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The Liberal Party of Canada’s decision to remove Chandra Arya from the leadership race is a concerning display of undemocratic behavior.
Arya, having met the necessary criteria and raised the required funds, should have been allowed to compete on an equal footing with other candidates. This exclusion smacks of internal manipulation, suggesting that the party leadership might be more interested in controlling the outcome than in fostering a fair and open contest.
Such actions raise serious questions about the integrity of the leadership selection process and whether it truly reflects the will of party members or is instead orchestrated by a select few. This move not only disenfranchises Arya’s supporters but also undermines the democratic ethos that the Liberal Party should champion.
It’s a clear indication that the party might prioritize maintaining a particular narrative or candidate over the democratic ideals it claims to uphold, thereby casting a shadow over the legitimacy of the entire leadership race and, by extension, the future governance of the country.
This is like when you really *really* wanted Santa Claus to be real. You look for information to confirm your beliefs (the exact opposite of you like doing the corresponding to reality thing).
Of course, the non EKOS polls show a rather different story.
The take away for today: The easiest person to fool is yourself.
Reading an essay on Law and Liberty about Sir Roger Scruton – I’m going to have to look into his works as he seems to be grappling with the notion of how conservatism is necessary in order to keep liberalism from eating itself.
“The bonds of membership and the memories and loyalties of a self-governing people transcend what is chosen at any given moment of time or delineated in any original contract. With it comes duties to which one is honor-bound, and not just rights to do as one wills. To be sure, Scruton valued rights within their legitimate sphere. The rule of law, not soulless legalism, was a sacrosanct principle of his, and at the heart of the English liberty he loved. But he saw only a brutal diminution of both moral and political life under the new “ideology of human rights,” as he called it, a diminished understanding of “autonomy” that is shorn of moral and civic duty and hence of the mutual accountability that defines persons living in free and lawful political communities.”
It’s the biggest crime—and cover-up—in British history. And most people, at least until recently, haven’t even heard of it.
Thousands of young girls, mostly children, were systematically groomed and raped by immigrant gangs across the UK over a period of decades. Police turned the girls away. Detectives were discouraged from investigating. Politicians and prosecutors did their best to sweep it under the rug. Journalists skipped the biggest story of their lives. A culture of silence enveloped the United Kingdom. Why?
Today, we talk to two women who spoke out years ago about what was happening while nearly everyone looked the other way: the British feminist and author Julie Bindel, and the author and activist Ayaan Hirsi Ali. Both took tremendous risks in highlighting the story while the legacy press largely looked away. Bindel is the author, most recently, of Feminism for Women and writes a popular Substack column. Hirsi Ali, a Free Press contributor, is the author of numerous books on radical islam, including Prey: Immigration, Islam, and the Erosion of Women’s Rights, which helped bring attention to the grooming gangs scandal in 2021.
Julie and Ayaan explain today what happened, how these rapes and murders were covered up in the name of preserving “social harmony,” how it’s still happening, why Elon Musk is suddenly tweeting furiously about it and how Britain’s ruling class is being forced to reckon with a scandal it had, until recently, successfully ignored.
It’s a story about “tolerance” run amok, and how a civilized country can convince itself to accept the most uncivilized crimes imaginable.
Hegel’s assertion in modern times:
The amount of profound stupidity in Canada’s HoC some days. The government needs to ensure that individual rights and safety are protected in society.
You know how you solve climates of ‘hate and fear’ – with speech and cogent arguments. Not hand-waving at the pathetic progressive boogymen of “islamaphobia” and “systemic racism”.
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