Ed

(he/him) I’ve had some crappy opinions in my time. Some may still be on Twitter. Always trying to listen and learn and be better.

[Ed @EdSmartpig]

@LifelibertyLisa Real men are the ones who have to work super hard to be masculine, and spend all their time worrying about how any given choice they make will
affect other people’s perception of their masculinity?

[GoodGovt4Pickering @Pickering4Good]

@bcohenn @TorontoStar if our video is a bit too sensationalized for your liking, you can find the original here https://t.co/j8VlFEwDz7 starting around the 53:50 mark.
Councillor Robinson refers to the “Muslims go home” tweet as “one of my tweets”, and then tries to justify it.

[GoodGovt4Pickering @Pickering4Good]

Hi, @bcohenn, @TorontoStar wrt today’s article about Pickering Councillor Lisa Robinson, you mention that she has denied making the Islamophobic tweets that cost
her the BEY Conservative candidacy. She has since admitted to those tweets. See video here: https://t.co/W21RGmkMFa

[Ed @EdSmartpig]

@KatTapestry And they want us to tie up, and waste the energy of people who are blaming them. It’s really hard to focus and organize around wealth inequality, climate change, etc., when there are open displays of bigotry, and state-funded attacks on vulnerable people to respond to as well.

[Ed @EdSmartpig]

@ChepekaCollin @pants_mj No. It wouldn’t be antisemitic if it was an effigy of Netanyahu, either. Without any identifiers though, it absolutely looks antisemitic.

[Ed @EdSmartpig]

@DNArigged Still, it’s a thing people do https://t.co/Puy8ZOVIsK

[Ed @EdSmartpig]

@westlondchelsea @gmuchineripi @Mr_Husky1 What folks like this refuse to remember is that a lot of us were mad at governments
for not doing enough, fast enough. There was a huge outcry of “why does this need to be open? How is this essential? Why aren’t we getting tests/masks/vaccines faster?”

[Ed @EdSmartpig]

@CityNewsTO @TonyYvce There’s a long history of people with a wide variety of group affiliations and ideologies targeting synagogues. Everyone in these comments trying to assign blame to anyone, of any affiliation or background, without more information is irresponsible at best.

[Ed @EdSmartpig]

@TonyYvce But the “let’s ally with the fascists for now, because they’ll let us keep power, and we can control them” conservatives are the ones who do the most damage.

[Ed @EdSmartpig]

@TonyYvce Yes, fuck that guy. That said, principled conservatives, standing on “I’m going to be exactly this evil, and any further evil is unacceptable” have historically been helpful resisting fascism when things got really dark. Not sure Kenney really is one of those, of course.

[Ed @EdSmartpig]

@TonyYvce I’d want to see how he responds to white supremacists who don’t push as far beyond the bounds of respectability, but yeah, I never thought I’d respond positively to anything out of Kenney.

[Ed @EdSmartpig]

@pants_mj I’m curious as to why not Ontario, if you’re up to elaborating, please.

[Sam Hersh @SamHersh01]

I was reminded that yesterday was the 4th anniversary of the now-dubbed "Battle of Billings Bridge" when over a thousand of us in Ottawa blockaded convoyers from coming into our city.

With the growing far-right, it's a good reminder of how we can still fight back - and win.

[The Serfs (youtube.com/theserftimes) @theserfstv]

There has only been 1 trans shooter in all of Canadian history yet the entire group is being blamed for the shooting.

Every other mass shooting in Canada has been a cis man

[Tony the totally not antifascist swan @TonyYvce]

The shooting in Tumbler Ridge is tragic and my thoughts are with the victims and their loved ones.

But now my thoughts also have to be with my transgender friends who are worried for their safety while riding home on the bus.

[Terrill Tailfeathers @Terrilltf]

Trans Lifeline (Canada): 1-877-330-6366. A 24/7 peer support hotline run by trans people for trans and questioning people in crisis.
LGBT National Youth Talkline: 1-800-246-7743. Provides support for LGBTQ+ youth and young adults (up to age 25).

[Ed @EdSmartpig]

https://t.co/bRENuUp2q4

[Ed @EdSmartpig]

@ChrisFairfield @maddenifico You can’t wrap your head around anyone giving a fuck about other people, so they must be paid, right?
How much would you need to be paid to face off with an armed agency that has killed two counterprotesters on film and had six people die in their custody in the past month?

[Ed @EdSmartpig]

@CantstopSandra @maddenifico If they were having some stupid selfish shit fit about their masks making them itchy, or wanting to have an armed white supremacist compound, you’d call them heroes. You just can’t handle the fact that they are standing up for other people, not just themselves.