Most people are not incapable of thinking for themselves, they are AFRAID to think for themselves.
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Most people are not unable to see the problems with the narrative. They are AFRAID to trust themselves over the persistent drone of the "experts".
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We face a crisis of confidence. And everything about our society reinforces that crisis of confidence.
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Confidence doesn't come from knowing the answers. It comes from trusting yourself to be able to figure stuff out.
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Leaving room for doubt makes room for questions. The pursuit of answers, rather than the answers themselves, is what leads to confidence.
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Freedom from the "tyranny of experts" is to adopt the habit of figuring stuff out.
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Figuring stuff out for yourself is the habit that allows you to use experts as a tool, rather than surrendering your life to them. That is the habit that releases the mind from learned helplessness. That is the habit we must model for the next generation.
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1/x You have a right to protect yourself. You do not have a right to take away someone else's rights and freedoms to do so. Your rights end where mine begin and vice versa. This principle is the basis of ALL liberal democracies.
2/x 🇨🇦's Charter does NOT allow govt to suspend Charter rights and freedoms without FIRST passing the Oakes Test in a court of law in which ALL evidence is weighed. This was NEVER done. These public health measure are unlawful.
Ignoring legal principles does not make it right.
3/x Reasonable measures to protect health do not include:
- eliminating public debate
- media acting as a propaganda arm for govt
- suspending court access via evasion tactics
- limiting right to protest
- ignoring informed consent
- coersion
These are symptoms of tyranny.
“In 🇨🇦we don’t have anything regulating speech,” said Statham. “Under Sec. 2 of our Charter Of Rights our freedom of expression is protected. So there is no such thing as free speech in Canada, only freedom of expression.”
AKA - freedom of expression is not freedom of speech
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Bill C-36 would define hatred as “the emotion that involves detestation or vilification and that is stronger than dislike or disdain.”
I'm old enough to remember when crime was about actions, not words or emotions.
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A thread: The Revolt in Quebec's medical community has begun.
"We're over 100 per cent occupation and we have less than 50 per cent staff available."
Hysteria has consequences. Let's see how govt gets out of this self-created mess. 1/x cbc.ca/news/canada/mo…
For context, there are only 54 COVID patients hospitalized in QC today. The trough between the 2nd and 3rd wave (end of February) bottomed around 500 concurrent hospitalizations.
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Healthcare collapse is not b/c of COVID patients, it is because of staff leaving.
... to the wishy-washy "More evidence is needed on the use of the different COVID-19 vaccines in children to be able to make general recommendations" ... "suitable for use by people aged 12 years & above. Children aged between 12 and 15 ... 2/x who.int/emergencies/di…
"... who are at high risk may be offered this vaccine"
What Dr. Francis Christian's during meeting was correct based on previous day's WHO statement - the WHO's message changed sometime mid-way through June 22nd, only hours before the College of... 3/x jccf.ca/surgeon-fired-…
The fantasy of "flattening the curve" completely ignores the reality of seasonality. There is no flattening because only the height, but not the width of the curve is affected by slowing the spread. Seasonality determines the width. 1/x
The two COVID waves (Winter of 19/20 and 20/21) are clearly visible in this chart of weekly deaths. Seasonality is obvious. And there is ZERO evidence of flattening the curve. Waves did not get "fatter" than previous years. 2/x
Here's what really happens... each peak is blunted by delaying the number of infections required to reach herd immunity. Those infections are delayed until the next winter season, or the next. 3/x
What does it tell us about protecting the vulnerable?
What does it tell us about gyms, schools, restaurants, and living life in general?
A thread:
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The largest outbreaks, based on cases/outbreak, are community spread (i.e. there is less chance of big outbreaks in schools, restaurants, gyms & even LTC than just living life in general). These facilities do not produce more CASES than living life in general. 2/
Setting may not impact cases, but does impact deaths. Vulnerable people (weak immunity, pre-existing conditions) are in LTC & hospitals. Outbreaks elsewhere produce cases but almost no deaths
Outbreaks in schools, gyms, restaurants or community at large are largely irrelevant 3/