Literally crying in the Target parking lot right now. 🧵
I was struggling with unloading my toddler, my bags and wrangling an unruly cart (seriously — why do some lack power-steering?) A fire truck from Redondo Beach (E61) had just parked nearby and four firefighters got out.
@MacLeodLisa Lisa: I thought you had grown out of that divisive, adolescent insult era for which you were once famous. Give your head a shake! Truly gratuitous and stupid
@pdrobertson Oh, don’t be silly. They don’t teach any literature, because we don’t care..and out of ignorance. I had to explain the Japanese expulsion to my grade 12 history teacher! (my CCF grandfather fought it vigorously.) You occasionally slide into simplisticisms these days, old friend.
@davidfrum Dear David,
So sad to hear of your loss. They seem to come weekly these days. Lost Ed Broadbent and two other friends in the same week. Please take the time to grieve with family and friends.
@sunlorrie Oh, please shut up. Your constant spewing of generalizations helps inflame a dangerous time. As a progressive, I despair at the rise in anti-semitism and Islamophobia people like you make a living fuelling. What will you say to your grandchildren about the lives you endangered?
@dmrider Uh,no, David. Haaretz is as left wing as the Toronto Star. Imagine the Star’s coverage of a racist, corrupt, and incompetent PM who had led Canada into an ongoing conflict with the US. Haaretz was very hard on Labour governments that I suppose you are too young to remember.
@TimothyDSnyder Re-reading your book w Tony Judt. Each of you had a sunny view of the decline in anti-Semitism at turn of the century. Any idea about its staggering surge into a new plague now. Gaza hasn’t helped but here in Canada it’s been on a slow and steady rise for years. Thoughts?
Robin