Thread by @Hansardish

Good morning everyone in #cdnpoli who's about to read this thread and learn about an #NDP antisemitism scandal involving @MPJulian.

On August 11, @jonkay posted about an account (variably @Laith_Marouf and @MaroufLaith) posting vile and violent antisemitic content. He asked why this content isn't prohibited on twitter.

https://twitter.com/jonkay/status/1557937221738569728?s=20&t=8OvR6LY1XEo0A0MsduhT3w

In the replies, someone reveals that the individual in question is a paid "anti-racism consultant" for @CdnHeritage.

https://twitter.com/Mark_Goldberg/status/1558082937303736323?s=20&t=8OvR6LY1XEo0A0MsduhT3w

It's also revealed that he harbors severe animosity toward Quebecers.

https://twitter.com/Michel_Landry/status/1549167490634219526?s=20&t=8OvR6LY1XEo0A0MsduhT3w

Marouf's violent antisemitism is well documented far in advance of his receiving a $400+/day contract from the government.

There's no excuse, this should have been noticed from the get-go.

https://twitter.com/jonkay/status/1558276940477485060?s=20&t=8OvR6LY1XEo0A0MsduhT3w

It's not just hatred, he explicitly calls for violence against Jews.

https://twitter.com/jonkay/status/1558209639698890754?s=20&t=8OvR6LY1XEo0A0MsduhT3w

On August 12th, we did what any hacky political account would do - we sent a message to the #NDP Critic for Heritage, the vocally anti-racist @MPJulian. Why? It's his job to keep the government accountable on this file, and this is a surefire crisis.

https://twitter.com/Hansardish/status/1558248854159507456?s=20&t=8OvR6LY1XEo0A0MsduhT3w

No response from Julian, though we note at the time he's on Twitter and interacting with people.

https://twitter.com/Hansardish/status/1558858278767104004?s=20&t=8OvR6LY1XEo0A0MsduhT3w

Three days later, on August 15, @MPJulian still hasn't addressed the issue. Again, we try to raise it to his attention.

https://twitter.com/Hansardish/status/1559238545008721925?s=20&t=8OvR6LY1XEo0A0MsduhT3w

No response, but he's still active on Twitter replying and retweeting others.

https://twitter.com/Hansardish/status/1559274603888971776?s=20&t=8OvR6LY1XEo0A0MsduhT3w

On August 16, after four days of studiously ignoring the fact that @CdnHeritage is paying $400+ a day to an individual who's actively calling for the murder of Jews, @MPJulian retweets someone complimenting his anti-racist bonafides. We call it out.

https://twitter.com/Hansardish/status/1559367597111627776?s=20&t=8OvR6LY1XEo0A0MsduhT3w

Dear #cdnpoli friends, MP Julian blocked us.

https://twitter.com/Hansardish/status/1559384829850001410?s=20&t=8OvR6LY1XEo0A0MsduhT3w

Here's the thing. This isn't an awareness problem. For the four days Aug 12, when we raised it with him, to when he blocked us on Aug 16, he received just three public messages.

Replicate via: (to:@MPJulian) (@MPJulian) until:2022-08-16 since:2022-08-12

He also received 32 mentions (4 of which were us) across the four days - that's just eight a day. Not an overwhelming number, especially because there's evidence via his retweets that he was online at least once a day.

Replicate via: (@MPJulian) until:2022-08-16 since:2022-08-12

Even if you accept that he somehow missed all of our first three messages, he blocked us on the last one, so it's plain he's aware of the issue at @CdnHeritage.

@MPJulian is a formidable politician. He's been around a long time, and he's very effective at holding the government to account.

What's more, not only is @MPJulian an avowed anti-racist working on hate legislation (per his retweet of the below tweet), he's also the #NDP Critic for Heritage.

Taking the government to account over financing the indoctrination of public servants in antisemitism is his job.

But he hasn't said anything. Even after having blocked us for calling him out a fourth time (fair play, we are unfunny and annoying), he hasn't condemned this @CdnHeritage contract. He's had all the time in the world to do so. He

Perhaps, as the he himself has said, silence is support.

We ask the public - why hasn't @MPJulian done his job and condemned the $400+/day antiracism training contract between @CdnHeritage and a man who's called for the violent execution of Jews?