Thread by @EmpireinWinter

On why she resigned from CBC:
'It used to be that I was the one furthest to the left in any newsroom, occasionally causing strain in story meetings with my views on issues like the housing crisis.'

https://twitter.com/EmpireinWinter/status/1478082921621647362

Not sure the left / right contrast holds anymore, but here point being:

'I am now easily the most conservative, frequently sparking tension by questioning identity politics. This happened in the span of about 18 months. My own politics did not change.'

'To work at the CBC is to submit to job interviews that are not about qualifications or experience — but instead demand the parroting of orthodoxies, the demonstration of fealty to dogma.'

'To work at the CBC...is to become less adversarial to government and corporations and more hostile to ordinary people with ideas that Twitter doesn’t like.'

'To work at the CBC is...is to endlessly document microaggressions but pay little attention to evictions; to spotlight company’s political platitudes but have little interest in wages or working conditions.'

'To work at the CBC is... to allow sweeping societal changes like lockdowns, vaccine mandates, and school closures to roll out — with little debate. To see billionaires amass extraordinary wealth and bureaucrats amass enormous power — with little scrutiny.'

'To work at the CBC....is to consent to the idea that a growing list of subjects are off the table, that dialogue itself can be harmful. That the big issues of our time are all already settled.'

''To work at the CBC....is to capitulate to certainty, to shut down critical thinking, to stamp out curiosity. To keep one’s mouth shut, to not ask questions, to not rock the boat.

This, while the world burns.'

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