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28 Apr, 16 tweets, 8 min read
Maybe people don’t understand what’s happening?

The steep fee limits Kananaskis to those with the means to pay it.

If you look at the UCP environmental conservation plan, preservation of parks and nature is promised.
But conservation is also to be balanced with economic growth and stewardship.

Kenney used coded Dominionist Christian language to communicate his plans in his 2018 policy platform.

But unless you can interpret his coded language, it just sounds like word salad.
UCP may seem like they’re speaking to the entire public, but their communication is specifically aimed at Dominionist Christians & loyal followers of far right ideology.

Knowing this when reading the lead in reveals they claim “moral obligation” to steward the environment.
That’s a reference to Dominionist Christian belief that Evangelical Christians, God’s newest chosen people, were given the earth and everything on it to control and manage the resources. So if you aren’t one of those Christians, you have no claim to stewardship.
Much like pastors inform their congregants that God’s biblical laws supersede secular law, so they don’t have to obey laws that are contrary to their interpretation of God’s commands, stewardship is God’s way of giving Dominionists exclusive rights to govern ALL resources.
Stewards control how and who has access to resources. To preserve a valuable environmental resource means restricting its use to those who share the same ideology. Or who can pay the hefty price to access it.

Plus someone’s got to be in charge of collecting those fees.
That’s called job creation and contributing to the economy.

You can read more about it here: christianstewardshipnetwork.com/blog/what-is-b…

This isn’t an attempt to siphon money out of the pockets of Albertans to direct it to other issues. It’s UCP claiming exclusive access for Dominionists.
It’s UCP creating a lucrative job for a Dominionist steward who will also shepherd the development of Kananaskis according to God’s plan.

I don’t know how else to present this information so people will hear it.
Kenney and UCP are primarily Dominionist Christians in the process of installing policy and institutions that favour those who share the same biblical beliefs and values.

Kenney is not governing for the Alberta public.
Kenney and UCP govern for the Dominionist Christian minority who elected them.

Miranda Rosin is the MLA representing Kananaskis. She’s a member of the Standing Committee on Resource Stewardship.
She’s petitioned Parks Canada on behalf of fellow Dominionist Christians. Because Parks Canada blocked development in a federal park. Because it was inconsistent with their environmental preservation policy.

petitions.ourcommons.ca/en/Petition/De…
But it would have enabled the Dominionist Christian steward to increase his profits.

That’s what is happening.

It’s not just covid that is the emergency. Dominionists are imposing policy and freedoms that will greatly enhance their power and seriously reduce all others agency.
I wrote about Miranda Rosin, Dominionist Christianity, and the seven mountains mandate before the April 2019 election two years ago.

I wasn’t lying or hyperbolic.

This is who UCP governs for. Not for Albertans. But for Christian Nationalists seeking to install theonomy.
Here is the thread I wrote in February 2019.
And here is a reference to stewardship of Dominionist Christians.

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30 Apr
The far right is panicking.

Bill C-10 is meant to reduce disinformation. Not censor legitimate opinion.

It’s also aimed at broadcasters, not independent individuals.

justice.gc.ca/eng/csj-sjc/pl…
But it is funny to watch them panick. ImageImageImageImage
Here is a summary of the bill. openparliament.ca/bills/43-2/C-1…

Go Libs Go!

Yeah Guilbeault! ImageImageImageImage
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30 Apr
I’m happy that some readers are sifting through past threads.

This one is quite apt considering Chief Adam Allen’s revelations regarding Ft. Mac state of emergency.

I’m puzzled by the public’s reaction. Initial shock and then immediately into passive obedience.
The incremental moves towards callous disregard has caused the public to numb to the abject cruelty and negligent policy of UCP.

It’s stunning to me but predictable.

If you’ve ever wondered how Nazi’s committed the Holocaust with nary a complaint from the public, this is how.
Desensitization to violence is a process, but it isn’t difficult to create.

Shock is common when we witness uncharacteristic violence.

Violence is supposed to be rare & typically is, in a stable democracy.

Incrementalist violence is referred to as the frog in a boiling pot.
Read 24 tweets
29 Apr
I find it interesting that most people seek simple universal ethical rules that define right and wrong.

Killing is bad. Stealing is bad. Lying is bad.

Simple. So all examples of these behaviours are wrong behaviour.
Except life isn’t simple. It’s complex. So simple universal rules don’t adequately define right and wrong.

War is sometimes required and that involves killing to protect others.

Who hasn’t rationalized copying copyrighted material without permission? It’s stealing.
And who wouldn’t lie to protect someone’s feelings. Candor is not always appropriate.
Read 23 tweets
29 Apr
If you ever need proof Kenney and UCP don’t care about the science, observe.

Lockdowns are the only tool we have to eliminate covid.

Kenney is advocating we not try. Just “learn to live with it.”

Where have we heard that before?
So who do we listen to? The physicians who tell us to lockdown?

Or the physicians who tell us to live with it?

There are over 500,000 dead people in the US that clearly make this an easy decision. ImageImageImageImage
Read 15 tweets
27 Apr
It’s curious to me that some people work so hard to convince themselves that all is well in Canadian federal and provincial politics.

There is a point that scepticism becomes delusion. We crossed that point a long time ago. No reasonable person can conclude politics is normal.
Gone are the norms for decorum and political process. Swept away by constant bloviating, obstructionism, open disrespect, disinformation and personal smears.

While politics has always been fraught with conflict, generally reality wasn’t debated or created through discourse.
Democracy is a tricky concept to define. A few believe it’s limited to free and fair voting. Voting makes up a tangible part of democracy, but overall, democracy is a belief system. So it’s abstract in nature and difficult to fit into a narrow universal definition.
Read 26 tweets
27 Apr
Listen to Dr. Vipond on @ryanjespersen Real Talk for a more in depth discussion on what the government is doing wrong.

The decisions of UCP are inexplicable when you hear what he had to say.

But the explanation is simple.
Lives are considered secondary to the economy.

That is the simplest explanation.
The question required to ask is “what are we as citizens going to do in response?”

Our options are limited, so the decision is made easier.

1. We accept and obey.

2. We inundate UCP with public pressure.
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