1. As an educator finishing up his 20th year in the classroom, I've come to recognize and look forward to serendipitous teachable moments.
And on March 20, Derek Harrison provided me with just such an opportunity.
2. But I'm getting ahead of myself.
Derek Harrison (aka "Rants" aka "Rants Derek"), a founding and charter member of the Plaid Army/Diagolon seen in this video showing he doesn't understand what "coup" means, was a frequent subject of the ARC when it was active.
3. He was one of Faith Goldy's helper monkeys on her ill-fated mayoral campaign.
7. Derek may have been a bit dramatic in the aftermath.
8. When Derek Harrison isn't watching documentaries, reading peer reviewed research, getting wrecked by septuagenarians, and other "man things" he spends much of his time live streaming. You can see some of those anti-Semitic and racist streams in the following ARC article.
9. "After Being Shoved Tarek Fatah Strikes White Nationalist and Faith Goldy Supporter Derek Harrison With Cane At Bernier's PPC Immigration Speech"
18. Upon their return, they were prosecuted and persecuted, their sacrifices ignored even after they were proven correct about the danger the fascists reprsented.
19. Today there are a few memorials such as those in Victoria, Cumberland, Winnipeg, and Toronto.
20. The most significant however is probably the one in Ottawa, a memorial I had the honour of visiting in 2005.
21. Now since I made a conscious decision to wear that shirt and Derek noticed it, I can only assume others did as well so I did exactly what I was aiming to do.
Thanks for the confirmation Derek. :)
22. But I am more than willing to take fashion criticism from anyone so in light of Derek Harrison's fashion snobbery, I promise that I will wear a different shirt during my next interview.
I think it will be this one.
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3. Prior to the protest and in anticipation of the injunction being acted upon, one of the organizing groups (Calgary Freedom Central) posted this on their Facebook page.
1. So I don't talk at length these days about the QAnon self-proclaimed Queen of Canada Romana Didulo these days primarily because she is a side show.
2. She is of course a concern because of the power she wields over her followers and that she has has called for violence towards the government and anyone associated with the Covid vaccination programme.
While most of the #OttawaOccupiers have left the city, a number continue to return.
And since they still equate minor inconvenience with tyranny, they continue to stamp their feet and hold their breath.
2. We also see that one of the next stages in this movement is to complain that those organizers and influencers who were arrested are political prisoners.
2/13 Please meet Ava, one of my closest friends and an incredibly talented artist.
3/13 Ava and her husband Paul, who have three lovely daughters, were among the rocks who got me through the very difficult times related to my doxxing and other personal issues. It is no exaggeration to say that they helped save my life.