Seriously Mr. Bob Rae, do you really mean what you (or your staff) tweeted yesterday?
Is anyone surprised by the official position of Canada at the United Nations?
Where is kindness when we censor citizens who criticize the excesses of wokeism?
Where is kindness in a movement that has sadly resulted in radical outcomes sometimes, such as cancelling artistic or scientific events or even burning books?
Where is kindness when citizens have been wrongly accused of racism in the name of the “kind” so-called anti-racism of wokeism?
Where is kindness in a movement, which insists on pretending to speak in the name of minorities? And to know their best interests better than themselves?
Where is kindness in a movement, which seems to often forget to value the uniqueness and richness of each individual; instead of reducing (and confining) the latter to a single aspect of one’s complex identity over a lifetime?
Where is kindness when clinical psychologists are being censored by their Colleges of Psychologists for having criticized wokeism?
And where is kindness in the attack to the reputation of professors, by our publicly-funded media and on social media, along with long suspensions from work without pay, when they criticize the so-called “kind” wokeism on personal platforms? All this when they know too well what identity politics does to a nation… for having escaped civil war-torn countries.
Where is kindness when your tweet seems to imply that refusing to endorse wokeism is an act of “unkindness”?
Maybe you just meant to support Mr. Trudeau’s political ideology and this could be called a gesture of peer “kindness” toward him?
After all, you do precise that “tweets are you personal views”?
Who knows? Maybe you truly believe your own tweet?
If that is the case, Bambi can understand your position even more, Mr. Rae. However, with all due respect, she will allow herself to remind you that too much of a good thing is a bad thing… even in the case of TRUE kindness.
I met Bob Rae once. He told me “We need two taxis.”
Aside from that, he’s very smart, very well spoken and was the best candidate to replace Paul Martin. If the Liberal party had made the right choice, there would have been no Stephane Dion hyper-focus video scandal, no Michael Ignatieff Russian nobility and bushy eyebrows scandal and maybe delayed Justin Trudeau’s rise long enough for Trudeau to mature before replacing Rae.
Thanks for your comment, Fred. Mr. Bob Ray seems to be a nice man. Too bad not one taxi to get to know him more :). Bambi has nothing against anyone. She is fond of Mr. Paul Martin. The latter is a nice man too (mind you, she also liked/s Mr. Jean Chrétien). She knows Dr. Stéphane Dion from her own old constituency (and academically). She has voted liberal [in the past :)] MOST of her life, and in a large part because of him. He is an awesome Canadian citizen, has been a devoted politician, and now is a diplomat in Germany, if Bambi is not mistaken. Anyhow, the video may have been a bad one technically speaking (too bad!). As for Dr. Michael Ignatieff, she does not have any particular comment to add about him now (except for one anecdote concerning a friend who bumped into him in a public place and he was a nice gentleman).
Had the Liberals picked the right candidate, Bob Rae to be leader, he would have shortened Stephen Harper’s term as well and sent Harper off in a taxi of his own.
Bambi will share a secret with you :). She has never voted for Mr. Harper. However, things are SO bad in Canada now that somehow she is wondering how things would have been with him as our Prime Minister. At least, the economy did well with him and his government.
Of note, Bambi has an earlier post honouring the late and great Honourable Claudette Bradshaw. In it, we can read the following: “Of note, participants of this event may likely remember, like Bambi, a comment made by Ms. Bradshaw. Her words have impressed at least two participants from the nearby Nova Scotia. They contacted Bambi after the event to express their sentiment. In their mind and in Bambi’s, it is rare in life to hear some professionals (e.g., dentists) praising the work of another colleague (who worked on the teeth of their patients before them). In the same way, it is often very rare, and thus refreshing, to hear a politician speaking highly of their political opponents. This is what Ms. Claudette Bradshaw elegantly and honestly did: In one of her comments, she mentioned in a positive way the budget surplus her Ministry (of Labour, if Bambi recalls well) inherited from the former government (i.e., of Mr. Stephen Harper)”.
‘Woke Progressivism’ has everything to do with ‘Social Control’, and I want no part of it. Wokism “the virtue is always the cover for the sin”.
-Demian Hammock
Bambi thanks you Demian for your very thoughtful comment. Like you, she is not fond of control in life. She prefer personal responsibility and agency (in this example, it is related to social agency).
HEY BAMBI ………. THIS BOB RAE IS EX. NDP PREMIER FROM CANADA ….. FOR HIS
YEARS OF TYPICAL NDP KINDNESS ( SEE TRUDEAU BUDDY NDP SINGH ) AS A FELLOW
LEFTIST SUPPORTER OF WHATEVER VOTES THEY CAN STEAL FROM OTHER SOCIALIST TYPES !
MR. RAE HAS HIS REWARD SPREADING THE ” RED HUED ” WORD INTODUCED ON
THIS CONTINENT THRU COLUMBIA’S FRANKFURT SCHOOL AFTER WW2 ……. THEY HAVE
ALL WORKED TOGETHER DILIGENTLY IN CANADA & USA TO BRING US TO THIS PLACE
IN HISTORY WE FIND OURSELVES …… BRINK OF WORLD WAR , WOKE MADNESS , ETC ,ETC
MR. RAE IS NOW ON THE UN GRAVY TRAIN FOR LIFE REWARD FOR HACKS !!!!!
BAMBI … I LOVE THAT YOU ARE A KIND , GENTLE SOUL …… BUT EVEN JESUS
TIPPED THE MONEY LENDERS TABLE OVER . ALL THE BEST TO YOU BAMBI Russ
Thank you Russ for your thoughtful comment and for expressing your opinion. Bambi is deeply touched and humbled by your kindly generous words about her (“a kind, gentil soul…”). She is very grateful for your very accurate and beautiful reminder about Jesus’ story with the money lenders.
Moses can get you a better rate than the money lenders. ✡︎
🙂