Cambry Ardship
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Unfortunately, Rufus8's ramblings likely presage the sort of racist and misogynistic attacks that Chow will face if she becomes mayor (and at this point, it seems pretty likely).
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AlvinofDiaspar
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zang
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I think it's par for the course with any visible minority in politics; certainly not a first for Chow.
Nine (!) years ago, Chow made the following statement about the Sun running a blatantly racist cartoon in their paper:
“Because I am Chinese-Canadian, I must be a communist and have slanted eyes and glasses … and since I am a woman, I must be inferior and therefore not good enough for the job of the mayor so I must rely on my deceased husband. So it is both racist and sexist.”
The more things change, the more they stay the same. Except the politics of the last nine years has empowered even more overt racism and misogyny.
TonyV
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Your posts have been highly entertaining over dinner at my place. We need the comic relief these days. Wondering this: did you misspell your name?
Admiral Beez
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What are you implying? Since Chow was born in Hong Kong that she's some sort of mole or sleeper agent for the PRC? We're getting close to International Jewry now, where we assume someone's ethnicity links them to a global conspiracy, where one's loyalties to their country must be questioned due to their origins or background. What loyalty test do you suggest Chow take to prove she's free of Beijing's tentacles?
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AlvinofDiaspar
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It's redolent of the kind of racism that lead to the disenfranchisement and internment of the Japanese-Canadian community, for one.
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Northern Light
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I concur.......with one added statement though; I think its important to remain open to the idea that any candidate can be constructively criticized, and the fact they may have faced such attacks does not mean that all critiques should be so labelled.
I am not suggesting you implied that, I merely think its important to say.
I don't think there's any real question that the comments on which you are passing judgement can be rightly characterized as inappropriate, ill-founded, unfair, and unacceptable. (a rather reserved description)
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I would further add; I think its important, notwithstanding ongoing ignorance by some (indeed too many) that I think the majority here (Toronto) are in a much better place on these things than in decades past, and we're fortunate
that this is not as commonplace or as vulgar as it once was.....
But that we must still address such nonsense at this point is beyond ridiculous and offensive.
I concur.......with one added statement though; I think its important to remain open to the idea that any candidate can be constructively criticized, and the fact they may have faced such attacks does not mean that all critiques should be so labelled.
I am not suggesting you implied that, I merely think its important to say.
I don't think there's any real question that the comments on which you are passing judgement can be rightly characterized as inappropriate, ill-founded, unfair, and unacceptable. (a rather reserved description)
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I would further add; I think its important, notwithstanding ongoing ignorance by some (indeed too many) that I think the majority here (Toronto) are in a much better place on these things than in decades past, and we're fortunate
that this is not as commonplace or as vulgar as it once was.....
But that we must still address such nonsense at this point is beyond ridiculous and offensive.
Islington Express Bus
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AlvinofDiaspar
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Only when we are talking about Chinese food (and no, I wasn't born and bred here, so what do I know?)
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Fresco
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Since its been proven we've had Chinese election interference, and since Chow is NDP, you can bet CSIS are keeping an eye on her.
Sorry if that hurts your feelings, but we have to protect our democratic election process
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AlvinofDiaspar
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Funny you didn’t mention this case then:
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www.theglobeandmail.com
Also I am not at all sure where the claim she ran as a Liberal came from.
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Doug Ford says his office received CSIS briefing about Toronto MPP Vincent Ke
The Ontario Premier’s Office said it requested a briefing after questions from Global News about allegations that Mr. Ke was involved in Beijing-led efforts to interfere with the 2019 federal election
www.theglobeandmail.com
Also I am not at all sure where the claim she ran as a Liberal came from.
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Fresco
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Perfect example of CSIS doing their job!Funny you didn’t mention this case then:
Doug Ford says his office received CSIS briefing about Toronto MPP Vincent Ke
The Ontario Premier’s Office said it requested a briefing after questions from Global News about allegations that Mr. Ke was involved in Beijing-led efforts to interfere with the 2019 federal election
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And why didnt we mention the Ken Fe case?? Because Ken isnt running for Toronto mayor
toonderly
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What?
AlvinofDiaspar
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Well, and Olivia Chow isn’t the one getting visits from CSIS either, so your point being? Merely being Chinese - irrespective of context - should translate into CSIS surveillance in the name of “protecting democracy”?
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Fresco
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Disregard that part of my post. I had her mixed up with someone else