Following
the presidential election I started to see posts and articles about people
wearing safety pins. Out of curiosity I looked up what it was. My feelings on
it were immediately mixed. Christopher Keetly writes that the safety pin movement has far more to do with liberal and white guilt and the person wearing
it than making social change. The part of me that disdains symbolism over action is inclined to agree, at
least in part.
A
number of unpleasant incidents have occurred in Canada since the American
election. One example is the posters that were put up in East York challenging multiculturalism and defending whiteness.
Tensions sparked this week in the Canadian Senate between Trudeau's point man in the
Senate and the leader of the Senate Liberals.
Ashley
Csanady writes that the two by-elections today in Ontario have evolved to
become important contests for all three parties.
The
Independent reports that the Trump transition team is considering registration for Muslims immigrants. If such a travesty occurs I think non-Muslim Americans should register in a
sign of protest, opposition and in solidarity with their fellow Americans.
Andrew
Coyne looks at how the electoral system produced a Donald Trump victory.
I
watched this video this morning, and somehow I thought it fit here. Adam Ruins
Everything is a series that came out of College Humor. The host lays out why
the common thinking on a topic is wrong. This week he answered the question
'why is weed illegal'. I found the Nixon answer
the most compelling aspect.
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