Vincent J. Curtis
24 Nov 20
RE: We’re not going anywhere. Hamilton Spectator 24 Nov 20.
The children have come home to roost. All those years of teaching that all society’s ills were caused by white male supremacism is being taken seriously. Most importantly, the method of protesting, with the assumption of great moral superiority, is now being applied against those who hoped to be eaten last.
It doesn’t really matter what the cause de jure is. Defund the Police, more public housing, black lives matter – whatever. Professional organizers arranged with a small coterie of activists, with nothing else going on in their lives, to create chaos in the public square. Sarah Jama has her own website, which says she is a professional community organizer, employed by the Hamilton Center for Civic Inclusion, and was once connected to Matthew Green, MP. The occupation of the city hall forecourt is yet another manifestation of Marxism, Anarchism, and Nihilism at work. And it’s not going to stop until city council takes frim action to put it down. It has the power to do so, but so far lacks the political will.
With left wing groups, the issue is never the issue, the issue is always power. Sarah Jama and her friends are in a battle of wills with city council, and they are going to demonstrate superior will-power by making city council do something. It won’t be defunding the police, but some gesture by council will be extracted.
The more weakness council shows, the more often these demonstrations will occur.
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