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Brickbats

Brickbat: Taking It to The Streets

Charles Oliver | 7.3.2018 4:00 AM

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Toronto police have charged William Whatcott for distributing anti-gay material during the city's annual pride parade. Whatcott has been charged with promoting hatred against an identifiable group.

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  1. Rat on a train   7 years ago

    Promoting hatred against the androgynous is allowed.

  2. Jerryskids   7 years ago

    While we wholeheartedly support free speech.....

    I'm not a racist, but.....

  3. gaoxiaen   7 years ago

    Fuckin' NAZIs! Ooops!

  4. Fist of Etiquette   7 years ago

    The true north, strong and free.

    1. Cy   7 years ago

      So free, YOU CAN FEEL IT!

    2. Leo Kovalensky II   7 years ago

      The perpetrator said simply, "HELLO."

  5. Rev. Arthur L. Kirkland   7 years ago

    Childish, superstitious bigots have rights, too.

    1. SQRLSY One   7 years ago

      Yes! Absolutely they do! I'm glad that you can see that!

      At least you and I can count ourselves as ones who were smart enough, when we were on our mommas' knees, to listen up, when she (they) explained to us, that...

      "Sticks and stones, will break our bones, but words will never hurt us."

      (Yes, addendum, ***IF*** we don't allow the words to hurt us. Just like the blue sky... The human mind is crazy at times. If we want to work ourselves into a funk or a tizzy about the sky being blue, we have the power to do that, too).

      1. Cy   7 years ago

        The new edition goes something like, "Sticks and stones, will break our bone, but words will allow us to sue your ass in court, you dirty racist fuck!"

  6. Jerryskids   7 years ago

    Students stood near Whatcott's table and held signs that read "Caution: Hateful, Graphic images ahead" and "Do not engage, keep walking, hateful messages ahead."

    Good thing Christians aren't an identifiable group and Christophobia isn't a thing, otherwise some people might think the students are being hateful.

    1. Cy   7 years ago

      You can start complaining when, every other corner of the city doesn't have a massive building devoted to Christianity, run by a bunch of people who don't have to pay any taxes.

      1. Longtobefree   7 years ago

        Well,Maybe you should move.
        All the Christians I know pay sales and income taxes, except the old ones on Social Security, and that is because SS is not enough to trigger income taxes.
        Or did you mean the tax exempt charitable corporations? Blame your legislature, not the Christians; they are not the only ones benefiting.
        Those buildings are on 'every' corner because there are lots of Christians.
        But thanks for making Jerry's point.

        1. Fuck you, Shikha (Nunya)   7 years ago

          Question, if we tax them, like corporations, there's a big event supreme court case that Cy might not like, isn't there? It's almost something like they too would be individuals and out themselves into direct conflict with the first.

          1. SQRLSY One   7 years ago

            Google "scientology slave" About 6,400 results ...
            Google "Methodist slave" About 439 results (and most of those are about black slaves, about being black, not Methodist so much)
            Google "Methodism slave" About 167 results

            "Scientology slavery" ***IS*** a thing, even though there are far fewer Scientologists than there are Methodists!!!

            OK so then, obviously some religions are worse than others. What pisses me off to no end is, declare your "org" to be a "church", and you can get away with brainwashing people and paying them a can of catfood and a can of dogfood per day. As soon as you are a BUSINESS (which does NOT enslave and brainwash people), you've got to meet all sorts of mandates that the "church" of Scientology does NOT need to meet!

            We need to found a "Church of the Holy Hamburger Fry", so that Scientology slaves can be freed, and work there for at lesat SLIGHTLY better wages, AND we can get more affordable burgers!!!

            1. Cyto   7 years ago

              Well, there already is the Flying Spaghetti Monster..... perhaps they are looking to broaden the franchise?

          2. Cy   7 years ago

            I didn't say i didn't like it. i just thinks it's funny when Christians complain about oppression while they stand on top of the dog pile with a really big baseball bat.

            1. SQRLSY One   7 years ago

              Oh, yes, I can surely see what you mean! Donald Trump is their "... really big baseball bat."

              As I have stated here before, I can't fault people (much) who voted fro Trump at the main election, given the choice of 2 shit sandwiches. I really CAN fault those who voted for Trump in the primaries!!!

  7. Rich   7 years ago

    Police said they received multiple complaints in 2016 about a man handing out anti-gay material at the parade.
    On Friday, William Whatcott, 51, of Leduc, Alta., was arrested

    Mon Dieu! Who knows how much material he's distributed in *two years*?!

    1. Rhywun   7 years ago

      Alta.

      Of course he's from one of those flyover provinces.

    2. Rhywun   7 years ago

      It's funny to think that Canada has such a huge backlog of crimethink it took that long to catch up with this guy.

      What a shithole.

    3. Rhywun   7 years ago

      It's funny to think that Canada has such a huge backlog of crimethink it took that long to catch up with this guy.

      What a shithole.

  8. loveconstitution1789   7 years ago

    Toronto police have charged William Whatcott for distributing anti-gay material during the city's annual pride parade. Whatcott has been charged with promoting hatred against an identifiable group.

    That's some intolerance of the intolerant.

    A prime example why the USA has the 1st Amendment.

  9. AlmightyJB   7 years ago

    Once you make being an asshole illegal you may as well just go ahead put everyone in jail.

    1. Rich   7 years ago

      Yep. But think of the JOBS!

    2. Cy   7 years ago

      Isn't that the point? If everyone is guilty, just make sure you're in charge.

  10. Deconstructed Potato   7 years ago

    Oh hey buddy! The weekly Canada News Service is here, wha? Anyone else see the Tim Horton's poop assault video recently? Thank goodness she didn't have a full semi automatic assault gun, eh! Just a fresh turd!

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