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Jim, hold your head up high; your trial is making history.

In these times when truth, reason, logic, evidence, and common sense, which should be guiding lights, are scarce, it's individuals like you who strive to keep the dim flame of their essence alive.

Canada needs you- Stay strong because you are- till we are free again.

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I’m frustrating them by not giving in to their threats or bribes. I did nothing wrong. Indeed I was alone in my district in not lying to students. Your words are uplifting for me. Thank you.

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As a retired teacher, my heart goes out to you, Jim. This is a travesty. The virtue-signallers cannot see how hypocritical they are and what damage they are doing.

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So pithily stated. The virtue-signalling is encased in some rather large scientific and biological lies. Kids want to to be told truth, not radical ideology.

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Trouble is, kids don't yet know the difference between truth and ideology.

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It's quite disconcerting that in Richmond B. C. an activist teacher who teaches and promotes all sorts of activist politics and issues in her classroom is given awards, whereas any dissent from the current EDI narrative is punished.

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Absolutely. They trust the teacher is getting things right. No child asks to be taught woke fiction over accepted interpretations of the past.

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Excellent article, Jim. Very few of us who have not experienced the effect of left wing intolerance and censorship can appreciate what you are going thru. You are the victim of modern day McCarthyism were the 1950's fear of being blacklisted as a communist has been substituted for fear of being labelled a denialist. The parallels are disturbingly similar with the operative word, "fear" being paramount. In the contemporary era of, "Trudeau-ism" were we are all expected to genuflect to the holy trinity of, "Diversity, Equity and Inclusion", reasoned discourse, common sense and free speech are regarded as a heretical crime punishable by a metaphorical burning at the stake.

“Power is in tearing human minds to pieces and putting them together again in new shapes of your own choosing.”

― George Orwell, 1984

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We haven’t met and likely never will but you’ve been a constant source of intelligent support and guidance for me for years. I am very grateful.

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You deserve it Jim, and just remember what comes around goes around and hopefully sanity will return and honesty will have its just rewards. May the force be with you.

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I feel it is.

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May justice prevail in this ridiculous case.

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It is ridiculous. I was the only teacher being truthful about our past.

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Even if you weren't, it's absurd to say that teachers aren't allowed to present different points of view on any topic. How are children supposed to learn to think if they are simply fed a pre-approved narrative.

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That’s spot on. Teachers should be afforded discretion and the power to contest any “pre-approved narrative.” I was walked out in front of my students twice! Neither time was I factually wrong or insensitive to students. There is a censorial chill that freezes any anti-woke utterance.

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I couldn't be a teacher. In fact I have to freelance in my field because I won't put up with DEI nonsense indoctrination in the workplace which is everywhere now.

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You are in good company Susannah !!!!!!!!!!!

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Good piece, Jim. Here’s hoping the worm may turn and you will be exonerated. My guess is that they will try to establish “a pattern” of behaviour, as quite clearly you were bringing forward factual information about deaths in IRS.

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My adversaries will divert attention from what I said, which was professional, to something else, such as my pattern of behaviour on Twitter. My goal is to keep them focused on the false allegations. I did nothing wrong. I taught well. Thank you so much.

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Justice delayed is justice denied,

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Thank you. The delay is already 14 months.

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Take a good shower after you get out of that sewer!

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I will. 😁

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Jim; As you well know we are living in strange times in Canada. The army of bureaucrats that have insinuated themselves into our lives are emboldened by a contemptible prime minister who doesn't respect the good, hard -working Canadians who built this country into the prosperous nation it became ....but is now in trouble. Any population that is governed by individuals who operate under an umbrella of deceit and lies, is considered as a threat.

You, sadly, are a victim of that kind of administration. It is a model of what the country has become. It will take many more people like you at all levels in every province to get Canada back on track. I thank you for your honesty and strength.

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All the best, Jim - cheers!

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Thank you. I won my case intrinsically the moment I decided to defend the principle of truth in schools.

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Jim, you have all my support. Stay strong.

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It would be simpler if the authorities would publish a complete list of all opinions that are 'acceptable'.

Then we could see and decide upon their support of free speech.

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Sadly, teachers today function in a role reversal; The WOKE administrators who run all these schools think they are the ones who should call all the shots and set the rules to be followed. They have it all bass-ackwards. They need to see themselves as the classroom support of the front-line teachers. It is the teachers like Jim McMurtry who set the standard for the kids in front of them every day. Every time a 'pencil pusher' diminishes the authority of a classroom teacher it is then that that person tears down the image of someone who stands for truth and trust in a student's developing life. We live in strange and dangerous times.

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Truth always trumps teaching children and peers to bow to the woke slave masters.

You have done well, you have what it takes man of courage

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I am the same. I am not a sheeple and worry about the herd instinct that serves authoritarians so well. I am proud of you, Susanna.

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For what it's worth, this semi-retired psychiatrist in Victoria has been following you and your incredible story, and wishes you well in the upcoming gong-show. You have done nothing more than try to teach logical and evidence-based content to deserving students; what has happened to you is utterly appalling. I hope you have a chance to write about your upcoming experiences as your contributions have been very important to many of us so far. All the best. Big respect.

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We need many more like you Jim. I support your writing.

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