One about #SarahJama, #HamOnt
We do not get on, and will never see eye to eye on many subjects.
It happens.
In fact I would suggest if you have two people in a room, who both agree on everything, then at least one of them is stupid.
And Jama is far from stupid.
When we met, back in 2020 I believe, I found a kind, openhearted and very, VERY smart young women. Shes also gay, black and disabled. A superfecta of threats maybe to the weak minded? Perhaps you could answer that @MaritStiles?
She wears her heart on her sleeve, and is ready to offer an ‘unedited’ opinion.
I met with Jama & #BlackLivesMatter to discuss #defundthepolice and found we were sat at very different ends of that ideology.
My view is officers should not be tied up for hours looking after those detained under the Mental Health Act. Money expenditure on non-necessities like horse patrols, unused armored vehicles and private unmarked cars for senior management, should be reigned in.
Unnecessary wastage.
Over 60 officers off sick, most attributed to workplace bullying. I mean, there’s over $6 million a year in savings. More if you fire the bullies.
All this money could be funneled back into the community for Mental Health staff, housing the homeless etc. Policing needs massive reform, but to me that doesn’t mean we get rid of officers. Just re-deploy to deal with crime, not social issues.
To Jama, and everyone else around that table Defund the Police meant nothing more than ‘abolish.’
I’ll not delve further, but her opinion was extreme. Her opinions are extreme. But they are her opinions. When she makes an utterance, her opinion doesn’t become your reality. It doesn’t become fact.
Her opinion on Israels ‘occupation’ is one that has been argued for decades, and is shared by many. Failing to mentioning the Hamas attacks and the Israeli men, women and children callously and brutally murdered was, in my ‘opinion,’ a massive (I would imagine calculated) misstep, but a misstep all the same.
Calling for an ‘immediate ceasefire,’ well that’s just what human beings should do, especially when you see children dying. It’s called humanity.
Her other faux pas was calling for the “immediate restoration of food, water and fuel.” What was she thinking? Maybe about Article 54(1) of the Geneva convention?
Yes, she made it very clear where she stands politically on this eight decade long quagmire, but her expulsion from caucus reeks.
As soon as you start to publicly punish politicians for their opinions, you’ll get fewer honest opinions, and without those we can’t progress as a society. But perhaps that is the end goal?
As an elected official Jama should be protected to say what she, wants, when she wants as long as she doesn’t defame anyone or break the law.
All politicians should.
I know I’m jaded, and a little crazy if @HamiltonPolice are to be believed, but I’ve got to be honest; I believe if Jama was not gay, black, female or disabled her words would’ve been met with polite disagreement, maybe even a raised voice or two, but not expulsion.
You shouldn’t be afraid of differing opinions, even if you find offense in them.
You should be fucking terrified of censorship.
If you try and contextualise or explain the actions of #Hamas against #Israel that led to this terrible situation then you are truly a horrible person.
If you try to justify the slaughter of women and children by #Israel, you’re just as nasty.
Nobody wins in this, and even though Hamas started it, and they did start it, humanity loses either-way.
Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDA’s) should be unlawful when they pertain to sexual assault/ or harassment.
They’re just a secondary form of assault/ intimidation.
I worked scores of police departments over the years.
Even worked undercover on some, to root out corruption.
But never, in my time, did I come across one as corrupt as #HamOnt police. Adding the air of toxicity produced by bullying of officers, makes it an unsafe workspace.
I regularly see politicians making $150,000 - $200,000 a year, end up with net worths of 8 figures after less than a decade.
Every politician/ cop etc should have to do a net worth disclosure at the start of their tenure, & one at the end, explaining discrepancies.
You know when my account stop working properly…when I mentioned I had proof/ emails of one of #EPSTEIN’s billionaire pals was organising hookers to meet them in New York.
A federal offence.
That’s when I was shadowbanned, @elonmusk.
Also had access to someones phone!
@HungryHamOnt @FreiburgerJer
Statement of Claim done. I’ll file Thurs/ Fri at St Catherine’s.
Will you accept service via email or do you require service in person?
@immattwillard@FreiburgerJer@CPRainbows@LauraBabcock See Matt. This is their thing. Chris makes blind comments, but doesn’t cross the line. They let you do that. Then he blocks and leaves you to clean up the mess…and they’ll say something like “this person makes us feel unsafe.”
@immattwillard@FreiburgerJer@CPRainbows@LauraBabcock It seems certain allies think its ok to throw out blanket accusations, because theyre never held to account. Its wrong. And thats what I do. Hold wrongdoers to account.
@immattwillard@FreiburgerJer@CPRainbows@LauraBabcock Learn what? Ive been an ally for the longest time. Doesn’t mean you get to twist every incident into a show, so people can make themselves victims of a situation when they are clearly not. Chris us a master if it.
Now, was your tweet about me?
@immattwillard@FreiburgerJer@CPRainbows@LauraBabcock The trans community, especially, should be defended vigorously & I am one who does that. But unfortunately people get carried away, and accused someone, who is not, nor was ever bigoted. Then when they stand up for themselves, you accuse them of fragility, instead of apologising.
@immattwillard@FreiburgerJer@CPRainbows@LauraBabcock Look at it this way. If I said something harmful about your ice cream, and it affect your reputation, would you just ignore it? No, you wouldn’t. Well, perhaps, livelihood is about to be leveraged against my reputation? And being labelled a bigot is completely untrue.
@immattwillard@FreiburgerJer@CPRainbows@LauraBabcock Not fragile, just sick of lies. And my comments, well thats not actually libel, like Griffins “asshat” and “fucking loser” comment. Theres no tort there. Course if you wanna stop talking shit about me and meet up, id be more than happy too. Lawsuit stand against those two stand.
@FreiburgerJer@LauraBabcock “Homophobia and misogyny in his comments,” (plural) call me an “asshat” or “fucking loser” all you want Griffin. That’s not a civil tort. The fact of the matter is your tweeted comments were libellous. That is a civil tort.
@FreiburgerJer@CPRainbows@LauraBabcock I’ve just emailed a notice of intent to ColboltConnects also. Just in case I have to sue the organisation too. I will not allow people to make falsehoods about me. Regards. Paul Manning.
@FreiburgerJer@CPRainbows@LauraBabcock Im just wondering if I should file against colboltconnects also as it’s in your profile and it’s clear you represent it every time you talk through your Twitter account.
@immattwillard@FreiburgerJer@CPRainbows@LauraBabcock C’mon Matt. Say you were talking about me, and I’ll throw a lawsuit your way too. You see. You guys want to throw around allegations of bigotry, sit back & claim a job well done when there was none here. Im more than happy to prove that in court.