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Mulcair refuses to axe top aide for anti-Catholic tweets


Political | 206834 hits | Sep 10 12:36 am | Posted by: N_Fiddledog
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New Democrat Leader Tom Mulcair said Wednesday that he had no plans to fire his most senior communications aide for tweeting offensive anti-Roman Catholic comments.

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  1. by avatar martin14
    Thu Sep 10, 2015 9:22 am
    So, if yopu post anti Jewish or anti FN stuff you have to go, but anti Catholic is just fine.

    "Some tweets that pre-dated my current role were offensive and do not reflect my views," Dearn said.


    No, they do reflect his views, that's why they were tweeted.

    Hopefully, this will be a topic of conversation in every church on Sunday.

  2. by avatar QBall
    Thu Sep 10, 2015 11:56 am
    The NDP were calling for Chris Alexander to be held accountable for something that was pure fiction yet they won't hold one of their to the same standard for something they actually did.

  3. by avatar PublicAnimalNo9
    Thu Sep 10, 2015 12:03 pm
    "Some tweets that pre-dated my current role were offensive and do not reflect my views," Dearn said.


    Really, so in two years he's gone from telling the Pope to go F*** himself to realizing the Pope is a just a great guy.
    Or did that realization occur AFTER his anti-pope tweet was discovered?

  4. by avatar CDN_PATRIOT
    Thu Sep 10, 2015 12:43 pm
    "QBall" said
    The NDP were calling for Chris Alexander to be held accountable for something that was pure fiction yet they won't hold one of their to the same standard for something they actually did.


    NDP = No Damn Principles.

    Nevermind the fact that Thomas Mulcair is walking hypocrisy....


    -J.

  5. by Lemmy
    Thu Sep 10, 2015 12:51 pm
    If we're piling up hypocrisy chips, there's a hell of a lot more in front of Catholicism than in front of Mulcair.

  6. by Batsy2
    Thu Sep 10, 2015 1:40 pm
    Je Suis Charlie, remember.

  7. by Batsy2
    Thu Sep 10, 2015 1:41 pm
    "PublicAnimalNo9" said
    "Some tweets that pre-dated my current role were offensive and do not reflect my views," Dearn said.


    Really, so in two years he's gone from telling the Pope to go F*** himself to realizing the Pope is a just a great guy.
    Or did that realization occur AFTER his anti-pope tweet was discovered?



    The Pope a great guy? What rubbish. We burn effigies of him on bonfires every Guy Fawkes Night.

  8. by OnTheIce
    Thu Sep 10, 2015 1:52 pm
    Funny to see Angry Tom, the guy who's so trigger happy, stand by and holster his weapon when it comes to his own team.

    He's always so fast to demand the firing of anyone else but his own team? Not a chance.

  9. by avatar ShepherdsDog
    Thu Sep 10, 2015 2:33 pm
    "PublicAnimalNo9" said
    "Some tweets that pre-dated my current role were offensive and do not reflect my views," Dearn said.


    Really, so in two years he's gone from telling the Pope to go F*** himself to realizing the Pope is a just a great guy.
    Or did that realization occur AFTER his anti-pope tweet was discovered?


    They hadn't uploaded DPR 2.0 into him yet. All his views came with that.

  10. by avatar BartSimpson Gold Member
    Thu Sep 10, 2015 3:36 pm
    Telling the pope to go f*ck himself is not 'anti-Catholic' any more than saying Obama is a lousy President is racist.

    Tempest in a teapot.

    Now I wonder what the next media-approved outrage will be?

  11. by avatar BRAH
    Thu Sep 10, 2015 3:39 pm
    The NDP, the party of freedom of religion or something.

  12. by avatar andyt
    Thu Sep 10, 2015 3:47 pm
    Judging by those comments, seems he had a point.

  13. by avatar sandorski
    Thu Sep 10, 2015 5:15 pm
    He lacked the conviction to say it clearly.




  14. by avatar Zipperfish Gold Member
    Thu Sep 10, 2015 5:38 pm
    I would turf him. This is a one-time thing, this election, where all these folks are getting "gotcha'd" by old social media clips and comments. The next generaiton will be used to having been recorded, voluntarily or involuntarily, their entire lives.

    Here's a Donald Trump quote that is actually one of my favourite quotes by anybody, any time: "People don't change." get rid of this guy.



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