Fascism is growing in the world and needs marginalized classes to demonize.
Sadly, I think you are correct. My grandmother, a Hungarian Jew who survived the Nazi concentration camps, says the current climate feels just like it did before. It terrifies me.
People are scared and feel powerless about an uncertain future they don’t understand and can’t control. Fascism unfortunately arises from very common and natural human needs and psychological defense mechanisms against stress and uncertainty. It never goes away and it’s potentially within all of us.
This is really insightful and I wish more people understood it like this.
I live in New Brunswick as a queer person, our premier and our minister of education have spent the past few weeks fearmongering about drag queens and trans/non-binary kids, finally to weaken a school policy (lookup NB Policy 713 for more details, or check my post history for some articles) which protected trans kids’ rights at school.
This has all emboldened queerphobes in the province. The kicker? The original excuse for reviewing policy 713 was “hundreds of emails from concerned parents”, when in reality, there were three emails, containing ludicrous statements typical of your right-wing loon. See New Brunswick Child, Youth and Seniors’ Advocate Kelly Lamrock’s investigation into the policy review (PDF file). On page 7, section 2, you can find a description of the three emails’ content:
I also note that the objections cite grounds that are not actually part of Policy 713. One repeats the now-debunked myth that children are using litter boxes and identifying as cats.
While this is something the podcaster Joe Rogan has acknowledged lying about, it is not part of the Policy. My investigation found that there is no known case of this in New Brunswick schools.
Another email suggests that the policy should be rejected to fight “the influence of the World Economic Forum”. I can find no record of the World Economic Forum participating in the development of Policy 713."
I suggest opening up the PDF and reading the rest of that section for yourself, Lamrock really rips into them, it’s quite delightful really :)
I didn’t know that was going on in NB right now. Terrible but thanks for letting me know.
Fair enough, I don’t really expect people outside NB to keep up with what’s going on in Irving-Land :P
But yeah, Blaine Higgs and the minister of education Bill Hogan are trying to bring Florida-style rhetoric around LGBTQ+ rights into New Brunswick. I’m at a point where I’m starting to save money and plan to leave this province, I feel less and less safe here with every passing week.
deleted by creator
Ah ç’en est un crisse d’épais lui aussi… pardon my French!
At least our dumbass politicians in New Brunswick are too old to actually use Twitter. But honestly, it’s a bit disheartening to hear you talking about potentially having to leave Québec, seeing as Montréal is my plan A for when I can afford to move…
///
Au moins nos politiciens les plus caves sont trop vieux pour actually savoir comment utiliser Twitter. Mais franchement, ça me fait un peu peur de t’entendre parler de potentiellement devoir quitter le Québec, considérant que Montréal c’est mon plan A pour quand j’peux me permettre de déménager…
deleted by creator
J’habite en Ontario et je trouve que nous sommes une version ‘lite’ des Etats-Unis. Lorsque je visite le Quebec, c’est comme etre dans un autre pays.
deleted by creator
Je trouve ça franchement fascinant comment la politique québécoise se démarque de celle du reste de l’Amérique du Nord. Entre ça, la langue, et la culture, vous faites un peu peuple d’irréductibles gaulois :P
It seems like the sort of thing we should know about. We get bombarded with American news 24/7 but you really have to go out of your way to be informed about what’s going on in our own country.
Stuff like this is what makes me afraid to talk about being bisexual. Yes, it’s legal in Canada, but the way some people react to it is terrifying to me. There’s zero way I would be able to defend myself if someone decided to come after me just because I’m inherently attracted to multiple genders.
