If Ye Break Faith With Us…
-Mark Steyn on 11/11/2001
[T]hough we can scarce grasp what they symbolize, this year the poppies are hard to find. Three Canadian provinces had sold out by last Monday, and by the time you read this the rest of the Royal Canadian Legion’s entire stock of 14.8 million will likely be gone.
Canada today…
Former Conservative party candidate apologizes for viral rainbow poppy tweet
The apology was mistaken:
Rather than having been suspended for rejecting the poppy during choir practice as Bird’s initial tweet read, Natalie outlined that she had been suspended for “rejecting the idea” of the rainbow poppy…
It’s worse that Natalie was suspended for “rejecting the idea.” The idea is the problem.
I do know why Cyara Bird apologized: Unless you enthusiastically support the appropriation of Remembrance Day at SJW whim, and embrace compelled speech, YOU are a bigot.
The LGBT+ folks already have a plethora of their own days, weeks, and months – with parades and celebrations.
Every other occasion for reflection or pride does not require fealty to a group of aggrieved, narcissistic activists who occupy the space at the very edges of the Bell curve of human sexuality.