16. Only conclusion: problem is not Cole is activist but the type of activist he is. Star needs to explain why his activism is bad.
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17. Some relevant testimony:https://twitter.com/gordperks/status/860338125209554948 …
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18. So the problem isn't activism or even direct action activism. The problem is something else. Can the Star explain what the problem is?
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Overthinking. Or something. Blocking a public meeting till you get your way equates to Atkinson journalism or taking positions? Sophistry.
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Read thread: other TorStar columnists have taken part in direct action activism.
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I don't find idea of demanding the police do what they are legal obligated to do that offensive. Strangely it seems to anger white people.
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And whether it is a legal obligation is the point of the public policy discourse, not an accepted fact.
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I'm not comfortable telling black people they should passively accept what a racist system deems to be their rights. But opinions differ.
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I'm not comfortable with that description. Who said be passive? Discussion about the lines between journalism & more, & he quit.
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By your logic, newspapers shouldn't publish columns by Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King, Mandela & others who engage in direct action. Absurd.
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Those are absurd parallels. No one said to not publish such pieces, ever. A regular contribution differs. There was a discussion. He quit.
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So you wouldn't have accepted Martin Luther King as a regular newspaper columnist in 1960s. That's bad journalism, to me.
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