— Feature, Musings —10.17.2017 02:07 PM
Why did Scheer run away from his own press event? (Updated)
Seriously. He did. Here’s the Globe:
Why’d he run? Here’s why.
For those who are unaware, “Rebel Media” is a Far Right organization that has been, for a long time, the portal to the so-called “alt-Right” in Canada. A sampling of what just one of its stars said on Rebel:
- “God, [Jews are] so obsessed with the Holocaust. […] I don’t know if it’s healthy to dwell.”
- “I felt myself defending the super-far-right Nazis, just because I was sick of so much [Holocaust] brainwashing.”
- “…much less than six million [were murdered in the Holocaust] and they starved to death and they weren’t gassed.”
- “[A man-made famine that killed millions in Soviet Ukraine was caused] by Jews. That was by Marxist, Stalinist, left-wing, commie, socialist Jews.”
- “[WWII caused the Treaty of Versailles, which was caused] disproportionately influenced by Jewish intellectuals.”
- “I’m becoming anti-Semitic.”
And that’s just one of the Rebel luminaries, folks, on one occasion. On other occasions, their people were involved in founding The Proud Boys, a hate group whose members recently harassed elderly indigenous people in Halifax and gave Nazi salutes afterwards. And: Rebel has published garbage by lunatics who write essays titled “I’m Not a Racist, Sexist, or a Homophobe, You Nigger Slut Faggot”or “Ten Things I Hate About Jews.”
And on and on. After some of their apparent fan base started killing anti-racism protestors, the Rebel folks frantically tried to dial down or disavow their connections to the racist Right. They even fired Goldy. But it was a case of too little, too late. In their words and their deeds, we now know who they are.
But not Blandy Scheer, apparently. Scheer’s campaign manager helped found and fund the Rebel. When that became known, Scheer hastily declared that he wouldn’t have anything to do with them anymore.
What he didn’t tell us, however, was that his frigging campaign was being run out of the Rebel’s offices. That little fact seemed to slip his mind – until the Globe challenged him.
Is Andrew Scheer and anti-Semite and a racist? I don’t think so.
He just seems to be okay with associating with people who are.
UPDATE: They didn’t issue a news release. They issued a suicide note.
It really hasn’t been a good few days for any of the three main party leaders.
This for Scheer, the utterly bizarre performance by Trudeau yesterday and Singh suggesting a line of questioning from the CBC’s Terry Milewski was subtle racism.
Warren,
And they said politics was uninteresting.
What an absolute idiot.
Andrew Scheer sees a dumpster fire in the alley behind the CPC HQ and decides to drag it into the conference room and give it authority.
This is Andrew Scheer telling Canadians that 1) he’s more than happy to incorporate dog whistling into his campaign strategy and 2) he’s exactly the caricature the Liberals will draw of him in 2019.
Fucking despicable shit if Scheer thinks voters aren’t going to notice this passive acceptance of the fringiest mofos of Canadian politics. Can’t wait to hit the campaign trail for the Liberals in the next election now.
Goddamnitsomuch! Where is a small c non-partisan conservative supposed to park their vote any more? At least the Harpercons tried to keep the wingnuts under control. This idiot invites them in.