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applegrove

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6. We did have fox news north here for a few years. It failed. Never saw it.

Reply to Warpy (Reply #4)

Tue Feb 21, 2017, 03:08 AM

Feb 2017

The right wing major daily lost money the whole time it was published. We have been lucky to have cold enough winters to keep the ***holes out somehow. Or something. We do have some wannabe alt righters. But they only manage to disgust and awake the majority of canadians (liberals) every time they do something hateful. And having hate speech laws does help.

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" Local Christian leaders band together to stop controversial evangelist from speaking in Vancouver [View all] applegrove Feb 2017 OP

Interesting....the Puerto Rican Baptists also withdrew Tanuki Feb 2017 #1

Hopefully Christian churches are beginning to organize to fight for Christianity. applegrove Feb 2017 #2

I've been waiting all my life for that one Warpy Feb 2017 #5

boy howdy mopinko Feb 2017 #13

good to see. riversedge Feb 2017 #3

Free speech isn't absolute in Canada Warpy Feb 2017 #4

We did have fox news north here for a few years. It failed. Never saw it. applegrove Feb 2017 #6

Wondering how the son became so fundy, since his dad was more middle of the road. Canoe52 Feb 2017 #7

Were American churches more liberal back 50 years ago? applegrove Feb 2017 #8

I'm not sure Canoe52 Feb 2017 #14

#Toxictrump SleeplessinSoCal Feb 2017 #9

guess it is easier to evangelize for hate than feeding the poor and healing the sick dembotoz Feb 2017 #10

not my post but i would consider putting it in gd as well dembotoz Feb 2017 #11

Bravo Canada DFW Feb 2017 #12