[thread] British Columbia political sewer 🪠

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Populist rhetoric

BC Conservatives cry lawlessness after Vancouver stranger attacks
https://bc.ctvnews.ca/bc-conservatives-decry-lawlessness-after-gruesome-vancouver-stranger-attacks-1.7026421

Facts:
* random attack: Vancouver is safe
* crime/violent crime/unprovoked stranger attacks trending down
* VPD chief: Vancouver is not dying, Vancouver is not dead, Vancouver is not unsafe. That's all hyperbole, and it's not actually factual

Chip Wilson | Ken Sim | ABC Vancouver
Demonization, criminalization of homelessness
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/110873929767684022

#conservatism #Vancouver #BC

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Update:

Man charged with murder after deadly Vancouver stranger attacks
The suspect in an Vancouver 'unprovoked stranger attack' that left one man dead and another with his hand cut off has been charged
https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/highlights/man-charged-after-deadly-vancouver-stranger-attacks-9480580

* random attack by mentally ill person

#Vancouver #BritishColumbia #VPD #ViolentCrime #populism #BCconservatives #JohnRustad

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Climate Denier John Rustad Now Major Player in British Columbia 2024-Oct Election
https://www.desmog.com/2024/09/05/climate-denier-john-rustad-is-now-a-major-player-in-bcs-october-election

* BC United (Liberals) party imploded
* leader of Conservative Party of BC John Rustad no longer fringe player
* fast-approaching provincial election
* Rustad’s fringe ideas, shared on Jordan Peterson’s podcast, condemned by Indigenous grps
* expressed incredulity that people worry about carbon emissions

#BCconservatives #JohnRustad #JordanPeterson #ClimateDenial #FarRight #disinformation

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Russian Disinformation/Right-Wing Influencers
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/113108176086366850

BC Conservative exec Angelo Isidorou; Lauren Southern
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/113108176086366850

Lauren Southern
* Cdn alt-right political activist/propagandist/commentator/transphobe/wh. nationalist
* Great Replacement/white genocide conspiracy theories

Angelo Isidorou
* billionaire-backed Vancouver is Dying homelessness/addiction-demonizing copaganda film

#LaurenSouthern #AngeloIsidorou #FarRight #antiLGBT #JohnRustad #BCconservatives

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Anti-Climate Culture War Led by Jordan Peterson & Project 2025
Canadian influencer, U.S. religious right allies want people to see climate action as pseudo-religion
https://www.desmog.com/2024/09/09/inside-the-anti-climate-culture-war-led-by-jordan-peterson-and-project-2025

Comment: so many intersections that combinatorially appear, du jour:

#conservatism #BCconservatives #JohnRustad #JordanPeterson #JoeRogan #Poilievre #populism #ConspiracyTheories #ClimateChangeDenial #disinformation #libertariaianism #FarRight #ChristianRight #antiLGBT #transphobia #Project2025 #theocracy

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BC United leaks extremism file on B.C. Conservative director Angelo Isidorou
https://bc.ctvnews.ca/bc-united-sources-leak-extremism-file-on-b-c-conservative-director-1.7031235

Comment: Isidorou was the producer of the Chip Wilson (billionaire: Pacific Prosperity Network; Take Back Alberta far-right political funder)-backed "Vancouver is Dying" copaganda film that demonized the homelessness and addiction treatment services (safe injection / harm reduction)

#LaurenSouthern #AngeloIsidorou #FarRight #antiLGBT #JohnRustad #BCconservatives #ChipWilson #TBA #billionaires

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John Rustad Is Old-School Climate Change Denier
It’s ‘real’ but not really real, he says - certainly not the fault of humans
https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2024/09/10/John-Rustad-Old-School-Climate-Change-Denier

#conservatism #BCconservatives #JohnRustad #JordanPeterson #JoeRogan #Poilievre #populism #ConspiracyTheories #ClimateChangeDenial #disinformation #libertariaianism #FarRight #ChristianRight #antiLGBT #transphobia #Project2025 #theocracy

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Unpacking Rustad’s Pledge to Review British Columbia’s Textbooks
Educators/advocates ready for a fight
https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2024/09/12/Unpacking-Rustad-Pledge-Review-BC-Textbooks

* proposing to review B.C. school books to ensure they’re "neutral" - By whose standards?
* pending election: statistical tie w. Premier David Eby’s incumbent BC NDP

#Canada #BritishColumbia #BCUnited #BCLiberals #BCconservatives #conservatism #JohnRustad #antiLGBT #SOGI #FarRight #populism #disinformation #ChristianRight #ParentalRightsMovement #BookBans #censorship

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Far-Right Content on BC Conservatives Social Media
White nationalism; far-right German politician’s speech
https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/09/25/Troubling-Far-Right-Content-BC-Conservatives

Lindsay Shepherd: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindsay_Shepherd: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindsay_Shepherd

#BritishColumbia #BCconservatives #JohnRustad #LindsayShepherd #populism #disinformation #ConspiracyTheorists

#racism #SystemicRacism #StructuralViolence #WhiteSupremacism #WhiteNationalism

#discrimination #antiLGBT #SOGI #ParentalRightsMovement #BookBans #censorship #FarRight #ChristianRight

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[Canada] B.C. Conservatives laser-focused on mining as potential multi-billion revenue source
https://bc.ctvnews.ca/bc-conservatives-laser-focused-on-mining-as-potential-multi-billion-revenue-source-1.7051358

#Canada #BritishColumbia #NaturalResources
#capitalism #libertarianism #corporations #WealthInequality #inflation #WealthTax

#BCconservatives #JohnRustad #populism #disinformation #ConspiracyTheorists #racism #SystemicRacism #StructuralViolence #WhiteSupremacism #WhiteNationalism #discrimination #antiLGBT #ParentalRightsMovement #BookBans #censorship #FarRight #ChristianRight

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[Canada] John Rustad Is Threat to First Nations, Threat to Reconciliation’
Indigenous leaders unpack BC Conservative leader’s statements on DRIPA, First Nations title ...
https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/09/27/Rustad-Threat-First-Nations-Reconciliation

Comment. On eve of Sep 30 Truth & Reconciliation Day, it's noted that John Rustad was minister of Aboriginal relations & reconciliation under BC Liberals so he knows better. No issues swapping ethics for votes, apparently.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Day_for_Truth_and_Reconciliation
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_Canada#Federal_statutory_holidays,_also_observed_in_some_provinces

#BCconservatives #JohnRustad

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[Canada:BC] Leaked Dossier Reveals 200 Pages of Conspiracies & Controversial Statements f. John Rustad’s BC Conservative Candidates
Opposition research raises new questions about far-right extremism w.i. BC Conservative Party
https://pressprogress.ca/leaked-dossier-reveals-200-pages-of-conspiracies-and-controversial-statements-from-john-rustads-bc-conservative-candidates

NDP uses BC United research to attack crackpot BC Conservatives
https://bc.ctvnews.ca/ndp-uses-bc-united-research-to-mount-attacks-on-crackpot-b-c-conservatives-1.7055991

#BritishColumbia #BCconservatives #JohnRustad #antiLGBT #FarRight #disinformation #ChristianRight #censorship #ConspiracyTheorists #SystemicRacism #transphobia

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Comment: exemplar, negative political/social effect of hucksters like John Rustad on progressive politicians (David Eby)
* ditto federal level: huckster Pierre Poilievre viz-a-viz Justin Trudeau

Critics say overdose crisis politicized in BC election
https://bc.ctvnews.ca/critics-see-drug-debate-tainted-by-politicization-in-b-c-election-campaign-1.7055809

* NDP would open "secure facilities" for involuntary care for people w. severe drug addiction or mental health problems
* policy unity with rival B.C. Conservatives ahead of fall election

#PublicHealth #addiction #populism

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B.C. voters: your future leadership

BC Conservative Candidate Mike Harris Blames Staff for Video Claiming Hairdryers Can Cure COVID-19
Video on BC Conservative candidate’s LinkedIn profile claimed blowing hairdryer up your nose can “kill” COVID-19 virus
https://pressprogress.ca/bc-conservative-candidate-blames-staff-for-video-claiming-hairdryers-can-cure-covid-19

#Canada #BritishColumbia #BCconservatives #JohnRustad #MikeHarris #conservatism #antiLGBT #FarRight #homophobia #transphobia #disinformation #ChristianRight #ConspiracyTheorists #ClimateDenial #pseudoscience

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Rustad wants B.C. Indigenous rights law repealed. Chief sees that as 40-year setback
https://bc.ctvnews.ca/rustad-wants-b-c-indigenous-rights-law-repealed-chief-sees-that-as-40-year-setback-1.7056306

Rustad Threat to First Nations, Reconciliation
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/113210090439578183

First Nations leader Says BC Conservative Candidate’s Residential School Postings are ‘Outrageous, Disgusting and Very, Very Sad’
https://pressprogress.ca/first-nations-leader-says-bc-conservative-candidates-residential-school-postings-are-outrageous-disgusting-and-very-very-sad

#BCconservatives #JohnRustad #antiLGBT #ClimateDenial #FarRight #populism #ConspiracyTheorists #disinformation #Indigenous

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Where Does Rustad Draw the Line on Toxic Candidates?
After booting 5 of his own he echoes some of them
https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2024/10/01/Where-Rustad-Draw-Line-Toxic-Candidates

* misogynist, anti-LGBTQ views expressed by BC Conservative candidates
* Rustad espouses belief that “climate narrative” conspiracy to reduce global population
* unclear where Rustad draws the line

#BritishColumbia #BCconservatives #JohnRustad #antiLGBT #FarRight #disinformation #censorship #ConspiracyTheorists #InstitutionalRacism #transphobia #ClimateDenial #populism

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[Canada] Drug Policy Experts Say BC Conservatives’ ‘Dehumanizing’ Rhetoric About People Who Use Drugs is Going Too Far
‘They’re eliciting emotional reactions like disgust, fear and anger’
https://pressprogress.ca/drug-policy-experts-say-bc-conservatives-dehumanizing-rhetoric-about-people-who-use-drugs-is-going-too-far

#PublicHealth #addiction #populism #HarmReduction #SafeInjection #poverty
#demonization #rhetoric #discrimination #InstitutionalRacism #StructuralViolence
#BCconservatives #JohnRustad #conservatism #Poilievre #antiLGBT #ClimateDenial #FarRight #ConspiracyTheorists #disinformation

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[Canada] BC Conservatives Scrub Right-Wing Culture War Policies, Rhetoric f. Website
https://pressprogress.ca/bc-conservatives-scrub-right-wing-culture-war-policies-rhetoric-from-platform-posted-on-partys-website

* John Rustad/BC Conservatives/proto-fascists
* removed sections on education, law and order, homelessness, drug policy

#PublicHealth #addiction #populism #HarmReduction #SafeInjection #poverty
#demonization #rhetoric #discrimination #InstitutionalRacism #StructuralViolence
#BCconservatives #JohnRustad #conservatism #antiLGBT #ClimateDenial #FarRight #ConspiracyTheorists #disinformation

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BC Conservatives Threaten Notwithstanding Clause If Courts Rule Involuntary Care Violates Human Rights
https://pressprogress.ca/bc-conservatives-threaten-use-of-notwithstanding-clause-if-courts-rule-involuntary-care-violates-human-rights

* Rustad threatens to override Charter of Rights & Freedoms
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Charter_of_Rights_and_Freedoms

#PublicHealth #addiction #populism #HarmReduction #SafeInjection #poverty
#demonization #rhetoric #discrimination #InstitutionalRacism #StructuralViolence
#BCconservatives #JohnRustad #conservatism #antiLGBT #ClimateDenial #FarRight #ConspiracyTheorists #disinformation #ProtoFascism

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Lululemon billionaire / far-right political activist Chip Wilson Denounces BC NDP as Communists
1 day later
BC Conservative Leader John Rustad Accuses BC Premier David Eby of Being a Communist
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/113250766674180983

#ChipWilson #Lululemon #billionaires #WealthTax #FarRight #TakeBackAlberta #JohnRustad
#propaganda #VancouverIsDying #homelessness #PovertyIndustrialComplex #discrimination