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Slippery slope of
hate and intolerance
by B.P. Schimke
Ignorance is not bliss, ignorance is
dangerous. And one of the most dangerous
forms of ignorance is not
thinking for oneself and letting others
determine your world view and
values—the herd mentality.
With the “yet another” massive
murder in the United States, by an
American citizen, using legally purchased
weapons of war, ignorance
concluded that his ethnic background
was the cause. Rightfully, it can be
argued that the last two mass murders
were committed by young men influenced
by the propaganda of ISIS, yet
the years of mass killings in the U.S.
all have different characters, colours,
reasons and beliefs. But they all come
down to one outcome, angry people
killing innocent people because of hate
and ignorance.
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The real problem is
any ‘not yet known’
terrorists with a valid
passport who can just
fly into this country and
roam free.
- PRESIDENT OBAMA
I heard President Obama answering
questions at a town hall meeting on the
Public Broadcasting Station (PBS) two
weeks before the latest mass shooting.
A participant asked, “Why are we
bringing in so many Syrian refugees
who will take away American jobs and
cost the Treasury money we can’t
afford?”
Of course, the President had to
gently set the questioner straight. “In
fact, America has done very little”,
said the President, “we have brought
in less than 2,500 Syrians refugees. It’s
Canada, one tenth our size that has
brought in 25,000 Syrians.”
But what he went on to say was
worth repeating. “It’s not refugees that
are the dangerous ones, they are
vetted extensively before they arrive.
The real problem is any ‘not yet
known’ terrorists with a valid passport
who can just fly into this country and
roam free.”
It brings us back to 9-11, where to
this day most Americans believe the
hijackers came through Canada’s
porous border. Nothing is further from
the truth. All the 9-11 hijackers were
legally in the U.S. on student visas and
ironically studying the art of flying
aircrafts.
We also learned this week the extent
of the NRA’s extreme interpretation of
the Fourth Amendment (right to bear
arms). Only in the U.S. can individuals
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listed on the terrorist watch list and
the no-fly list legally purchase
weapons of war without so much as a
background check.
For the far-right, this latest mass
shooting certainly gave their man,
Donald Trump, even more fodder to
rile up the masses against immigration.
And he didn’t disappoint. “He
(the gunman) shouldn’t be here,”
shouted Trump, “that’s exactly why we
have to change our immigration laws.”
Well, Mr. Trump you have to do
more than change your immigration
laws, you will need to change your
classification of American citizens; one
for pure citizens and a second-class citizenship
for immigrants or Americans
born Mexicans, Muslims and anyone
else who is deemed not American
enough.
The AR-15 gunman who killed 49 in
Orlando was American born.
Timothy Snyder, in his recently
released book, Black Earth attempts
to explain how Hitler was able to turn
ordinary Germans, and I would also
add Austrians, voluntarily into hate
and killing machines.
Three points he makes are particularly
relevant to today’s America.
First, laws were passed by Hitler
making Jews second-class citizens
unable to participate in society as
doctors, lawyers, merchants or own
property and businesses.
Second, the Nazis’ aggressive, propaganda
machine labelled the German
Jews as part of the international
Jewish conspiracy. Then to further
encourage ordinary Germans to treat
their once-Jewish neighbours and
friends horribly, people were led astray
by well-crafted messaging to project
Jews, not as individuals, but as a collective
singular group responsible for
the nation and their personal economic
woes.
Third, the Nazis did everything possible,
including the mandatory yellow
stars, to get Germans to notice Jews as
different and inferior and to see themselves
as “Aryans”, the legitimate,
superior peoples of Germany.
One does not lightly compare
anyone to Adolf Hitler but unfortunately
after listening to Donald Trump
rage against Syrians, Muslims,
Mexicans, women, immigration and
homosexuals for far too many months,
should he become President, his win
will be based on the promises of a
Hitler-like agenda.
If Trump thinks he’s only spouting
this vile rhetoric to win an election, he
is greatly under-estimating the people
who are supporting him. If elected,
they expect him to deliver on all his
promises of hate and intolerance.
Unfortunately Trump’s campaign is
not about making America great
again, it’s about making America
white again!
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Uniting the right
Dear Editor:
Uniting the right in Alberta seems to
be on the minds of many people in our
province, particularly those who voted
Wildrose or Conservative in the last
election.
Two major groups have been
making the rounds in our province
trying to convince Albertan’s that
there is a way.
The interim Conservative leader
seems not to be to interested and the
Wildrose leader says it is up to the
grassroots.
There is really only one way to unite
the Progressive Conservative party of
Alberta and the Wildrose and win the
2019 election.
The process may be difficult but is
very simple.
Brian Jean and Ric McIver need to
have lunch together and agree to have
a meeting with elected MLA’s from
both parties. No one else should be in
the room except 22 Wildrose and 9 PC
MLA’s
They should agree to form a new
party that preferably does not include
either Conservative or Wildrose in its
name, as both brands are tarnished.
The PC brand from a number of failed
leaders since Ralph Klein and the
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Wildrose from floor crossing and too
many uncalled for comments by some
candidates and MLA’S over the years.
Having agreed to form a new party
and having selected a name these
MLA’S need to form a committee to
draft an interim constitution and an
interim policy position, both of which
would go to a general membership
meeting for approval and or amendment.
This meeting should be held
after a permanent leader of the new
party is elected late in 2017.
They now need to select from among
themselves an interim leader who is
committed to not run for the permanent
leadership.
The leadership race should begin in
May of 2017 after Rona Ambrose has
finished her term as interim leader of
the Federal PC’S.
Rona Ambrose is the only person in
Alberta that can pull all the
Conservative and Wildrose voters
together and win the next election over
Notley and the NDP.
Yes it is time for Brian and Ric to
have lunch.
Marv Moore
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Manager – Wildrose Member
NDP double down on big union
influence risky economic agenda
Dear Editor,
Big union interests have become further
entrenched in the NDP
government with Premier Rachel
Notley and the NDP doubling down on
a risky economic agenda at their
recent convention, the Wildrose
Official Opposition said today.
Notley refused to back down from
her government’s plan to impose a
massive 50 per cent increase to the
minimum wage by 2018, despite
repeated warnings it will lead to further
job losses and businesses shutting
down. Several motions were also
passed that would give more powers to
big unions, instead of working
families.
“Last weekend, we saw a government
completely divorced from the
economic reality facing working
Alberta families,” Wildrose Shadow
Jobs Minister Grant Hunter said.
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