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When did intellect fade from popularity?

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@gwcollinsworth @mattvanswol Or the dinosaur on top of a car

[Dr. Leslyn Lewis @LeslynLewis]

A recent @JCCFCanada report “Manufacturing Consent: How Canada’s Government Manipulates Public Opinion”, implicates the federal Liberals in engaging in manipulative persuasion tactics, spending over $595 million in media subsidies, plus millions more on behavioural-insights teams, communications units, and digital-strategy programs to shape what Canadians see and influence how they think.

The report outlines how this money is being used to:

1. Make media financially dependent on government support, reducing critical coverage.

2. Use behavioural science to influence public reactions and guide opinion.

3. Label dissenting views as “misinformation” or “extremism” to deter debate.

4. Expand surveillance of citizens’ movements, finances, and online activity.

5. Normalize emergency powers and restrictions that limit civil liberties.

6. Rely on government-funded “fact-checkers” to control which viewpoints are treated as legitimate.

Taken together, these actions mirror tactics used in authoritarian systems, where governments shape narratives, manage dissent, and influence citizens’ beliefs and behaviours without their consent.

Canadians and Parliament need to push back. We must demand transparency, stand up for free expression, safeguard digital privacy, support independent media, and limit government overreach.

Our democracy depends on keeping government power in check.

https://t.co/YdZwQ3WGSW

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Unsurprised to find us here.

https://t.co/5EnDOlHz80

[Toronto Sun @TheTorontoSun]

Millions in federal funds to recover suspected Indian children's graves in B.C. went elsewhere: Report https://t.co/OE5WqeodXj

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@Panagiotou90St Eloquently put, Stelios.

[Trevor Tombe @trevortombe]

The effective tax on new investment in Canada will increase from 13.7 percent to nearly 17 percent. It's probably the largest tax increase you've never heard of.

My latest for @TheHubCanada here: https://t.co/lU96QlGHZD #cdnecon #cdnpoli

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@Sargon_of_Akkad Congrats, Carl.

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@Str8Gudz @JimS13616993 @Martyupnorth_2 I have taken a few accounting classes as well in my undergrad. We were shown how to calculate this as well.

It's alarming.

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@BirgitC @RealHickory @elonmusk How is that possible when the Tories are left of Labour?

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@SEPHIR0B They were right.

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@douglasbulloch @jizzardlizard @genderisgenetic @Lord_grimz And clearly you are incapable of reading - particularly 3b of the dictionary definition I shared.

Your memory either fails you or you also insist on moving the goal posts (another logical fallacy, ICYMI) - we were discussing if gender was synonymous with sex. And it clearly is.

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@douglasbulloch @jizzardlizard @genderisgenetic @Lord_grimz You really should read about Syme's work at The Ministry of Truth. He specialized in the redefining and removal of English words for "social" purposes.

And of course I did not, I know a motte and bailey when I see one.

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@douglasbulloch @jizzardlizard @genderisgenetic @Lord_grimz Are you able to distinguish between a man and a woman?

Do you believe rationality should be optional?

Do you think Ingsoc was ambiguous?

Or is your brain smoother than silk?

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@douglasbulloch @jizzardlizard @genderisgenetic @Lord_grimz What a wonderfully unsubstantiated false dichotomy.

The term gender has been in use for centuries - almost a millennium, in fact. Bold of you to assume that lexicographers across centuries, cultures, and languages err in study because a few recent social scientists declare so.

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@jizzardlizard @genderisgenetic @douglasbulloch @Lord_grimz I used the Canadian Oxford dictionary. I enjoy its diction; "corresponding to the two sexes," "a person's sex," "either of the sexes," and "result of one's sex."

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@jizzardlizard @genderisgenetic @douglasbulloch @Lord_grimz Just snapped this from the dictionary in my office.

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@Sargon_of_Akkad @lotuseaters_com Stoked! I was just telling my girlfriend that I wished you guys had an app last week.

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@david_parker Look at the AHS financial reports and their expenses breakdown, as well as the sunshine list. Admin takes only 4%. 70% is on salary - look at the top paid person for 2022, on their sunshine list. It's not the managers.

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@JerryTurin @GlobalEdmonton This is the right response.

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@deicivitas