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Ban on Nazi symbols passes at Pickering Council after lengthy debate (www.insauga.com)

submitted 6 days ago by ILikeBoobies to c/ontario

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Councillor Lisa Robinson tried to equate the swastika with the anti-racism Black power raised fist, calling it a “symbol of hate” common to “Communist and Marxist ideologies.”

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[–] ILikeBoobies 15 points 5 days ago (1 children)

That’s not a centrist take

She’s a nazi, she frequently appears as a guest on a neo-nazi podcast.

Her followers kept sending in threats so they had to move council to online only for safety

Then her followers called in with a bunch of nazi imagery on their camera that prompted this ban proposal

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I think it's clear anyone who still calls themselves a centrist, at least in the US, just doesn't want to admit they support nazis

The progressives in the US would be centrists almost anywhere else.

[–] ILikeBoobies 2 points 3 days ago

In Canada we consider Sanders and Trudeau to be centre-right

When right wingers pretend to be centrist we call them out