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Yesterday, there was a bunch of protests against M-103, a motion by Liberal MP Iqra Khalid of Mississauga targeting Islamophobia as a Problem to be studied and solved to whatever degree possible (along with other forms of bigotry) in several cities across Canada.

What brings me continued hope for the future of Canada is that in every case, opposing rallies were organized and fielded in defence of M-103.

Calgary.

Edmonton.
Regina and Saskatoon.
Winnipeg.
Toronto.
Montréal and Ville de Québec.

I haven't heard of the like in Ottawa-Gatineau, and I don't know whether to be hopeful or worried about that. If you know of similar events elsewhere in Canada, I'd be glad of links to the reports.

Again: counter-protests against bigotry? Cause for hope.

Date: 2017-03-08 08:35 pm (UTC)
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Someone had a signature to their message posts on Slashdot that said "I like paying taxes, with them I buy civilization." I also saw a bumper sticker on a 4x4 truck that said "If you don't like socialism then get off the road".

I don't know exactly when it happened, I think it pre-dated the election of President Obama, but at some point we stopped being a civil society. I blame the 24 hour news cycle for a lot of the political polarization of our country, and that, coupled with people not willing to think critically or look for attribution of crap sent around the internet, is probably 90% of the trouble that the USA has.

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