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A recent article came out on Radio-Canada about the presence of Antifa, and its equivalent far-right or fascist leaning organizations in the Québec area.

Link to article (CBC)

What is interesting about this, is that it's impossible to not see how the world has changed over just the past years. The most recent administration brought a brand new approach to diplomacy, with the results that we know in fields like #economy, #peace to name but a few, but also #journalism. Wether these were improvements are another discussion, but more importantly, the article outright mentions that anti-intellectiualism aspect that is prevalent in the new tone - and quite frankly, there is a bit of reverence owed to the journalist for catching that lightning in the jar, that perfect sequence of seemingly unrelated events, opinions and interviews, that coalesce into the notion that this discussion is more than a blip on the radar so efficiently.

Canadian politics remain a contentious subject few people completely agree about, at least when it comes to it's less palatable aspects, but to quote one of the manifesters in the article: "We cannot tolerate intolerance". Now, if you didn't know, there is a full fledged philosophical body of work about the paradoxe of tolerence, a worthy read if you're not already aware, but more importantly, a necessary conversation to normalize, if we're to interpret the reality of the world we live in.

To quote another manifester from the CBC article, the rise of authoritarianism is an aspect that must be observed, and handled with care. One example of doing so is Harvard University, who posted this just last january, which already seems like an eternity ago.

It's not an easy discussion - But not having this discussion probably isn't much better. #Cdnpoli, #Canada, #law, #HumanRights, #antifa, #cbc