I zoom talk with a friend who lives in Mexico. He asked me if the government was doing anything about the "mass graves" of murdered children's remains found outside residential schools in Canada, specifically the one in Kamloops. He said he'd read many news articles on this subject and how could anyone deny that these mass graves existed? He asked if they'd found out who the perpetrators were. He was quite taken aback and did not believe me when I told him no such remains have in fact been discovered, no forensic investigation launched, and no actual mass graves found. I have had this experience when discussing this matter with quite a few people... they simply don't believe the facts. I sent my friend an article with the Kamloops Chief herself saying there were no mass graves. He acknowledged then that maybe there was more to the story than met the eye, but still said that maybe the "mass grave" truth had been hushed up... ironically, it is exactly the opposite view, backed by evidence, that is being silenced.
Having watched this for a couple of years now, I am mow of the very strong opinion that the indigenous cult of radicals are doing everything they can think of to trick themselves and their own people, to sensationalize the lies, and to shut down any attempt to respond: “You are making our aunties cry! Traumatizing our people! Shut up or we’ll burn you down, shout you down, tear you down, and destroy any academy that questions us and any historical representation with which we disagree. We are not taking questions or releasing reports. And no, the police cannot see the children’s graves. We intend to close the national public archives to everyone who doesn’t have our permission to look who will be anyone who tries to disclose the facts in those records that contradict our narrative. We will lie about you and shame you with those lies all over the world for anything you try to say to contradict our narrative. Send money to finance further destruction, and shut the hell up! No talking stick for you! We’re working on making it illegal for you to even think anything that questions us!”
As ridiculous as what I’ve just typed out sounds, that’s how this looks to me right now.
And by the way, about two months after she basically had to say publicly their were no mass graves, she presented a motion to the AFN to have “evidence” of mass graves and murder passed and to recognize a genocide.
Your characterization of the activist discourse is quite good, Janice, but it's lacking a liberal sprinkling of f-bombs. Have you seen the activist live-streams from Winnipeg's Marlborough Hotel yet? You can see them on Michael Melanson's FB page. I watched a little of Cambria Harris reporting from the basement. Charming as heck.
I tried to watch the Marlborough Hotel stuff. I didn’t get far. These people are seriously mentally ill and making themselves worse to the point they will be dangerous. I cannot imagine how such deluded people can be salvaged. They are sick, and they are dangerous because they are creating and amplifying a mass hysteria. She thinks what she is seeing is horrifying. My experience as well. It’s horrific to witness a psychotic meltdown, especially of such a young woman tearing apart her psyche.
I was deeply saddened to learn Paul Viminitz was fired earlier this month from the University of Lethbridge. James Pew does a great service to us all in reporting what others won’t.
I was relieved, just now, to learn that Paul was fired. I'd really like to know what the rationale was. You see, Paul forced his mentorship on me and used that position to ruin my prospects for an academic career -- he even went to the schools I was applying to for my PhD and undermined my applications, after encouraging me to apply. His undergrad groupies joined in with the effort to make me quit, and the other profs in the phil department, despite me making multiple complaints, quite resolutely supported Paul. I'm very very confident that Paul is a malignant narcissist -- a kind of psychopath. What was his motivation to do this? My theory is that his friend's research was threatened by mine.
Hitler, Stalin, Mao et al. would be so proud that their teachings have survived the test of time and are alive and well within the vacuous minds of these protestors and MLAs. They scream at an academic for her research and seek to silence a woman. Ironically, both lectures at the different institutions had nothing to do with Natives but were on the topic of 'Academic Freedom'. This is a full court press Leftie cancellation maneuver. If the twerps protesting had ever read a history book, they would see their actions exactly mirror the tactics of Hitler's Brown Shirts. Thankfully, there are a few heroines here and there like Frances who are bravely standing up to the unruly mob.
or if they had ever read any of Frances' work, which they've clearly not. It's unlikely they would be able to understand it anyway. I went back to university in 2010 as a 50-plus year old many years after first graduating and I was astonished at the lack of critical thinking and almost total parrotting of narratives by students. I guess that's on my generation to have condoned the "everyone is a winner" style of parenting. Not by me though.
these two politicians are really misguided about what "academic freedom" is, and they have clearly neither of them read any of Ms. Widdowson's "ghastly" research. Ridiculous.
A video shared on Frances’s FB page shows protesters shouting their scripted remarks and then walking out of the auditorium one after the other in a pointedly rude fashion. They seem to have taken a page out of the playbook of the students at Stanford Law School last March who disrupted the talk of an invited federal judge.
I was amused to learn that the Stanford protest, widely covered online, was apparently organized by two student groups, one calling itself "IRATE" (Identity and Rights Affirmers for Trans Equality) and the other "Stanford Outlaw," which "serves the LGBTQ+ law student community." Great group names for nascent legal professionals!
The president of Stanford and the dean of law both apologized for that debacle, but the school declined to censure its DEI dean, who had commandeered the podium for a bizarre 8-minute speech that will go down in history (full thing here; the DEI staffer did eventually resign, months later): https://vimeo.com/806801455/16c79baa14?embedded=true&source=vimeo_logo&owner=16477637
The letter by the Indigenous MLA's is the modern version of scalping heads of enemies. It is a more sanitised version due to DEI affirmative action and anti-discrimination laws that have been scaffolded into institutions so that intellectual scalping becomes a legitimate cultural practice.
These MLA's and their 'warriors' are on the warpath. I can hear the traditional battlecries piercing through this letter. This is a battle alright, for scalps that don't comply to the grievance narratives that is lucrative in its ultimate plunder of REPARATIONS, endless reparations.
Plus for every scalp taken, another promotion, another award. Isn't DEI construed this way?
As it is said, the apple doesn't fall far from the tree.
P.E.I. councillor faces removal for sharing the wrong opinion
Prince Edward Island municipal councillor John Robertson is facing potential removal for publicly challenging the narrative surrounding alleged mass graves at residential schools, citing doubts about the evidence and media portrayal. Canadian Constitution Foundation lawyer Josh Dehaas joined True North’s Andrew Lawton to discuss the potential implications for freedom of speech and political dissent in Canada.
I zoom talk with a friend who lives in Mexico. He asked me if the government was doing anything about the "mass graves" of murdered children's remains found outside residential schools in Canada, specifically the one in Kamloops. He said he'd read many news articles on this subject and how could anyone deny that these mass graves existed? He asked if they'd found out who the perpetrators were. He was quite taken aback and did not believe me when I told him no such remains have in fact been discovered, no forensic investigation launched, and no actual mass graves found. I have had this experience when discussing this matter with quite a few people... they simply don't believe the facts. I sent my friend an article with the Kamloops Chief herself saying there were no mass graves. He acknowledged then that maybe there was more to the story than met the eye, but still said that maybe the "mass grave" truth had been hushed up... ironically, it is exactly the opposite view, backed by evidence, that is being silenced.
Having watched this for a couple of years now, I am mow of the very strong opinion that the indigenous cult of radicals are doing everything they can think of to trick themselves and their own people, to sensationalize the lies, and to shut down any attempt to respond: “You are making our aunties cry! Traumatizing our people! Shut up or we’ll burn you down, shout you down, tear you down, and destroy any academy that questions us and any historical representation with which we disagree. We are not taking questions or releasing reports. And no, the police cannot see the children’s graves. We intend to close the national public archives to everyone who doesn’t have our permission to look who will be anyone who tries to disclose the facts in those records that contradict our narrative. We will lie about you and shame you with those lies all over the world for anything you try to say to contradict our narrative. Send money to finance further destruction, and shut the hell up! No talking stick for you! We’re working on making it illegal for you to even think anything that questions us!”
As ridiculous as what I’ve just typed out sounds, that’s how this looks to me right now.
And by the way, about two months after she basically had to say publicly their were no mass graves, she presented a motion to the AFN to have “evidence” of mass graves and murder passed and to recognize a genocide.
Your characterization of the activist discourse is quite good, Janice, but it's lacking a liberal sprinkling of f-bombs. Have you seen the activist live-streams from Winnipeg's Marlborough Hotel yet? You can see them on Michael Melanson's FB page. I watched a little of Cambria Harris reporting from the basement. Charming as heck.
I tried to watch the Marlborough Hotel stuff. I didn’t get far. These people are seriously mentally ill and making themselves worse to the point they will be dangerous. I cannot imagine how such deluded people can be salvaged. They are sick, and they are dangerous because they are creating and amplifying a mass hysteria. She thinks what she is seeing is horrifying. My experience as well. It’s horrific to witness a psychotic meltdown, especially of such a young woman tearing apart her psyche.
I was deeply saddened to learn Paul Viminitz was fired earlier this month from the University of Lethbridge. James Pew does a great service to us all in reporting what others won’t.
I was relieved, just now, to learn that Paul was fired. I'd really like to know what the rationale was. You see, Paul forced his mentorship on me and used that position to ruin my prospects for an academic career -- he even went to the schools I was applying to for my PhD and undermined my applications, after encouraging me to apply. His undergrad groupies joined in with the effort to make me quit, and the other profs in the phil department, despite me making multiple complaints, quite resolutely supported Paul. I'm very very confident that Paul is a malignant narcissist -- a kind of psychopath. What was his motivation to do this? My theory is that his friend's research was threatened by mine.
I don’t know Paul well. I hope you are doing fine despite the ill treatment at his hands. My best wishes to you.
Hitler, Stalin, Mao et al. would be so proud that their teachings have survived the test of time and are alive and well within the vacuous minds of these protestors and MLAs. They scream at an academic for her research and seek to silence a woman. Ironically, both lectures at the different institutions had nothing to do with Natives but were on the topic of 'Academic Freedom'. This is a full court press Leftie cancellation maneuver. If the twerps protesting had ever read a history book, they would see their actions exactly mirror the tactics of Hitler's Brown Shirts. Thankfully, there are a few heroines here and there like Frances who are bravely standing up to the unruly mob.
or if they had ever read any of Frances' work, which they've clearly not. It's unlikely they would be able to understand it anyway. I went back to university in 2010 as a 50-plus year old many years after first graduating and I was astonished at the lack of critical thinking and almost total parrotting of narratives by students. I guess that's on my generation to have condoned the "everyone is a winner" style of parenting. Not by me though.
Cheers to Frances Widdowson - a brave, strong lady!
Frances is another true Canadian hero. More power to her.
these two politicians are really misguided about what "academic freedom" is, and they have clearly neither of them read any of Ms. Widdowson's "ghastly" research. Ridiculous.
A video shared on Frances’s FB page shows protesters shouting their scripted remarks and then walking out of the auditorium one after the other in a pointedly rude fashion. They seem to have taken a page out of the playbook of the students at Stanford Law School last March who disrupted the talk of an invited federal judge.
I was amused to learn that the Stanford protest, widely covered online, was apparently organized by two student groups, one calling itself "IRATE" (Identity and Rights Affirmers for Trans Equality) and the other "Stanford Outlaw," which "serves the LGBTQ+ law student community." Great group names for nascent legal professionals!
The president of Stanford and the dean of law both apologized for that debacle, but the school declined to censure its DEI dean, who had commandeered the podium for a bizarre 8-minute speech that will go down in history (full thing here; the DEI staffer did eventually resign, months later): https://vimeo.com/806801455/16c79baa14?embedded=true&source=vimeo_logo&owner=16477637
Much respect for Dr. Widdowson.
The letter by the Indigenous MLA's is the modern version of scalping heads of enemies. It is a more sanitised version due to DEI affirmative action and anti-discrimination laws that have been scaffolded into institutions so that intellectual scalping becomes a legitimate cultural practice.
These MLA's and their 'warriors' are on the warpath. I can hear the traditional battlecries piercing through this letter. This is a battle alright, for scalps that don't comply to the grievance narratives that is lucrative in its ultimate plunder of REPARATIONS, endless reparations.
Plus for every scalp taken, another promotion, another award. Isn't DEI construed this way?
As it is said, the apple doesn't fall far from the tree.
P.E.I. councillor faces removal for sharing the wrong opinion
Prince Edward Island municipal councillor John Robertson is facing potential removal for publicly challenging the narrative surrounding alleged mass graves at residential schools, citing doubts about the evidence and media portrayal. Canadian Constitution Foundation lawyer Josh Dehaas joined True North’s Andrew Lawton to discuss the potential implications for freedom of speech and political dissent in Canada.
https://rumble.com/v4facs3-p.e.i.-councillor-faces-removal-for-sharing-the-wrong-opinion.html