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Did Justin Trudeau’s hateful rhetoric incite an Antifa member to commit domestic terrorism?

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In this post, I want to take a look at some of the rhetoric coming from Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. He’s been saying some very intolerant things about his fellow Canadians. After that, we’ll take a look at a recent violent crime that was committed by a radical far-left Antifa activist. It’s another in the long, long line of domestic terrorist hate crimes committed by the secular left.

First, Trudeau’s comments, reported by Life Site News:

Prime Minister Trudeau maligned Canadians who are opposed to receiving the experimental C0VID-19 gene-therapy injections as “extremists,” “racists,” and “misogynists” who deny science.

The September interview went viral on social media only late last month and has since attracted strong criticism from politicians and citizens alike.

[…]Further, Trudeau’s assertion that those opposed to v4ccination are “racist” is at odds with the fact that many of the most v4ccine-hesitant people are members of minority communities who have a strong distrust of government due to mistreatment in past generations.

In Canada, indigenous groups like the Six Nations community in Ontario have a v4ccination rate of only 46 percent as of mid-December, compared to a rate of over 85 percent for the province’s population as a whole.

In America, the group to report the highest levels of hesitancy is black Americans, with a whopping 50 percent reporting a distrust in the procedure.

Trudeau explained that people who are skeptical about the effectiveness of cloth masks and about the need for v4ccinating children under 5 “do not believe in science, who are often misogynists, often racists, too”.

Watch it here:

Did Canada know what they were doing when they elected this man? What was the point of making a skiing instructor and part-time substitute drama teacher the head of your country? He has never achieved anything on his own. When people like that fail – as they surely must – they always resort finger pointing. In the worst cases, they just pick some group of people to be the scapegoats for their own failure to achieve what they set out to achieve. I know he is handsome, and has nice hair, but you don’t want to have someone who blames all his failures on some minority’s “treachery”.

I thought this speech by Conservative MP Raquel Dancho really explained how bad things have gotten in Canada:

Moving on. Trudeau talks about his opponents being anti-science. Trudeau doesn’t have a STEM degree, and knows nothing at all about science. He is anti-science, in his actions. His sole credential is having a famous rich father, who was also Prime Minister. That’s it. He has no achievements in the competitive private sector that would qualify him to set the policy of a developed nation.

He’s also considering the use of the Canadian military to crack down on protestors.

Post Millennial reports:

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau responded to questions regarding the possibility of military being called into Ottawa to remove the truckers’ Freedom Convoy that has taken over and gridlocked the capital’s downtown core for nearly a week now.

Trudeau said that the military option was “not in the cards right now,” though the federal government would be there to support police of the jurisdiction and to review any formal requests sent by the city or the government of Ontario.

The protestors have not been charged with one single, solitary act of violence. You don’t even consider calling out the military to deal with non-violent protests. But do you know who has committed violence? The people who agree with Trudeau’s view of the protestors.

Canada’s Rebel News reports:

The man charged in Winnipeg for an attack on a convoy protest is a radical far-left anarchist. Police, however, are still treating the incident as a hit-and-run, rather than a hate crime.

Four people taking part in a convoy protest in Manitoba’s capital city were injured and rushed to hospital after a car plowed into the crowd. The man alleged to be the driver of the vehicle, Dave Zegarac, was taken into custody an hour later after a brief struggle with police. A white jeep can be seen hitting one person, before accelerating and hitting three more.

The crowd had gathered in Winnipeg in support of the ongoing peaceful protest by truckers and their allies in Ottawa, where they are demanding an end to C0VID restrictions and v4ccine mandates.

[…]A feature on Zegarac in the now defunct alternative online publication The Scope published in April 2008 noted Zegarac’s radical left-wing activism…

When you are in the public eye, you have to be careful with your words. You don’t want to incite some crazy extremist to violence. But Trudeau has been behaving irresponsibly. His divisive rhetoric could easily have set this Antifa lunatic off. Trudeau needs to be more careful. Or, maybe the Canadian people should be more careful about who they elect to high office.

By the way, if anyone is looking for a new prime minister, I hear that Pierre Poilievre is available. Just saying. Voted Best Constituency MP.

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Oklahoma governor announces legislation to promote choice in education for parents

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If I had to name two policies that would help minorities the most, I would say that health savings accounts and school choice would be my choices. Let’s talk about the second one in this post. The Republican governor of Oklahoma, Kevin Stitt, has announced a piece of school choice legislation that made me howl in delight! But it will make unionized public school teachers cry.

The Daily Caller reported:

Republican Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt is slated to announce a sweeping school choice bill Monday at the State of the State address, the Daily Caller exclusively learned.

Stitt will introduce the Oklahoma Empowerment Act, an educational savings account program designed to “fund students” instead of public school systems. Oklahoma’s Secretary of Education Ryan Walters told the Daily Caller that all students eligible for private school are eligible for Oklahoma Empowerment Accounts.

Eligible students can receive approximately $3,600 in an educational savings account to pay for books, tuition, transportation and other educational expenses, according to Walters. Students with special needs or extenuating circumstances may be eligible for increased funding.

[…]“Just 15% of Oklahoma high school graduates are ready for college in English, math, reading, and science,” Stitt plans to tell Oklahoma legislators. “Less than one out of five. We can do better than 47th in the nation when it comes to our kids.”

The Republican governor claims that the educational savings account program will “make sure that money follows the student” and will make Oklahoma “a national leader in school choice.”

The bill intends to ensure “that parents, legal guardians and others with legal authority over children in [Oklahoma] be able to seek educational services that meet the needs of their individual children.”

How big is this bill? HUGE:

Corey DeAngelis, the Director of Research at the American Federation for Children, told the Daily Caller that the Oklahoma bill will be “even more expansive” than West Virginia’s, which saw the “biggest school choice victory in 2021.”

Even giving parents a little money back will allow them to put pressure on the public school teachers and administrators. Right now, we have a situation where the public school teachers and administrators are being paid regardless of how they perform. And they call the FBI on parents who demand better, labeling them “domestic terrorists“. They don’t want anyone to interfere with their real priorities: indoctrinating children in secular leftism, with no accountability.

Tennessee

Oklahoma isn’t the only state getting serious about reforming education. Tennessee is bringing in the very conservative Hillsdale college to reinvent their charter school system.

The Daily Wire explains:

Tennessee Governor Bill Lee (R) announced on Monday a state partnership with Michigan’s Hillsdale College to launch a number of K-12 charter schools.

Lee announced the partnership during his state of the state address on Monday evening in front of a special joint session of the state Legislature. Hillsdale College is a liberal arts college in southern Michigan known for its refusal to accept federal funds. The college has launched an initiative to revitalize “public education through the launch and support of classical K-12 charter schools.”

Lee and Hillsdale College President Larry Arnn are working together to build a system of charter schools in Tennessee.

“Two years ago, I traveled to Hillsdale College to participate in a Presidents Day celebration and spend time with champions of American exceptionalism,” Lee said. “For decades, Hillsdale College has been the standard bearer in quality curriculum and the responsibility of preserving American liberty.”

“I believe their efforts are a good fit for Tennessee, and we are formalizing a partnership with Hillsdale to expand their approach to civics education and K-12 education,” he added.

And more:

The governor announced a host of education initiatives, including an overhaul of a roughly 30-year-old system of funding for school districts, shifting it from a school-focused system to a student-focused system.

“A formula that prioritizes the needs of students above all else, and that pays particular attention to students with disabilities, rural students, low income-students, and students with other priority needs,” Lee said. “If we do this correctly, we can create a funding formula that demands accountability and rewards districts for performance, but most importantly funds students and not bureaucracies.”

Education is a winning issue for Republicans. Governors of red states are the best people to implement these measures. It provide evidence to others that we know how to get results, so they can imitate us and defeat the secular left in every state. We want the other states to be like red states.

Teacher unions

I wanted to say a word about the people who block education reform: the leaders of the teacher unions. Teacher unions donate overwhelmingly to Democrats, and Democrats oblige them by block any legislation that allows parents to put the needs of their children first.

This is from Open Secrets, which tracks political contributions:

Open Secrets Teacher Unions
Open Secrets Teacher Unions

SIXTY-SIX MILLION DOLLARS, and the vast majority going to Democrats, (the rest went to independents and blue state progressive Republicans). That’s why children don’t learn in school. The people in charge of the schools make sure they never get fixed.

Photo: Virginia police arrest father of girl raped in public school bathroom by biological male wearing a skirt

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What do research studies say about the bond between fathers and daughters?

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Many people today think that biological fathers are not essential for raising daughters. In fact, we even support this view by passing no-fault divorce laws, single-mother welfare laws, and by opposing shared parenting laws. The story goes that children do fine without their biological father in the home. Having children is something that women decide to do, and the man is superfluous. So I thought it might be a good idea to take a look at the research.

Here is a recent article from the centrist Institute for Family Studies.

It says:

The dynamic between fathers and their daughters has been characterized by one expert as the most “fragile and unstable” when compared to other parent-child relationships.1 It can be further described as one of the most powerful and vital relationships to individuals, communities, and nations. For instance, fathers have a profound impact on their daughters’ body image,2 clinical depression, eating disorders,3 self-esteem, and life satisfaction,4 to name but a few.

But of all the unique contributions a father makes in his daughter’s life, perhaps there is none of greater significance than in the area of sexual development and activity and romantic relationships.

  • Numerous studies have discovered female pubertal timing occurs later in girls whose fathers are consistently present in their life.5
  • An extensive body of research has revealed that early pubertal maturation in girls is associated with a variety of negative biological, psychological, and social outcomes, including, mood disorders,6 substance abuse,7 adolescent pregnancy,8 and a variety of cancers of the reproductive system.9
  • Fatherless daughters are seven times more likely to become pregnant as teens.10

[…]The conditions in our culture of both rampant fatherlessness and sexual promiscuity are incompatible with forming secure and healthy relationships with boys and with establishing stable families for the next generation. A young girl’s sexual development can significantly outpace her neurological and emotional development—the very resources needed to guide her sexual choices.

Herein lies the danger. Much of our culture today promotes sexual activity but void of healthy attachment or true intimacy. There is a great deal of evidence to suggest that high levels of father involvement (regardless of dad’s marital status) are predictive of high levels of intimacy, commitment, and trust in young female adults’ romantic relationships; whereas low levels of father involvement are predictive of the opposite.11

And:

How a father treats both his daughter and her mother can help a young woman feel safe and secure in her relationships with the boys and men in her life, including her future husband. Family scientists and evolutionary psychologists have discovered that girls appear to be born with an emotional, relational, and evolutionary void that a father is designated to fill. If left vacant, girls will be more likely to seek to fill it in with other, unhealthier substitutes. The father-daughter relationship is the one that best teaches young women about true love and intimacy, self-worth, and respect.

Professor Linda Nielsen summarized this in one profound sentence: “[T]he father has the greater impact on the daughter’s ability to trust, enjoy, and relate well to the males in her life.”

So, a father’s love keeps her from getting into relationships with boys before the boys are ready to commit to her. By the way, I don’t think that boys should even be allowed to TALK to girls about a relationship, unless they have a STEM degree, and two years of private sector work experience. I really hate when unemployed, penniless boys waste a girl’s time when they can’t afford to commit to her. People think I am pretty rough on women, but I really am much meaner to men who don’t have STEM degrees and gapless resumes. (I guess a skilled trade would work as well, in place of the STEM degree – something like electrician, for example).

Anyway, back to the research. When a woman is deciding which men to have sex with, she has to be thinking of more than just her own needs. She has to choose a man who is going to stick around long enough to raise her daughters, so that they grow up with the confidence to resist the advances of boys who aren’t ready to commit. To be pro-woman means to be pro-daughter, and that means that women need to be persuaded to be careful about the choice of sex partner, and the timing of sexual activity. This is why people used to keep sex for marriage in the past: to protect children by making sure that they would get the stability and engagement they need from their parents.

Also, I have talked about the research about father-son bond in a different post.

If you want to do right for your children, then you need to control yourself and make wise choices. And if you’re struggling to make good choices, then don’t leave it up to your emotions and peer approval. Disregard your emotions. Disregard peer approval. Instead, let your decision-making be guided by your Christian convictions, and strengthened with scientific evidence. The Bible tells you not to have sex before you’re married, and science tells you why this is good policy. The Bible gives you the goals, and science tells you how to how the world works, so you know how to make plans that will make sure you are never in a place where you are pressured to do the wrong thing. The more science you pack into your head, the easier it will be for you to convince yourself to do the right thing, and to convince your partner to do the right thing. Science takes moral decision-making outside the realm of feelings and opinions.

And if your partner says “I don’t care about the needs of our future children”, then you have a good reason to dump them and move on. You can’t be in a relationship with someone who thinks that children’s needs are less important than adult desires. In fact, the whole design for relationships should start with what children need from the marriage and parents, and work backward from there to the obligations on the man and the woman. And men and women ought to discuss this. What are we trying to achieve with this relationship anyway? And what is the right way to achieve it? This is where the research comes in – it shows you how to do it right.

Research from the Heritage Foundation