Today's News: Truanons and Nuremberg 2.0 and understanding the damn question

So on Saturday this happened:

Angus Reid reposts a doctored video that misquotes the PM as if it's reality and we're supposed to accept his company's poll results are believable? I have a bridge to sell you if you believe a single thing that company puts out in future. pic.twitter.com/BLh6wn16bw

— Jean (@CdnJean) October 5, 2024

Of course, Reid had to withdraw his tweet -- he "didn't realize" he had been suckered by a doctored Trudeau video. 

I guess jumping to conclusions based on lies is the kind of thoughtful decision-making Canadians can expect from esteemed business leaders now?

Here's the FULL clip of Prime Minister #JustinTrudeau's comments on Mosque vandalization and the burning down of a Catholic church.

I don't expect any better from @AmazingZolton. But @AngusReid? Do better.

This is pure Con mis/disinformation propaganda. #cdnpoli #cdnmedia pic.twitter.com/Mmk9YqkZdJ

— Jason Pugh 🇨🇦 🏳️‍🌈 (@TheJasonPugh) October 5, 2024

And of course, in his supposed "apology" tweet he managed to be offensive AGAIN:

My tweet on church burnings & the PM response stirred up a lot from Cons and Truanons. I didn’t realize I was tweeting doctored images. Deleted. The burnings are a big issue. On Trudeau - let’s see what CNDs have to say in ‘25. Unlike the video our elections aren’t doctored.

— Angus Reid (@AngusReid) October 6, 2024

He didn't address his apparent support of residential school denialism. 

Also, I guess he thinks that Liberals and Trudeau supporters are just "Tru-anons"?

Angus Reid calling us TruAnon says everything about the bias of his polling.

Russia approves. 😉

— 🇨🇦 The Tao of Woke Steve 🇺🇦 😷 (@ou812_Kess) October 6, 2024

What an asshole.

Angus Reid did more to discredit pollsters over the last few days than almost anything that I can think of. He is obviously too tone deaf to understand the damage that he has done to his profession, and pollsters everywhere. Imagine shitting all over your legacy to own liberals. pic.twitter.com/Gwp6cSBSn0

— Neil Before Zod™ (@WaytowichNeil) October 6, 2024

When I see tweets like Reid’s and then see Coletto/Abacus speaking at a Manning Centre conference, I question how their bias doesn’t come into play. If neither has enough common sense to know how it affects their reputations then it’s fair to question how they run their polling.

— Ltmbf 👩🏻‍🎨 🇨🇦 (@Loritmbf) October 6, 2024

I know he is a colleague but far more egregious is his obvious hatred of PM to promote a doctored tweet and his obvious support of those who deny deaths occurred at Residential schools. His arrogance beggars belief. Of course this affects his brand.

— Cynthia🤝🇨🇦🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🌈🌲🇺🇦 (@Tintie4) October 6, 2024

AR was always a CON.
Remember how biased AR President Shachi Kurl was during the leaders' debate she moderated? After spewing nonsense for maybe a minute, she barked at PM Justin Trudeau: Mr Trudeau you have 10 seconds to respond. Nuts. But hey nobody cares.

— Jeffrey1 (@JeffreyBrooks49) October 6, 2024

Next, on Sunday, this happened:

First, you need to know the background -- apparently, some Maple MAGAs have been promoting what they call "Nuremberg 2.0":

Nuremberg 2.0 advocates typically call for those who created, justified or enforced public health measures — including politicians, doctors, academics, journalists and police — to be jailed and even executed for “crimes against humanity.”

Its all very creepy and weird. 

Winter is coming, Bruce ✌️ https://t.co/T2nNDkJyCB pic.twitter.com/yCcfNOUiMs

— Jodi Bruhn (@stratejuste) October 7, 2024

So on Sunday, Press Progress released a major story that BC Conservative leader John Rustad had talked to an interviewer in July about supporting Nuremberg 2.0:

A vote for John Rustad's conservative party is akin to confessing you are 🦇💩😜

— timethief 🇨🇦 progressive centrist feminist (@timethief) October 7, 2024

I can’t emphasize enough how legitimately dangerous it is for @JohnRustad4BC to be encouraging the #Nuremberg2 lunatics.

These Shitbirds want people executed for making them wear masks in Costco. https://t.co/95vzWBVlkD

— Diamond Jim Lowe (Parody. Maybe.) (@DiamondJimLowe) October 7, 2024

Rustad later - hours later - issued a statement saying he had misunderstood the interviewer's question.

Antivaxers and the Conservatives are an interesting match. Tell me that’s not weird.

— Allan (@allan_pollock) October 7, 2024

Yeah, sure ... 

You know, Trudeau considers his words very carefully and he works hard to explain complicated concepts and events to Canadians -- look how in the above clip he was trying to get us to understand the complex and difficult issues of church fire crimes, anger toward church-run residential schools, prejudice against religious groups, and so forth. 

Canada needs to respect that kind of effort -- or else we'll just get more yahoo politicians like Runstad who talk shit to curry favour with jerks and then try to get a mulligan by claiming they didn't understand the question.

Understanding the question is their job, damn it!