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/
Before I continue, this is the news Alberta is currently facing as a result of poor management by the provincial government and behaviour championed by the likes of Artur Pawlowski. 4/
And before I move on to what happened today, I always find it interesting that these people believe that the news is "fake" unless it conforms to what they believe... even if it doesn't. 5/
Yeah.... Professor Allen isn't a scientist. He is an economist whose metadata study places his own views in the minority of even other economists.
Today Artur held what amounted to yet another super spreader event because... "patriotism"... I guess? 7/
Not only does he ultimately not care about his own followers, but he certainly doesn't care about the people in the neighbourhood. 8/
Phil Collins would not approve. 9/
Most of Artur's sermon played the usual hits. The government is corrupt. Their enemies, targeting Christians, irredeemably evil. And the police who are following "illegal orders" (spoiler: they are not illegal) may soon be running for their lives along with their families. 10/
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But don't worry. Artur is all about love. It is the people who oppose him who are the haters.
He certainly isn't a bigot except, well, you know... 13/
When he appears to compare homosexuality to beastiality. 14/
Or when he continues to engage in naked Islamophobia. 15/
Or when he thinks the use of the term savage in describing FNMI peoples is acceptable and yes, I know that Derek Storie claims FNMI status and that he refers to his show as "The Noble Savage" but, yuck. 17/
One of the more telling moments was when he dared the police and AHS to arrest him which suggests inaction to this point has emboldened him and people who support him. 18/
I'm not sure if collecting bylaw infractions like you are collecting Pokémon is especially laudable. 19/
We also learned that Rebel Media is footing Artur's legal bill as he introduces John Carpay as one of the guest speakers.
This strikes me as a rather significant revelation if true. 20/
By the way, Carpay is big on exercising one's rights... 21/
Another guest speaker, benefiting from nepotism I suppose, is Artur's brother Dawid who also engages in Islamophobia while and conspiracy mongering. 24/
Also, concentration camps are being built according to Dawid and the government is planning on taking everything you own and then killing you because being concerned for public health is the same as mass murder.
Apparently. 25/
Despite ostensibly being a church service, as noted in Dawid's speech a fair amount of time was devoted to discussing the civic election in Calgary and the slate of candidates running associated with Artur's Street Cult cult... er... I mean Church. 26/
And it probably shouldn't be a surprise that the form of government envisioned by this crowd leans heavily towards theocracy. 27/
We hears from Dawid who is running for council (pointedly emphasizing "man" in the antiquated term "alderman"). Kevin Johnston also gives a mercifully short speech.
He is still sick, fyi. 28/
Artur knows Kevin has been sick, but he doesn't seem concerned about exposing his followers or the neighbourhood to a possible virus.
For those unfamiliar with Johnston, here are some reminders. 29/
Also, this flyer of the AHS worker whose name has been spread by Johnston and Dawid has been been found in Calgary (edited to protect the employee). 36/
Another speaker, Brad Carrigan, pushes the "Covid is a hoax and the media is fake news line" and invites the attendees to his rally. 39/
The "church service" having ended, the attendees head towards the park. 40/
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Eagle eyed viewer likely recognize Joey Deluca of the Worldwide Coalition Against Islam, Ricky Tollikko of Woke Onez Rebellion, and Ryan Dean of various hate groups in the crowd.
For those curious, I used to write a blog that featured this crowd. 44/
These people present themselves as patriots. However, aren't patriots willing to make sacrifices for the common good? 46/
No Artur. We aren't afraid of you telling the truth; its clear you and your cult don't tell the truth.
We are afraid you and your cult will make people sick, some of whom could die, because your ego can't hear the word, "no" without having a temper tantrum.
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).
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/