sticking around much beyond a few days, either.
Anyone know what gives? (And, no, telling me to switch everything over to Gmail isn’t particularly helpful.)
As some of you will recall, Andre Marin and his crew in the Office of the Ontario Ombudsman – which still blocks me, an Ontario taxpayer, from access – made a complaint about me late last year to the Law Society of Upper Canada.
I didn’t ever write about the antics of Marin and his devotees – here and here and here – as a lawyer or a legal expert. I was writing as a citizen. The Marin crew know that, of course. But their objective is to shut me up – using taxpayer-funded resources, too.
Marin et al. were given months to assemble their complaint; I was given just days to respond. Despite that, I put together a 40-page response to their complaint over the holidays. In it, I’ve requested a full public hearing, to which the media and the public would be invited. Several free speech organizations have expressed interest in attending, as well.
This fight is going to be long and expensive. If you can help out in any way, please use the donate button to the left.
In the meantime, below is one of the things I had to say to the Law Society. I’d be interested in your thoughts. (But keep it civil – remember, Andre Marin and his crew are watching.)
Quote from letter to LSUC: “I sometimes receive criticisms about things I have written, or which others have written, on my web site. I review each complaint carefully, and take action. In this case, I never received a complaint – not one – from Mr. Marin or any other person about my web site. Instead, I only received a copy of Mr. Marin’s May 8, 2015 email to all of his staff from an anonymous member of that same staff. In it, he dismisses me and he goes on to actually encourage the staff at the Office of the Ombudsman to “feel free” to use a search engine to read all of the comments I and others had made. I fail to understand how the Office of the Ombudsman can now claim I have hurt the legal profession and the administration of justice when Mr. Marin himself was actively encouraging all of his staff to “feel free” to read what I and others had written. Either they objected to my web site, or they did not. But they cannot encourage their staff to “feel free” to read it on May 8 and then – just three days later – make a complaint about it to the Law Society of Upper Canada. That makes no sense.”
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