CANADA RATIFIES THE BIBLE AS HATE SPEECH

[Freija]

I am under the impression that people read through the OP and immediately went “oh noes, they’re taking muh rights away” and sided with the Canada bad position in the linked story but I have a different take and think a little analysis of my point of view might help to explain my comment and where I’m coming from.

Trying my best to have an open mind and be receptive to POVs that differ from my own, I couldn’t get past the opening paragraph before realizing the author commenting and the sentiments expressed in the linked story are factions dedicated to the erasure of my existence. In other words, those that I consider a threat and my nemesis so my brain immediately flipped to thinking that anything negative or repressive against these antagonistic factions is a positive step in the right direction.

Don’t be fooled by cries of Christian oppression, these people are not loving good Christians. They are the backbone of Christian Nationalism and extreme religious fundamentalism striving for the death of secularism and implementation of a theocratic foundation in government, something that everyone should fear lest they fall afoul of the desired repressive outcome of Christian Sharia-like policies.

Things have already gone too far in the U.S. In many cases, “religious liberty” has been used to disguise what can only be described as degrees of bigotry, hate and discrimination against undesirables with an effective propaganda machine playing on sympathies through their alleged victimization and repression which is total and complete utter bullshit.

I couldn’t care less what anyone believes or doesn’t until those beliefs intrude on what mine are or aren’t in repressive ways and everyone should be aware of where these fundies and Christian Nationalists types are wanting things to go. Can you say Project 2025? As a demographic heavily targeted by these policies I can only say my resistance to same has been solidified.

So let me now pick apart some of the specifics:

In this case however, the individual who shared it is known by me to be a transgendered individual,

This is not even proper grammar. “Transgendered” isn’t a word but rather it is a buzzword or dogwhistle to anti-trans detractors and activists. Likewise, the use of transgenderism and transgender ideology fall under the same category.

In comments sent to LifeSiteNews, Campaign Life Coalition (CLC)

LifeSiteNews is a Canadian far right Catholic anti-LGBTx anti-abortion website notorious for spreading disinformation and pseudoscience de-platformed by YouTube in 2021 and permanently banned from Facebook. The Campaign for Life Coalition founded LifeSiteNews.

Justin Trudeau has spent the past decade stacking with anti-Christian bigots like Kristopher Wells, a radical LGBT activist who I suspect will relish the opportunity to criminalize parts of the Bible as ‘hate speech,’” he said.

Dr. Kristopher Wells, a Canadian politician and academic is branded as an “anti-Christian bigot” and “radical” LGBT activist for his role as editor-in-chief of The Journal of LGBT Youth

Now, while I fully suspect that the radicalized LGBT movement may be one of the targeted groups the legislation is designed to secure

Again painting with the “radicalized” brush and no shit Sherlock. Vulnerable groups targeted by far right Christian fundamentalists could use a voice against the onslaught.

I suspect that there are other, much deeper backers to the measure, and that the real objective is much more long term, and that the "protected and privileged class" of people are not even enumerated in the LGBT alphabet soup that constitutes modern "inclusivity" and "diversity".

How many scare quotes can you use in one sentence? Thinking that Christian theologists are not the “protected and privileged class” is absolutely laughable

You may remember them if you, like me, lived through the smoky haze of the Woodstock disaster during "the summer of love" in 1969. It was, to be blunt, a drug-hazed sex orgy with booze and rock music. No restraints.  None whatsoever.

I should not even need to comment on this. I'll let you decide who is being the "radical" or "extremist" here.

If having a gay or trans character in a kids book is cause for outrage to ensue and head’s to explode, some of the crap in the Bible should also be spared from the minds of impressionable youth because it is pretty awful as well. Any movement seeking to impose religious beliefs of any kind or flavor on everyone will always and forever meet my full resistance and opposition.

I applaud Canada's effort to stem the rise of, using my own scare quotes, faux "Christian ideologies". I wish the U.S. would do the same but fear it is too late.