Winnipeg NDP candidate quits over social media posts linking Jewish sect to Taliban

Political | 207618 hits | Sep 24 10:59 pm | Posted by: martin14

Stefan Jonasson, a New Democrat candidate in Winnipeg, has dropped out of the federal election campaign — the latest in a string of political hopefuls done in by social media comments.

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by martin14
Fri Sep 25, 2015 6:01 am
Jonasson says he was asked by the NDP to step down and agreed to do so.

He didn't quit, he was dumped. Nice headline.

Three years ago, Jonasson posted a religious article on social media, and accused the Haredim ? an Orthodox branch of Judaism ? of mistreating women by segregating the sexes, enforcing strict dress codes and more. He wrote "much like the Taliban and other extremists, the Haredim offer a toxic caricature of faith at odds

This isn't Taliban, this is normal Islam. All of it.
by QBall
Fri Sep 25, 2015 1:58 pm
I guess if you're bigoted against Catholics then you're a-ok in the eyes of the dippers. But against any other group? Off you go!
by andyt
Fri Sep 25, 2015 3:07 pm
"martin14" said
Jonasson says he was asked by the NDP to step down and agreed to do so.

He didn't quit, he was dumped. Nice headline.

Three years ago, Jonasson posted a religious article on social media, and accused the Haredim ? an Orthodox branch of Judaism ? of mistreating women by segregating the sexes, enforcing strict dress codes and more. He wrote "much like the Taliban and other extremists, the Haredim offer a toxic caricature of faith at odds

This isn't Taliban, this is normal Islam. All of it.

Funny, I meet Muslim women who wear the same clothes as anybody else, work, drive cars, etc. Never seem to meet Hardim like that.
by PublicAnimalNo9
Sat Sep 26, 2015 3:41 am
"martin14" said
Jonasson says he was asked by the NDP to step down and agreed to do so.

He didn't quit, he was dumped. Nice headline.

Nor did he link them, he merely compared them and he wasn't wrong.

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