On August 2nd, 2015, Josh Sigurdson spoke with infamous marijuana activist Marc Emery at the Railway Club in Vancouver, British Columbia. Marc was speaking at an event called "The Sons of Anarchy" where he spoke of his libertarian beliefs. He spoke about how he became a libertarian reading Ayn Rand in the 70's and how he's been received over the years by a predominantly liberal movement which is the movement to legalize marijuana. Emery also spoke of his first time smoking pot and what it was like. Right as Josh thanked him for standing up for liberty and was closing the interview, Marc cut him off and openly said he was a statist and was going to vote for Justin Trudeau who is a very far shot from libertarianism. Emery said that he'd vote for Trudeau due to his demagoguery to legalize marijuana. Now of course marijuana needs to be legalized and that much is obvious, but to vote for someone just because they're searching for votes within the cannabis activism crowd is not a sound idea. Emery went on to says "Fascism should not be underestimated." and that "sometimes we need a bully in power". He then defended Pierre Trudeau's martial law and police state. For a Libertarian, Marc Emery certainly falls far from the ideology when he's supporting someone who helped incorporate Canada as a corporation making us the people employees. His points differ so far from the libertarian values he's was holding up earlier in the interview that one has to wonder what he actually believes. While we should have debated him more, Josh was mostly in shock at his admissions because it fluctuated so wildly during the interview. So is Marc Emery a fascist dressed as a libertarian? Did he just put a foot in his mouth and say the wrong thing? Was he trying to get at something else and just unable to make his point? That's for you to decide. Nonetheless, our opinions on Marc Emery certainly changed from the beginning of the interview to the end. Talk about shocking admissions! One thing's for sure, we have a lot to thank Marc Emery for. He has changed the status quo for marijuana laws in Canada and has served a prison sentence no one should ever have to serve in a supposedly free country. We just hope he contacts us and will be willing to sit down and elaborate further. Video shot and edited by Josh Sigurdson Featuring: Marc Emery Josh Sigurdson Graphics by Bryan Foerster Music: Floodways Part 2: Return to Lake Agassiz - Illusive Mind Floodways Part 3: Calving - Illusive Mind For all WAM updates and reports visit our website, register for free and get our newsletter emailed to you weekly. http://winnipegalternativemedia.com Like us on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/WinnipegAlternativeMedia On Twitter - @WPGAltMedia Email - winnipegaltmedia@gmail.com Prairie Truth 2015

• published: 07 Aug 2015
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