So it seems that in the midst of the highest infection rate in Canada, higher than that if India, Art Pawlowski is holding a super spreader event at his cult compound.
It's as bonkers as you would imagine.
Report on it later.
Also, dear god I would hate to be the cult compound's neighbour.
In the meantime, I'm going to the green house to see if I can get some Roma tomato plants and price out a Japanese maple for a large container I absconded with from my parents' place (with their permission of course).
Work in progress. Planted potatoes because we will be well past the frost before we see any leaves. Garlic chives are in; I’ll move those to the garage in the evening. Might have to consider another small tree for the large terracotta pot though.
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Claiming that he is being "persecuted" because he is a Christian (and not because he is openly defying basic health measures aimed at keeping everyone, including his followers, safe), Artur Pawlowski MIGHT be facing some actual consequences... perhaps? 2/
And because he continues to present himself as a perpetual victim, the judge who issued the order must also be corrupt because anyone who doesn't do what Artur wants has to be corrupt. 3/
Okay folks, this one is important. I never ask people to share my Tweets, but given the potential that Kevin Johnston, Derek Storie, and Logan Murphy are putting people in harm's way I need to ask for this one to be shared widely. 1/19
This morning police and AHS showed up again at Artur Pawlowski's Street Church as a result of their continued defiance of health bylaws as a result of the pandemic. 2/19
And not surprisingly there are those suggesting those trying to enforce bylaws be harmed. 3/19
On Monday the anti-mask, anti-vaccine, and anti-common health protocols moved to the legislature to continue their protest. Based on the video I saw, which included Max Bernier (of course), there were between 200 and 400 people. 1/17
Also present was Kevin Johnston who streamed the event on Instagram. Most of the speeches were boilerplate conspiracy woo so I won't bother repeating them. What was interesting was what happened as the event concluded. 2/17
We can look at this as another example of KJJ becoming increasingly unhinged having threatened AHS workers previously. I can be convinced that this is the case, but I hypothesize that there is something more deliberate. 3/17
During the 12 years I ran ARC, I always made an effort not to provide an uncritical platform for the people who I wrote about (usually using humour and mockery) as these people also craved attention and validation they believed that attention brought to them. 1/25
They hated being laughed at and shamed.
But there were always those who were shameless and sought any sort of attention. Those cases proved to be especially challenging. 2/25
One of those cases was, and continues to be, Kevin Johnston. An absolutely shameless self-promoter and liar, he seems to thrive on negative publicity. 3/25
In light of news that the @edmontonpolice don't have evidence to link the torch march to hatred (despite literally using imagery from a neo-Nazi torch march in Charlottesville) I thought I would do a bit of a deep dive into the Pawlowski brothers. 1/
FYI, this may be long and exceedingly boring for most people.
There will also be a great deal in this thread for which people will rightfully be very offended so please be warned. 2/
Artur Pawlowski again led a march, this time through Calgary (Feb 27), with torches claiming that there wasn't anything racist about it (again... they used the Charlottesville neo-Nazi torch march on their promotional material). 3/