Interesting and I largely agree. However I would point out that the convoy good ol' boy homophobia connection is actually underlying massive misogyny. Your uncle likes his bonds more 'masculine'--whatever that means. Convoy and alt-right types demean Trudeau for being a beta-male and a cuck because he is a self described feminist. I am not a Trudeau booster, but as a professional woman, I feel he has done more for women than any other PM. When I see him on tour with the feminine triumvirate of Anant/Joly/Freeland, giving them equal press time, and getting childcare done and (at least) drawing the line in the sand about abortion rights, I see MILES of difference between the Libs and the Cons. So are the cis, white, pseudo-religious, uneducated, alpha males afraid of Trudeau? Or are they just afraid of women?
Bravo, Evan. It seems like the Canadian MSM (particularly the couched, comfortable straight white men of the industry) are embarked on the great "Cletus safari" anthropological excursion of their American counterparts that took place *after* Trump's election. They have learned no lessons whatsoever that coddling the deplorables and essentially giving the MAGA movement free, uncritical airtime as some ill-defined alien phenomenon to be academically studied and scrutinized is what allowed it to flourish all the way to the top in the first place!
But they're so habitually addicted to their "view from nowhere" philosophy of false equivalence and "impartiality" that they either can't, or simply won't, call it for what it is. They think incipient fascism has to *literally* involve gas chambers, otherwise it's hyperbolic to call it as such.
I say call it what it is and stop pretending already. MLK said silence takes the side of the oppressor. The blasé, softpedaling, "just asking questions" approach taken by MSM, as though they're David f*cking Attenborough examining some bizarre species of platypus-crocodile hybrid in the wilds of Australia, might be even worse than saying nothing at all.
Thank you! The MSM actually scares me sometimes when they 'report' what has been said but FAIL to put it in context or report the latest info/explanation about it. Yell corrections at the tv a lot! lol
Oh thank you for articulating my frustration with the Canadian msm. Its journalists continually miss the main stories of our time. I have pretty much given up on it.
Fully agree with your analysis and this is why I am so tired of lazy journos who can't be bothered to report properly what is happening and are not asking the real hard questions.
Interesting and I largely agree. However I would point out that the convoy good ol' boy homophobia connection is actually underlying massive misogyny. Your uncle likes his bonds more 'masculine'--whatever that means. Convoy and alt-right types demean Trudeau for being a beta-male and a cuck because he is a self described feminist. I am not a Trudeau booster, but as a professional woman, I feel he has done more for women than any other PM. When I see him on tour with the feminine triumvirate of Anant/Joly/Freeland, giving them equal press time, and getting childcare done and (at least) drawing the line in the sand about abortion rights, I see MILES of difference between the Libs and the Cons. So are the cis, white, pseudo-religious, uneducated, alpha males afraid of Trudeau? Or are they just afraid of women?
Bravo, Evan. It seems like the Canadian MSM (particularly the couched, comfortable straight white men of the industry) are embarked on the great "Cletus safari" anthropological excursion of their American counterparts that took place *after* Trump's election. They have learned no lessons whatsoever that coddling the deplorables and essentially giving the MAGA movement free, uncritical airtime as some ill-defined alien phenomenon to be academically studied and scrutinized is what allowed it to flourish all the way to the top in the first place!
But they're so habitually addicted to their "view from nowhere" philosophy of false equivalence and "impartiality" that they either can't, or simply won't, call it for what it is. They think incipient fascism has to *literally* involve gas chambers, otherwise it's hyperbolic to call it as such.
I say call it what it is and stop pretending already. MLK said silence takes the side of the oppressor. The blasé, softpedaling, "just asking questions" approach taken by MSM, as though they're David f*cking Attenborough examining some bizarre species of platypus-crocodile hybrid in the wilds of Australia, might be even worse than saying nothing at all.
Thank you! The MSM actually scares me sometimes when they 'report' what has been said but FAIL to put it in context or report the latest info/explanation about it. Yell corrections at the tv a lot! lol
Oh thank you for articulating my frustration with the Canadian msm. Its journalists continually miss the main stories of our time. I have pretty much given up on it.
This is spot on, hardly any good msm in Canada right now.
Fully agree with your analysis and this is why I am so tired of lazy journos who can't be bothered to report properly what is happening and are not asking the real hard questions.
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