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Hey #HamOnt, is it just me or does it seem like the legal consequences for pointing out racism and bigotry are consistently far more severe than those for the incidents they're pointing out? This is far from the only example. https://twitter.com/HS4JUSTICE/status/1358142782796410883
We've already seen a code-of-conduct complaint against other Trustees who supported Ahona filed last fall by Paikin Miller. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/hwdsb-1.5743348
Or how about the City's use of the Integrity Commissioner to go after @CameronKroetsch, a volunteer member of the LGBTQ advisory committee for raising criticism around the city's handling of LGBTQ issues? https://www.thespec.com/opinion/editorials/2020/09/30/integrity-probe-not-a-good-look-for-hamilton-city-council.html
Or shortly after that when a Terry Whitehead appeared to threaten @EasyThePianoMan with similar action for criticizing his position on police budgets? https://twitter.com/terrywhitehead/status/1311412030969188358
What about that time the police arrested an activist for criticizing their train wreck of a response to far-right violence at Pride at a public meeting? https://www.thespec.com/news/crime/2019/07/09/cedar-hopperton-hamilton-lgbtq-activist-denied-parole-on-pride-allegations.html
Or up in Barrie, where a city councilor got officially reprimanded for pointing out in a social media post that area MPs were friends with Faith fucking Goldy on Facebook? https://barrie.ctvnews.ca/barrie-council-votes-to-reprimand-councillor-keenan-aylwin-1.4464277
What actual, official punishments did officials face in any of these cases? A stern talking-to? Social media criticism? What reason is there to believe, in any of these cases, that these "offenses" were anything but good-faith complaints about serious public matters?
Make no mistake, this is a pattern and it's a threat - if you speak up, you might find yourself looking at selling your car to pay for lawyer, or worse.
We take allegations of racism very seriously in this town, but not in the way you might expect.
We take allegations of racism very seriously in this town, but not in the way you might expect.
