1. Yesterday Chrystia Freeland and her staff were verbally harassed and threatened by this fella.
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A. The accused arrived in Canada when he was 17.
B. He had lived in Canada for 56 years.
C. Trudeau turns 51 on December 25.
D. Keean Bexte is a bigoted hack.
As I see that Andy Ngo is still trending I thought I would share my brief, though enlightening, encounter with the man.
People who have followed this account will be well aware that I was doxxed in early January 2020. 1/24
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I just finished watching Pat King's testimony.
And it was... something.
Suffice to say I don't have time to deal with everything he said, but I thought I would put out a thread to provide context.
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28. And isn't that really the crux of the matter? The "patriots" don't want to be told how to live their lives, but very much want to dictate and determine how others live theirs.
1. Well it looks like the "Rolling Thunder" event turned into exactly what it was expected to have been, though the participants have been met with a much different police response.
So let's get started.
So Elon seems to be paying the worst people on Twitter for their poison.
Cool. 🫤
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23. By the way, this observation should really cause the "we are living in a communist, tyrannical, dictatorship!" crowd to reconsider their stance, but that would require introspection.
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If you chase your country’s Deputy Prime Minister onto an elevator yelling obscenities and threats at them and then walk away laughing about it you just may live in one of the world’s freest countries.
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3. I write "expected" because any incident in which someone on the right who engages in this type of harassment or worse (I'm thinking of the Quebec mosque murders) the claim that soon follows from this crowd that it was a "false flag" and/or a setup.
1. When the convoy organizers were arrested, the participants went home, and the #OttawaOccupation ended, a lot of people decided that the crisis was over and they moved on to other concerns.
In fact the people who were radicalized and motivated by the convoy are still active.
1. So this is the point where the “freedom” folks are at right now.
I don't necessarily have a dog in this hunt, but I do enjoy how the same people who routinely fly these flags (or the media personalities supporting them) are clutching their pearls over Adam Van Koeverden's F-bomb.
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7. So let's take a closer look at Elliot Mcdavid, the individual suspected of harassing and threatening Deputy PM Freeland and her staff.
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2. I'm going to do a bit of a dive into Elliot Mcdavid soon, but first in what was something that was totally expected, there are those who are suggesting the event was "staged" by the Deputy Prime Minister and the Liberal Party as per these representative examples.
1. I'm sure that most people have seen the video of Jagmeet Singh being accosted and threatened outside an NDP campaign office in Peterborough. If not I'll include the video but be warned that it is awful.
However I want to look at what happened in a broader context.
Uhm… Theo doesn’t (a) understand satire and (b) doesn’t realize this is making fun of people like him.
I couldn't NOT share these clips of Pat King getting called out as a user right away. 1/2
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6. The second video is perhaps even more disturbing.
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This is unacceptable treatment of the Deputy PM while visiting in her home province of Alberta.
This man & woman actually congratulate themselves in the parking lot, as though they are fighting for freedom.
How exactly is calling the DPM a F**ken B**ch fighting for freedom?
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18. Here he claims Venezuela was the richest country in the world until "they" took the guns from the people.
I'm going to go out on a limb and state that Venezuela was not the wealthiest country in the world at any point.
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The vaxx passport doesn't exclude people.
People who choose not to get vaxxed have chosen to exclude themselves.
With freedoms come rights, responsibilities, and consequences.
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8. I suspect it won't surprise y'all to learn that Elliot Mcdavid was involved in the events of February. While he was not present in the nation's capital during the #OttawaOccupation he and others held their won supporting event in Alberta. This clip is from February 2, 2022.
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4. Now there are two longer clips of the video taken from two different individuals. This one for example I found on Telegram.
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5. There were also the anticipated approving comments from people who live in a bubble and for whom there can be no doubt that people all agree with them... except that most of us live in a realm I refer to as "reality."
1. If you are following me odds are that has been since January 29, 2022 when I started composing some epically long and frequently snarky threads on the "Freedom Convoy" which I often characterized as the #OttawaOccupation.
1. I've been trying to think of a witty way to start this, but to hell with it.
Let's talk about the Red Ensign and whether the far right have appropriated the symbol in a way the people should be offended by.
Spoiler, they have.
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Yeah . Jordan Peterson is certainly an intimidating intellectual heavyweight.
At this point I think Peterson could be stymied by a trail of candy leading to a box propped open by a stick.
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17. We have more sovcit woo, a claim that because they are soverign that they can't be told what to do, and a suggestion that they should be able to have as many bullets as they want.
Yeah... I'm not sure I like the idea of Elliot Mcdavid being armed.
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Okay folks, this one is important. I never ask people to share my Tweets, but given the potential that Kevin Johnston, Derek Storie, and Logan Murphy are putting people in harm's way I need to ask for this one to be shared widely. 1/19
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27. An observation about the claims that Elliot Mcdavid and people like him have to unquestioned right to do whatever they want with no interference.
It seems that those people they would block and inconvenience don't have the same rights.
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11. While this is an American source it still does a very good job of explaining what the sovcit movement is as well as why it is dangerous.
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12. A phenomenon amongst these groups is the romanticism of times past when life was good, mothers stayed at home, and people were truly free.
Oh, and it was okay to swat around children.
It is a time they believe is lost but which can return if only "people stand."
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In short, and much like his current faux British accent, Ngo lied. 8/24
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31. UPDATE.
Someone sent me a link to the full video.
It seems clear that Elliot Mcdavid and those with him were actively looking for the Deputy PM.
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7. Far-right pseudo-journalist Leigh Stewart is also present providing play by play accounts of the oppression of mostly white middle aged men demanding freedom that they never lost but seem damned determined to whine about.
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16. I don't think I need to tell y'all that this claim isn't true, but for those who want a link to debunk the claim here you go.
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10. On June 26, Elliot Mcdavid posted a video in which he promoted a planned protest aiming to shut down the border crossing between BC and Alberta.
There is a lot of "we need to take the country back" talk here and significant sovcit woo.
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20. I think I prefer Leonard Cohen's version of this story.
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9. This clip where he speaks to a friendly police officer is from February 6.
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13. More "we have to take the country back" from people who he suggests aren't qualified to run the country but who are put in place to destroy the country by spending money and "bringing in the immigrants" thus "destroying the moral fabric" of the country.
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15. Here we have the by now ubiquitous anti-vaxx and anti-Covid conspiracies as well as the repeated and erroneous claim that Covid hasn't been isolated in a lab and thus doesn't exist.
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30. And by the way, considering his rant about immigration contributing to the destruction of the moral fiber of the country, one has to wonder what it means when Mcdavid says that Dr. Tam "looks" like a traitor.
Of course, he share's a "Rebel Media" video.
I drove to a pharmacy after work to book an appointment for the AstraZeneca vaccine. As a result of a cancellation, I walked out of the pharmacy after receiving a jab.
I'm vaccinated baby!
This is a massive story!
Former leader of the National Alliance, at one time the largest hate group in the United States, now a PPC activist in Ontario.
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(THREAD) Shaun Walker once led the National Alliance, a neo-Nazi organization.
In 2006, Walker & associates were arrested for racially-motivated attacks in Salt Lake City.
We've traced Walker to Ontario, Canada, where he's a grassroots activist w/ the People's Party of Canada.
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Ngo has a long history of this sort of grift. In 2017 he was fired from Portland State University's student newspaper, The Vanguard for purposely taking a comment out of context to put someone in a negative light. 11/24
1. So it looks like the Didulo crowd have been stymied in their efforts to arrest the Peterborough Police by locked doors, though they apparently plan on staying all night and if officers leave the building they will be arrested one at a time.
Good luck with that.
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2. Let's get one thing out of the way right away.
In late 2021, Pat was prevented from boarding a flight due to his vax status. He was upset, hence the "catch a bullet" comment.
Since I would hate to take it out of context, her is the video he posted in it's entirety.
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25. I'm not sure that would inspire a great deal of confidence for most of us.
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21. In addition to the stream of conspiracies and "take the country back" talk you should know that Elliot Mcdavid really likes his sign.
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14. Proclaiming himself a patriot, he suggests that your job isn't important and he is willing to loose it all in the struggle that he has been convinced he is a part of.
Well folks I just work up and am ready to cover the events in Ottawa as best I can. 1/
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21. So let's not "both sides" this. This is very much a problem on the political right and if people like , who continues to defend the #OttawaOccupation or Max Bernier continue to refuse to condemn the behaviour, it will continue and it will escalate.
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What he purposely cuts from the video was what led to the incident and that the Proud Boy, far from being blameless, started the encounter. 16/24
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22. Here is gets to the point where he claims that he would rather die on his feet than kneel before the government stating he bows to only one person.
You know where this is going already.
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It shouldn't be a surprise to learn that none of this is true. Using screenshots of publicly posted comments does not constitute doxxing. I was also scrupulous in not providing details about where people lived. I never posted an address or a phone number or photo of a home. 7/24
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First as noted at the time I did not write the article in question (though I wish I had and I stand behind it all). But second and most importantly he is grossly mischaracterizing what was written. 4/24
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29. That, and protesting seems to have become an ends unto itself for people like Elliot Mcdavid.
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19. Urging people to stand together united, Mcdavid states that they will first "take back" Alberta and then they will "take back" Canada.
I saw that Basil was trending on Twitter.
To my chagrin it seems to be more related to the herb than the emperor who ruled from 976 to 1025 and was known as the Bulgar Slayer, thus once again rendering my knowledge of Byzantine imperial politics useless at dinner parties.
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Since Keean Bexte is being discussed online right now perhaps it is time to remind readers who he is? Here are a few of our articles. 1/6 #CanadaDebate2019 #canpoli #exln43 #cdnmedia
1. A council meeting in Leduc went south yesterday when a group of anti-LGBTQ+ conspiracy promoters, led by Phil "Reddog" McDavid turned it into a bigoted farce.
If the name "McDavid" is familiar, it is because it is this guy.
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1. Yesterday Chrystia Freeland and her staff were verbally harassed and threatened by this fella.
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Hmmmm, I wonder how that happened? I mean, it couldn't have been a massive tax cut for the corporations that you voted for that could have resulted in this? Whoever could have predicted this.... besides everyone?
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Ngo's "journalism" isn't simply unethical, though it certainly is that as well.
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There is also a very specific purpose.
Agitate the right to commit acts of violence and to expose detractors of the right to real danger. 21/24
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1. I don't put a lot of time towards covering Romana Didulo, the self-proclaimed queen of Canada and now the world (she promoted her self and has been assigning viceroys in other countries). Still, sometimes she warrants some attention as a result of escalating behavior.
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I've come to realize though that even a minor player such as myself can be used when trying to establish a grand narrative through taking comments out of context and outright lying to a credulous fan base already inclined to believe that narrative. 10/24
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He has also continued to write stories that attack the political left as violent and the right as blameless victims often using carefully edited videos to make the case. Unsurprisingly these video clips are often taken wildly out of context as well. 14/24
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Sadly, it doesn't matter how many times Ngo is caught doing this. His followers, living in an echo chamber, are already inclined to believe what he writes even when presented with irrefutable evidence that he isn't being truthful. 23/24
1/10 I think Proud Boy founder Gavin McInnes is just jealous that I have a chin.
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Since then he has become an apologist for the far-right which include such groups as the Proud Boys and Patriot Prayer. 12/24
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This is who and what the Proud Boys have always been, even as Andy Ngo ran defence for them.
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The article in question can be found at anti-racistcanada.blogspot.com/2020/01/ubc-ca. I'm guessing this is the offending portion of it that so concerned Mr. Ngo, however it doesn't take long to see that he is very much taking things out of context. 5/24
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The people you spoke to in February are celebrating.
1. So, you know how people have been using the hashtag #arrestrandyhillier?
Well... funny thing happened...
1. As I see that Artur Pawlowski is trending due to his wish for "Florida politics" in Alberta and his wish to "hunt down" members and supporters of the LGBTQ+ community, here's another reminder of who he is.
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While I received an outpouring of support and thanks from people who had followed the blog for years, there were a small number of individuals who attacked me.
Among those was Andy Ngo. 3/24
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After I was doxxed, I posted a final entry to the blog before turning it fully over to . 2/24
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They. Stole. Food. From. The. Unhoused.
They literally stole food from the most vulnerable on a day with an extreme cold warning.
No words. 103/
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Hi everyone, thanks for bringing this to our attention. Earlier today, our staff and volunteers experienced harassment from convoy protestors seeking meals from our soup kitchen. The individuals were given meals to diffuse the conflict. Management was then informed of the (1/2)
1. I suppose it might be time for another update.
While most of the #OttawaOccupiers have left the city, a number continue to return.
And since they still equate minor inconvenience with tyranny, they continue to stamp their feet and hold their breath.
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Ngo's unethical journalistic project continued yesterday in Washington DC when he post an edited clip of a Proud Boy being knocked out. 15/24
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24. In talking about how they will win and how their enemies are evil, Mcdavid continues to promote the July 1 event promising that it will be like Coutts, but better.
1. So yeah. After almost a straight month of tweeting, I'm taking a bit of a break.
I'll be popping in and out over the next few days but I'm probably not going to be as active for a bit (famous last words).
1. So I've spent the past 24 hours or so monitoring the Canadian far-right's reaction to the search of Donald Trump's residence Mar-a-Lago. It is mostly as you would expect.
Let's start with Tyler Russell who founded Canada First but is now apparently a full-time US resident.
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26. Finally, while allowing that "some" UCP politicians are on their side, Elliot Mcdavid says they will get rid of all governments.
He finishes the video urging supporters to attend the events at the border on July 1 where they will have fun and kick ass.
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ANDY NGO UPDATE:
Amazing new footage emerges from a lawsuit showing Andy Ngo laughing as Patriot Prayer members plan an attack on patrons of a local bar.
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He double-downed in a Tweet that amassed 2000 likes and nearly 1000 retweets in which he referred to me as an "extremist antifa doxxer" who "released the address and photo of opponents' home" and defended the use of violence (see the previous tweet in the thread). 6/24
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And two, a point that may be of interest to , , , and I'm sure a few federal agencies I'm not thinking of, he seems to have advocated for the assassination of the Prime Minister... while still at .
Because that seems smart. 2/
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At the time I was sort of distracted, but when things calmed down I began to wonder why Ngo, who was much more prominent than I was, would deign to comment on lil'ol me. 9/24
1. Learning the Cyrillic alphabet wasn't on my Saturday morning bingo card when I woke up today.
Canada's QAnon self-proclaimed queen Romana Didulo is still touring the country.
Today she claimed to have received a personal gift from Vladimir Putin.
What a time to be alive.
Funny. I've seen women dress in all sorts of ways and I've never once wanted to sexually assault any of them. Seems that the male is the one who should be accountable.
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Those who expose him are the "fake news."
And he will continue as more people are hurt because that is a feature and bot a bug in his "journalism." 24/24
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However Ngo's clipped video had its intended effect. 17/24
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35. And if one thinks that Mcdavid is an extreme outlier in Alberta, this is another person's truck.
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Randy Hillier attempting to move a fence before being stopped by the police. 44/
I love medieval history. The Saxons. The Franks. All fascinating.
I'm also a 44 year old man who can process the information and not a Grade 2 student.
How did anyone think any of this was a good idea? How? HOW?!?!?
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18. This is one I spliced together because I appreciate the contrast of Pat saying something regarding Tamara Lich and then claiming he didn't say it.
So, to the nearly 3000 new followers I picked up the past week (and especially weekend).
I hope you also enjoy mudlarking links, the occasional tweet about port, pictures of my fireplace, beer mugs, my library, and the heavy things I sometimes lift.
I am not an exciting person.
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16. After getting distracted he talks about how the police are being aggressive and that "antifa" is on the prowl... though he can't define antifa other than people who are "against them."
So, that would be what then? About 85% of Ottawa then?
