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Spazito

(54,849 posts) Fri Sep 3, 2021, 05:19 PM Sep 2021

Racist Calgary mayoral candidate Kevin J. Johnston pleads guilty to hate crime

Calgary mayoral candidate Kevin J. Johnston, a leader in the pandemic-denying, anti-mask movement, has pleaded guilty to a hate crime in Ontario in connection with anti-Muslim posts online.

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Johnston has repeatedly displayed racist behaviour over the years in both Alberta and Ontario, where he was living until his move to Calgary last year.

In March, Johnston sold coffee he branded "Wasted Native" with an accompanying slogan "Forget gas, huff this."

When he targeted a Toronto restaurant owner in 2019, a judge ruled Johnston's behaviour toward the Muslim man was a "loathsome example of hate speech at its worst, targeting people solely because of their religion."

In Calgary, few rules bar someone from running for mayor. Mayoral candidates cannot owe the city money and cannot have violated election laws. Criminal convictions and pending charges do not preclude a candidate from entering the race.

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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/kevin-j-johsnton-calgary-ontario-hate-crime-guilty-mayor-1.6163056

No wonder Alberta is known as Texas North.

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Racist Calgary mayoral candidate Kevin J. Johnston pleads guilty to hate crime (Original Post) Spazito Sep 2021 OP

Yes Alberta has a lot of rednecks but this guy was never a serious contender for Mayor Bev54 Sep 2021 #1

The fact that he isn't disqualified after pleading guilty to a hate crime... Spazito Sep 2021 #2

He wouldn't be disqualified in the US either. Marcuse Sep 2021 #3

That, too, is appalling. Spazito Sep 2021 #4

Albertabama Hiawatha Pete Sep 2021 #5

Yes, the combination of Kenny and crap from trump has emboldened them... Spazito Sep 2021 #6

Emboldened here too, at least as bad if not worse. Hiawatha Pete Sep 2021 #7

My best friend had just moved to London not long before that horrible attack... Spazito Sep 2021 #8

Bev54

(11,940 posts)

1. Yes Alberta has a lot of rednecks but this guy was never a serious contender for Mayor

Reply to Spazito (Original post)

Fri Sep 3, 2021, 05:47 PM

Sep 2021

He has pretty much been a joke even here.

Spazito

(54,849 posts)

2. The fact that he isn't disqualified after pleading guilty to a hate crime...

Reply to Bev54 (Reply #1)

Fri Sep 3, 2021, 05:56 PM

Sep 2021

is appalling, imo. There certainly needs to be a revisiting of the rules that bar a candidate from running for Mayor there.

Marcuse

(8,050 posts)

3. He wouldn't be disqualified in the US either.

Reply to Spazito (Reply #2)

Fri Sep 3, 2021, 08:12 PM

Sep 2021

Spazito

(54,849 posts)

4. That, too, is appalling.

Reply to Marcuse (Reply #3)

Fri Sep 3, 2021, 08:42 PM

Sep 2021

Hiawatha Pete

(1,969 posts)

5. Albertabama

Reply to Spazito (Original post)

Fri Sep 3, 2021, 11:39 PM

Sep 2021

Is it me or do they seem to be coming out of the woodwork more since Khmer Rouge Kenney got in?

Don't feel too bad though. We have Dunning Kruger Dougie running the show in these here parts...

Spazito

(54,849 posts)

6. Yes, the combination of Kenny and crap from trump has emboldened them...

Reply to Hiawatha Pete (Reply #5)

Fri Sep 3, 2021, 11:51 PM

Sep 2021

for sure, imo. They are louder and uglier than usual. Kenney was disgusting when he was in Harper's cabinet, I couldn't stand him then and despise him ever more now.

I was very sad when Ford was elected. He was slimy when his brother was Premier and he was on council and he still makes my skin crawl when I see him on television.

Hiawatha Pete

(1,969 posts)

7. Emboldened here too, at least as bad if not worse.

Reply to Spazito (Reply #6)

Fri Sep 3, 2021, 11:54 PM

Sep 2021

There was that Muslim family in London ON killed in a vehicle ramming attack.

Spazito

(54,849 posts)

8. My best friend had just moved to London not long before that horrible attack...

Reply to Hiawatha Pete (Reply #7)

Fri Sep 3, 2021, 11:57 PM

Sep 2021

they were horrified and went to the vigils to show their support for the family and the community.

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