Poll of the Day > Toronto Man is ARRESTED after he showed up in FULL ON BLACKFACE at RALLY!!!

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An unidentified man in Toronto, Canada was ARRESTED and charged with a hate crime after he showed at an anti-racism rally in FULL ON BLACKFACE!!

He showed up with full black paint on his face AND hair here protesters gathered as he was charged for breaching the police.

When he was led away, he shouted "Don't tell me go get a tan. i got a tan"

Shocking footage circulated on social media that showed him being led away and his full face being painted black as his actions sparked outrage among the protesters with some throwing water bottles at his face and one man saying "disrespectful"

He was heard in the video shouting "If i want to put this on my face, i can put this on my face"

Calls for change and police brutality have been going around the world today as 1 MILLION are expected in DC in show of defiance against a locked in Donald Trump over the death of George Floyd

Canada has strong hate crime laws as this kind of offense would be legal in the United States

Would you be able to live in a country where racist acts like this are illegal?.

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mrduckbear posted...

Would you be able to live in a country where racist acts like this are illegal?

Of course. I don't support racism.

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Dude is an idiot, but is arresting him necessary?

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Freedom of expression is generally illegal in Canada, unless it comports with state-sanctioned guidelines. In many regards, Canada is more like China than the US. And, like China, Canada has these weird nationalistic rules that limit how much "foreign" material can be shown on tv or played on the radio and, because of the weird restrictions, some musical artists born in Canada are considered too "foreign" to meet the qualifications.


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mrduckbear posted...

He was heard in the video shouting "If i want to put this on my face, i can put this on my face"

I agree. He should be able to put stuff on his face if he wants.

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mrduckbear posted...

An unidentified man in Toronto, Canada was ARRESTED and charged with a hate crime after he showed at an anti-racism rally in FULL ON BLACKFACE!!

He showed up with full black paint on his face AND hair here protesters gathered as he was charged for breaching the police.

When he was led away, he shouted "Don't tell me go get a tan. i got a tan"

Shocking footage circulated on social media that showed him being led away and his full face being painted black as his actions sparked outrage among the protesters with some throwing water bottles at his face and one man saying "disrespectful"

He was heard in the video shouting "If i want to put this on my face, i can put this on my face"

Calls for change and police brutality have been going around the world today as 1 MILLION are expected in DC in show of defiance against a locked in Donald Trump over the death of George Floyd

Canada has strong hate crime laws as this kind of offense would be legal in the United States

Would you be able to live in a country where racist acts like this are illegal?.

https://i.imgur.com/14OIUOu.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/qNULOtf.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/zGUaTFj.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/fsgV4jJ.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/sWcouzl.jpg

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I forgot Canada is part of the United States.

Also is breaching the police a type of assault on police?
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Zeus posted...

Freedom of expression is generally illegal in Canada, unless it comports with state-sanctioned guidelines. In many regards, Canada is more like China than the US. And, like China, Canada has these weird nationalistic rules that limit how much "foreign" material can be shown on tv or played on the radio and, because of the weird restrictions, some musical artists born in Canada are considered too "foreign" to meet the qualifications.

Someone has never lived in Canada before lol.


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Shananagainz posted...

Someone has never lived in Canada before lol.

Anybody who believes otherwise hasn't lived in Canada.

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Zeus posted...

Anybody who believes otherwise hasn't lived in Canada.

Except I live in Canada lol. Your claim doesnt mean shit to anyone.

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Zeus posted...

Freedom of expression is generally illegal in Canada, unless it comports with state-sanctioned guidelines.

Guidelines that mostly boil down to "don't be an insufferable dick in extremely obvious ways," which are pretty easy for most people to follow. As long as you aren't showing up to an anti-racism rally in blackface or erecting a burning cross on somebody's yard, you generally aren't going to run afoul of hate speech laws.

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adjl posted...

Guidelines that mostly boil down to "don't be an insufferable dick in extremely obvious ways," which are pretty easy for most people to follow. As long as you aren't showing up to an anti-racism rally in blackface or erecting a burning cross on somebody's yard, you generally aren't going to run afoul of hate speech laws.

Shhh dont disturb his magical fantasy land where Canada ships people to gulags for saying they dont like hip hop.


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adjl posted...

Guidelines that mostly boil down to "don't be an insufferable dick in extremely obvious ways," which are pretty easy for most people to follow. As long as you aren't showing up to an anti-racism rally in blackface or erecting a burning cross on somebody's yard, you generally aren't going to run afoul of hate speech laws.

Who is it hurting? Other than their own reputation

Victimless crimes aren't real crimes

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Muscles posted...

Who is it hurting? Other than their own reputation

Victimless crimes aren't real crimes

Why are death threats illegal?

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Muscles posted...

Who is it hurting? Other than their own reputation

Victimless crimes aren't real crimes

Its mainly about respecting other people. To show up in literal blackface and own it is generally a really disrespectful thing to black people. If you found a black person who was okay with it, thats an exception to the rule.

If they dont get in trouble for it, it also makes that behaviour look okay to other people who might hold similar sentiments. Then in theory, you see it escalate to violent race crime and eventually systemic oppression of a whole race.

Not like thats ever happened before. /s


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Well, I live in Toronto and I recognize that as Nathan Phillps Square, aka city hall. Out of curiosity, who else here lives in Toronto?

And to answer the question, yes. I can live in a city where racism is treated as a hate crime. Because it is.

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Trudeau wore blackface more than once and he hardly got any heat from it.. this guy gets arrested for it.. yup that's Canada. Communist AF here now.

xjayguyx posted...

Trudeau wore blackface more than once and he hardly got any heat from it.

Except for the part where he very obviously did get heat for it. Did you spend the entire latter half of last year under a rock?

xjayguyx posted...

this guy gets arrested for it.

It's almost like there's a difference between doing it as part of a halloween costume many years ago and subsequently apologizing for it (both in word and in deed), and deliberately and unapologetically wearing it to an anti-racism protest. Funny how that works. There is absolutely no question what statement this guy was trying to make with this action, and he's being treated accordingly. Fair, next.

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adjl posted...

Except for the part where he very obviously did get heat for it. Did you spend the entire latter half of last year under a rock?

It's almost like there's a difference between doing it as part of a halloween costume many years ago and subsequently apologizing for it (both in word and in deed), and deliberately and unapologetically wearing it to an anti-racism protest. Funny how that works. There is absolutely no question what statement this guy was trying to make with this action, and he's being treated accordingly. Fair, next.

The one time he had a turbin on while wearing black face was a costume sure.. but what about the other time where he's acting like a monkey with no costume on? He also didn't deny there could be more times he did it.

I don't care if Trudeau apologized for it, he's a hypocrite leftist that is immune to the law.

My PM did it four times, and his supporters dont have an issue with it, so in this case, neither do I.

Halloween costumes have never been an excuse.

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xjayguyx posted...

I don't care if Trudeau apologized for it, he's a hypocrite

That's... not what hypocrisy means. If he apologized for it but continued to do it, sure, but doing something and then later recognizing that it's wrong is personal growth, not hypocrisy.

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I gotta give credit to The Dick. Even he knew black face was unacceptable when he went chimney sweeper on the bit.

I voted no for the sheer fact that I want to see people get beaten up for doing dumb stuff like this.

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Would you be able to...

I mean technically yes I'd be able to. For the majority that are voting no, does that mean if you had no choice but to be in such a country you'd just commit suicide?

sveksii posted...

I mean technically yes I'd be able to. For the majority that are voting no, does that mean if you had no choice but to be in such a country you'd just commit suicide?

No. I voted no because I already live in a better country that doesn't have shitty free speech laws.
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Looks like Canada has a problem with arresting black folks for no reason too

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Revelation34 posted...

No. I voted no because I already live in a better country that doesn't have shitty free speech laws.

So you're saying you live in a country with a failed education system. The poll did not ask would you be willing to, it asked would you be able to. Your current situation is irrelevant to the hypothetical as posed. It's admittedly a stupid question, but this is a duckbear topic, so expecting anything else would be rather foolish.

Leftists entire worldview is based on contradictions

"You're a bootlicker if you support the police!"

"Officer, please arrest this man for hurting my feelings!"

The blatant hypocrisy is astounding

OhhhJa posted...

Leftists entire worldview is based on contradictions

"You're a bootlicker if you support the police!"

"Officer, please arrest this man for hurting my feelings!"

The blatant hypocrisy is astounding

You can have authoritarian and anarchist lefties.
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This is actually fucking hilarious. I give him props

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OhhhJa posted...

Leftists entire worldview is based on contradictions

"You're a bootlicker if you support the police!"

"Officer, please arrest this man for hurting my feelings!"

The blatant hypocrisy is astounding

How exactly do you get from "police brutality is a serious problem that needs to stop" to "police shouldn't exist at all"? That being about the only way you could call that hypocrisy, after all.

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adjl posted...

How exactly do you get from "police brutality is a serious problem that needs to stop" to "police shouldn't exist at all"? That being about the only way you could call that hypocrisy, after all.

Calling people bootlickers and then supporting having people arrested for wearing face paint is total hypocrisy. That's a police state if I've ever seen one

OhhhJa posted...

Calling people bootlickers and then supporting having people arrested for wearing face paint is total hypocrisy. That's a police state if I've ever seen one

Lol so you dont see a problem with blackface?

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OhhhJa posted...

Calling people bootlickers and then supporting having people arrested for wearing face paint is total hypocrisy.

adjl posted...

How exactly do you get from "police brutality is a serious problem that needs to stop" to "police shouldn't exist at all"? That being about the only way you could call that hypocrisy, after all.

Let's try this again.

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adjl posted...

Let's try this again.

Try reading next time

OhhhJa posted...

Try reading next time

Yes, that is what I suggested.

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adjl posted...

Yes, that is what I suggested.

Apparently you didn't notice there wasn't a question mark thereby reinforcing my point that you seem to have a reading or critical thinking problem. Either way, if you can't see a contradiction between saying we need police reform and then saying we need them to police free expression then there's no helping you

I was under the impression that part of that reform is the cops are bad because they enforce bad laws or something

OhhhJa posted...

I was under the impression that part of that reform is the cops are bad because they enforce bad laws or something

When did anyone say anything like that, ever?

OhhhJa posted...

Either way, if you can't see a contradiction between saying we need police reform and then saying we need them to police free expression then there's no helping you

Also this was in Canada, this point is null.

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OhhhJa posted...

I was under the impression that part of that reform is the cops are bad because they enforce bad laws or something

How would reforming the police fix the bad laws? Police don't write laws. The call for reform is based on excessive use of force and a failure to properly hold police accountable for causing unnecessary injuries or deaths due to rampant corruption. Where on earth did you get that impression?

OhhhJa posted...

Either way, if you can't see a contradiction between saying we need police reform and then saying we need them to police free expression then there's no helping you

There is no contradiction. We need police reform because there isn't enough oversight to prevent abuses of power that are killing people. Arresting people that are violating the law, however, is simply doing their job. If the cops who arrested this guy kneeled on his neck for eight minutes, then that would be a problem (the exact problem that's being protested, incidentally), but simply arresting him is exactly what's supposed to happen in a country where flagrantly being a racist dickwad is illegal.

Now, because due process, he goes to court on charges of hate speech, probably tries to defend them as free expression, the judge laughs at him because he obviously knew exactly what he was doing, and he probably ends up sentenced to community service and a very short jail term with credit for time served (which will almost certainly mean he goes home within a week or two of the sentencing hearing). As much as merkins like to think Canada's hate speech laws make them some kind of insane communist dictatorship that ships people off to gulags for not saying "sorry" often enough, they really are only ever invoked in the most egregious of cases, and the penalties associated with them are generally quite reasonable. This guy's going to suffer substantially more in his personal life for having made such a public statement of "I'm a racist dickwad" than he will from any formal legal consequences.

OhhhJa posted...

Apparently you didn't notice there wasn't a question mark thereby reinforcing my point that you seem to have a reading or critical thinking problem.

There was a question mark after the question I asked you (which I then reiterated because you failed to answer it). Where else would there need to be a question mark for this conversation to make sense?

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