A few quick thoughts on Doug Ford at the debate hosted by the United Jewish Appeal Federation and the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs.
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1. I think there's something here which speaks to what has been referred to as the Ford's shamelessness, in the face of past bigoted remarks
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2. Looking back to "little red apples" comment, it's very clear Doug does not have a particularly firm grasp on systematic discrimination.
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3. But this remark, directed at the debate organizers, is particularly telling: “It’s ironic that the organizers are being exclusive.”
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4. Between that and "Some of my best friends are..." Doug's view of bigotry (in this case antisemitism) seems to be little more than a game.
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5. His shrugging it off in this way reduces it to little more than left-wing gotcha-ism. Add that to his demand for an apology from Tory...
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6. ...and the little red apples, and it just folds back in interchangeably with his view on bullying (everyone else does it, not us).
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7. The Ford framing of bigotry is therefore constructed in such a way as to prevent a conversation about damage done to communities.
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8. Which seems to explain why the Fords can continue to consider themselves as champions for the marginalized -
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9. - because it appears to be inconceivable to them that they could be doing systematic harm.
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@SpartanVTyranny Primordial Ford belief is since we look after "our" minorities (our blacks, our Jews) we are not the racists. Critics are.
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Jude MacDonald Retweeted Jude MacDonald
@HeerJeet@dougfordmustgo@SpartanVTyranny Exhibit A: https://twitter.com/judemacdonald/status/338819060328431616 … (Went on to talk about "my Somali communittee".)Jude MacDonald added,
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@judemacdonald@dougfordmustgo@SpartanVTyranny Right. Paternalism also in his comment on Jones: "No n***** gets fired in my town."0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
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