tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post2092455401141257946..comments2024-03-03T17:01:57.876-05:00Comments on Montreal Simon: The Hypocrisy of Ezra Levant and the Limits of Free SpeechSimonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-76640373385531637442016-06-11T22:10:03.101-04:002016-06-11T22:10:03.101-04:00I'm not a Twitter user myself, but if I'd ...I'm not a Twitter user myself, but if I'd be tempted as a Fort Mcmurray fire evacuee myself, to take a stand similar to these two Twitter users and see what would happen.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-66717374394160472662016-06-10T09:04:42.429-04:002016-06-10T09:04:42.429-04:00I follow The Rebel mostly as a guilty pleasure alt...I follow The Rebel mostly as a guilty pleasure although anymore I don't know what pleasure I might be getting out of it. At first, I was interested in the thinking on the right and what better place than dive into the belly of the beast? But as time as gone on, it's become so extreme, the people that comment there on a daily basis are absolutely the worst of the worse. They even turn on each other whenever someone has the audacity to offer a reasonable opinion! I cannot believe that the authorities have not investigated some of these people who are advocating violence against politicians they hate or telling people to stock up on ammo and guns for the coming revolution where anyone who steps on their property will face down the barrel of a gun. Of course, my immediate thought is "well why don't you get it started then tough guy?" or "well if you think a bullet hole would look good between Notley's eyes and save Alberta, then why don't you go ahead and martyr yourself for the cause?" But they won't. Just old cowards with big mouths. I know Levant doesn't take himself as seriously as his readers do, he has admitted to being a provocateur and troublemaker, how can they not see the facts right before their eyes? And his readers think we're the blind ones.aka Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12994754414466215429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-13031379468644065422016-06-09T11:19:34.834-04:002016-06-09T11:19:34.834-04:00hi JD...yes I suppose there should be a place wher...hi JD...yes I suppose there should be a place where those bigots can gather, so they don't bother the rest of us. And it is a really pathetic site. It seems to be toning itself down a bit in the hopes of attracting more readers, but it's still too disgusting to do that, so it's caught between the devil and the deep blue sea. It's rowing against the current of history, and it will eventually founder...Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-63709925841020741212016-06-09T11:15:01.933-04:002016-06-09T11:15:01.933-04:00hi Omar...I wouldn't pay too much attention to...hi Omar...I wouldn't pay too much attention to those commenters. They could come from anywhere, and one seems to be from Pennsylvania. Edinburgh is a progressive city, and those comments don't reflect it's character. Remember that the so-called Brexit referendum has also been stirring up hatred with the UKIP party stirring the flames of bigotry, so that might account for some of those ugly comments. But whenever the UKIP leader Nigel Farage has shown his face in Scotland, he has literally been chased out of it. I'm not saying Scotland is perfect. In Glasgow there are still traces of sectarian ugliness between Catholics and Protestants. But those yobs are slowly fading into the past, and I think the millennial generation will bury the last of them...Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-62869388175929736702016-06-09T07:56:01.929-04:002016-06-09T07:56:01.929-04:00If those rubes are dumb enough to send Ezra irreLe...If those rubes are dumb enough to send Ezra irreLevant their money, then so be it. The lunatic fringe get there daily doses of that idiot and their lives are re-invigorated once more. What a hollow, shallow, useless life it must be.<br />JDAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-14703744598704958832016-06-09T07:50:31.943-04:002016-06-09T07:50:31.943-04:00Hi Simon, Off topic here, but speaking of ghastly ...Hi Simon, Off topic here, but speaking of ghastly sewers of bigotry, did you happen to see <a href="http://www.scotsman.com/news/donald-trump-challenged-to-visit-edinburgh-mosque-1-4149008" rel="nofollow">this</a> story? Like you I keep abreast of the happenings in Scotland and in particular Edinburgh. What struck me about this were the vile and over-the-top comments attached to it. I went through all 52 of them and could not find anything other than hatred and bigotry. No positives, no challenges, nothing. I've never been to the Edinburgh Mosque proper, but I have eaten at their on site public kitchen many times and have never experienced anything but welcoming individuals who serve quality affordable food. I also find it difficult to imagine who these Scottish thugs are that permeate that comment thread as the friends I know and have in the city are open and progressive people. I did a little research on The Scotsman and learned it was once owned by our own Roy Thomson. Now owned by something called Johnston Press I wonder if it's some sort of right-wing rag that promotes and supports shite in the comment sections of its online news stories. It did take a 'No' stand in the independence referendum so maybe therein lies the answer. Omarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12058734544373976550noreply@blogger.com