{"id":12066,"date":"2023-12-22T05:47:21","date_gmt":"2023-12-22T10:47:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.routineproceedings.com\/?p=12066"},"modified":"2023-12-22T02:13:30","modified_gmt":"2023-12-22T07:13:30","slug":"roundup-the-deafening-silence-around-that-antisemitic-cartoon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.routineproceedings.com\/2023\/12\/22\/roundup-the-deafening-silence-around-that-antisemitic-cartoon\/","title":{"rendered":"Roundup: The deafening silence around that antisemitic cartoon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As you probably saw, on Wednesday, the <em>Toronto Sun<\/em> published a political cartoon from an American syndicated source that was both deeply antisemitic and Putin propaganda, and in response to criticism, the <em>Sun<\/em> initially doubled down before finally withdrawing it hours later and giving an apology with no accountability for what had happened.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Any apology for \u201clike it or not, many Americans feel this way\u201d about an antisemitic cartoon? Who wrote this reply? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/E9aoBKQgyD\">pic.twitter.com\/E9aoBKQgyD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Greg MacEachern (@gmacofglebe) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gmacofglebe\/status\/1737971909201973495?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 21, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Justin Trudeau <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/politics\/justin-trudeau-criticizes-toronto-sun-newspaper-over-antisemitic-content\/article_df231694-a02b-11ee-90a1-d3b04c7e65a5.html\">criticized<\/a> the cartoon during his media availability in Toronto, but there was pretty deafening silence from Pierre Poilievre, Andrew Scheer, and Michael Chong. The closest it got to condemnation was Melissa Lantsman, who is Jewish, retweeting Brian Lilley calling the apology the \u201cright move,\u201d and later wrote that antisemitism is gross in political cartoons, universities, unions and school boards. Her fellow Jewish Conservative MP Marty Morantz was also completely silent on this. What were Conservatives vocal about? Falling for that Hamas troll-bait video, which they continued to fall all over.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I don\u2019t think you can routinely publish  anti-Soros, anti-\u2018globalist\u2019, anti-WEF columns and then fall back on this grotesque cartoon as a mistake. <\/p>\n<p>Mistakes happen &#8211; we\u2019re all human- but this isn\u2019t a \u2018mistake\u2019. <\/p>\n<p>Dozens of people saw this and giggled &#8211; thought it was clever. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6MZAMDTZNp\">https:\/\/t.co\/6MZAMDTZNp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Rob Silver (@RobSilver) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RobSilver\/status\/1737989370097914269?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 22, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not an accident. They know full well that a segment of their audience here in Canada, not just the US, where the cartoonist is from, believe this propaganda and are on board with the antisemitism, and they pandered to it, much like Poilievre has been trying to skate that line in <a href=\"https:\/\/looniepolitics.com\/poilievre-sending-signals-with-his-ukraine-votes-but-to-whom\/\">sending signals<\/a> to this crowd with his Ukraine votes while paying lip-service to his party\u2019s past support, or trafficking in antisemitic conspiracy theories while denouncing antisemitism\u2014sucking and blowing at the same time. The silence from the Conservatives on this incident was deafening, and it should ring alarm bells for the Jewish community that for all of their constant bluster about being friends of Israel as a signal to the Jewish community that talk is cheap, and their actions (and inaction and silence) have spoken for them.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Sun is making a real habit of leaning further and further into the far right swamps, with anti-vaccine stuff and more. This time, with an grotesquely anti-Semitic and anti-Ukraine cartoon that echoed Russian propaganda, the blowback was so significant that this is the result. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Eln8dTEhQj\">https:\/\/t.co\/Eln8dTEhQj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Bruce Arthur (@bruce_arthur) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bruce_arthur\/status\/1737941522287628314?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 21, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>Programming Note:<\/strong> That\u2019s it for me for 2023. I\u2019m taking the next week or so off to recover, and will be back early in the New Year. Thanks for reading, and wishing all of my readers a happy holiday season.<\/p>\n<p>Ukraine Dispatch:<\/p>\n<p>Russia has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/europe\/russia-has-fired-7400-missiles-3700-shahed-drones-war-so-far-kyiv-says-2023-12-21\/\">launched<\/a> around 7400 missiles and 3700 attack drones against Ukrainian targets over the course of the 22-month invasion. Here is a look at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/graphics\/UKRAINE-CRISIS\/MAPS\/klvygwawavg\/#four-factors-that-stalled-ukraines-counteroffensive\">four factors<\/a> that have stalled the counteroffensive. And Ukraine\u2019s parliament <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/world\/europe\/ukraine-lawmakers-vote-to-legalize-medical-marijuana-and-help-ease-stress-from-the-war-with\/article_5e380172-40f9-58ec-84c1-540104386039.html\">voted to legalise<\/a> cannabis in the country, citing the stress of the war on the population.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Roshel delivers 1,000th Senator armored vehicle to Ukraine<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/a8hb8eAwfW\">https:\/\/t.co\/a8hb8eAwfW<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TIb21g3SI6\">pic.twitter.com\/TIb21g3SI6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Defence Blog (@Defence_blog) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Defence_blog\/status\/1737795495370637620?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 21, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/kyivindependent\/status\/1737958416302133568<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->Good reads:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Justin Trudeau was in Toronto to <a href=\"https:\/\/nationalnewswatch.com\/2023\/12\/21\/federal-government-to-give-471-million-to-toronto-in-housing-deal\">announce<\/a> $471 million from the Housing Accelerator Fund for the city.<\/li>\n<li>In another excerpt from his CBC year-ender, Trudeau says that Israel\u2019s tactics in the current Gaza conflict are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/politics\/trudeau-israel-hamas-war-two-state-solution-1.7065535\">eroding<\/a> its support among allies.<\/li>\n<li>Trudeau is also <a href=\"https:\/\/nationalpost.com\/news\/politics\/trudeau-laughs-off-suggestions-hell-take-walk-in-the-snow\">getting sick<\/a> of all of the \u201cwalk in the snow\u201d comments, for the record.<\/li>\n<li>Chrystia Freeland <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/business\/freeland-approves-rbcs-13-5-billion-takeover-of-hsbc-canada-with-conditions\/article_ed34431d-f1fa-5e21-bb4e-cedf0f939bd8.html\">approved<\/a> RBC\u2019s takeover of HSBC, claiming it prevents job losses from HSBC leaving the Canadian market.<\/li>\n<li>Mark Miller announced <a href=\"https:\/\/nationalnewswatch.com\/2023\/12\/21\/people-in-gaza-with-canadian-relatives-offered-visas-but-no-guarantee-of-escape\">special immigration measures<\/a> for extended family members in Gaza of Canadians citizens or permanent residents, but can\u2019t promise their exits.<\/li>\n<li>Canada\u2019s ambassador to the US, Kirstin Hillman, <a href=\"https:\/\/nationalnewswatch.com\/2023\/12\/21\/canada-learned-lessons-from-trumps-first-term-and-vice-versa-says-ambassador\">discusses<\/a> the lessons learned from the Trump years (which may be on their <a href=\"https:\/\/nationalnewswatch.com\/2023\/12\/21\/a-watershed-year-for-canada-u-s-relations-but-guess-whos-lurking-in-the-wings\">way back<\/a>).<\/li>\n<li>Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Theresa Tam <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/politics\/federal\/she-fought-off-online-attacks-as-the-face-of-canadas-covid-19-response-now-theresa\/article_851a1050-9f70-11ee-ad8f-7f30ed5100e4.html\">talks about<\/a> the toll the pandemic took on her, particularly as the target of conspiracy theories and disinformation.<\/li>\n<li>The head of the RCMP\u2019s Management Advisory Board <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/politics\/kent-roach-rcmp-board-1.7063945\">resigned<\/a> after less than a year on the job, citing a lack of independence, cooperation, or consultation.<\/li>\n<li>An investigation has <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/10183219\/covid-test-supplier-canada\/\">revealed<\/a> that the ubiquitous COVID rapid tests used in Canada were not as reliable as claimed, and had a higher prevalence of false negatives.<\/li>\n<li>First Nations in Manitoba and Alberta are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/politics\/prairie-first-nations-demand-rewrite-water-bill-1.7065104\">unhappy with<\/a>s the government\u2019s clean water legislation and want it taken back to the drawing board.<\/li>\n<li>An Ontario Court has ruled that second-generation \u201clost\u201d Canadian should have their citizenships <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/canada\/lost-canadians-win-court-battle-to-reclaim-citizenship-rights\/article_7a04fe94-9f59-11ee-888c-a36199b42f1f.html\">restored<\/a> (which makes sense, particularly given our high immigration).<\/li>\n<li>Alberta has become the <a href=\"https:\/\/nationalnewswatch.com\/2023\/12\/21\/alberta-third-province-to-sign-health-care-funding-deal-with-ottawa\">third province<\/a> to sign the health care deal with the federal government, as part of the recent funding agreement.<\/li>\n<li>Stephanie Carvin, Leah West and Jessica Davis <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/opinion\/article-canadas-global-security-reporting-program-needs-an-overhaul-not-mere\/\">call for<\/a> a major overhaul of the Global Security Reporting Program after the spanking it got from NSIRA.<\/li>\n<li>Paul Wells <a href=\"https:\/\/paulwells.substack.com\/p\/is-mcgill-in-quebec\">delves into<\/a> the issue that McGill is having with the Legault government, and why it\u2019s well on the way to losing that fight.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Odds and ends:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Bad PBO Reports &amp; GBA+ Problems\" width=\"584\" height=\"329\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vEIQDFFy12U?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Want more Routine Proceedings?\u00a0<a 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