Rachel NOTLEY and Thomas LUKASZUK, how LOW can they go? - Very Low!
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Summary
Who is being called a Nazi, who is being compared to Adolf Hitler, and why is the premier of Alberta, Daniel Danielle Smith, the Prime Minister of Canada, the former premier of the province, and the former deputy premier, Thomas Lukazic, the leader of the Forever Canadian Campaign, the anti-independence campaign?
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you know the crud that you sometimes have to scrape off the bottom of your shoe
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i'll be talking about two people like that today
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hi it's john and welcome to the channel 237 a.m it is saturday february the 21st i hope you're
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having a great start to your weekend here with the big blue mug of coffee and i really wish i
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didn't have to do a video like this i really wish we could tone things down or let me be more clear i
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wish the other side would tone things down a little bit we live in an odd age we live in the internet
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age and it's very easy for people to hide behind their keyboard when you come to this channel my
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name is on this channel it says john bolton on this channel anything i say on this channel belongs
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to me i'm responsible for what i say if i post on x my name is on x and i'm responsible for what i put
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on x i don't hide behind anonymity which a lot of people do and it's so easy to say things these
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days online and just hide behind that anonymity and i think that's sad i think if you really
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believe in something put your name behind it but it's become increasingly easy to throw around
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things online you know i often say to people i'm glad i didn't have the internet when i was a kid
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i can't imagine the kind of things i would have said online because i was too stupid to stop and think
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you know maybe i shouldn't hit send and though in the old days folks you might write a letter
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because you you felt something deep inside you wanted to get out by sending that letter to that person
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but a lot of it was was animus and it was mean and it was angry and and you had to take the letter
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and put it in an envelope and find a stamp and walk down and mail it and by the time you did that you
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thought you know maybe i shouldn't send the letter so you would tear it up nowadays you just hit send
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and this is the age we live in right now it's so easy to label people with things i mean over the
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years i've been called a racist just for having an opinion on something that people don't like
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people in the street yell at you because you're a call you a fascist it's thrown around so willy-nilly
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the words don't mean anything anymore so we have to go to the next level
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the problem is some of the people throwing these words around
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aren't just anonymous people behind their keyboards do you know what godwin's law is
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yeah i've asked you some questions the last couple of days it's not because i think you're stupid
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you know in broadcasting there's a saying never underestimate the intelligence of your audience
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i mean i went to high school and graduated and went to broadcasting school there are plenty of you
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who have more education than me so i'm not i'm not suggesting that you're stupid
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hell yesterday i asked you if you knew who rube goldberg was as if you were supposed to know that
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but do you know what godwin's law is here is godwin's law
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godwin's law short for godwin's law of nazi analogies is an internet adage asserting as an
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online discussion grows longer the probability of a comparison involving nazis or hitler approaches one
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unfortunately we get to godwin's law a lot quicker these days folks it's the first thing people say
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it's thrown around willy-nilly the words almost have no meaning when you call somebody a nazi
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or compare them to adolf hitler but it has to have meaning deep meaning because it's one of the
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most disgraceful things to happen in human history if not the most disgraceful thing and pardon me for
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this long preamble to get to my point but i thought it was necessary who is being called a nazi
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who is being compared to adolf hitler danielle smith the premier of alberta by people who aren't
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anonymous keyboard warriors but people who should know better
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the former premier of alberta rachel notley and the former deputy premier of this province
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thomas lukazic who just so happens to be the leader of the forever canadian campaign
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the anti-independence group here in alberta and the thing is they rile up their base who absolutely
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love this and it's disgraceful these people notley and lukazic should be denounced and called out for
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this and they need to apologize and danielle smith i've got words from her talking about this for you
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in just a moment and why is danielle smith being called or compared to adolf hitler and nazis because of
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this now these are edited questions for the referendum she announced yesterday these are the
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first four questions and i've broken them down to make it much easier one should alberta decrease
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immigration two should only albertans be eligible for provincial programs three should people have
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to wait 12 months to qualify for those programs and four should there be a fee for non-permanent
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residents to use alberta's health care and education they sound like perfectly good questions
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because here's an absolute fact we've been bringing too many people into this country and danielle smith
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is saying listen we have too many people coming here they're filling up our health care system
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they're filling up our education system and this is an issue that needs to be discussed
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and the people of alberta will decide in a referendum in the fall
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the federal government thinks this is a good thing here's an article from the national post
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feds won't stand in the way of alberta's fall referendum stress common immigration goals just
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a little bit of this i'm not going to read all this to you federal officials said they won't stand
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in the way of alberta premier danielle smith's plan to put a number of constitutional
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and immigration related questions to a referendum in the fall and say they're already taking
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meaningful steps to bring migration down to a sustainable level because it's unsustainable
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yet danielle smith i'm going to get to the comments from rachel notley and thomas lakazic in a moment on
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but here's credit where it's due this is rick bell i saw this at one o'clock this morning when i woke up
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daniel smith the nazi rachel notley and lakazic should be denounced where's the condemnation of
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rachel notley and thomas lakazic from comparing smith to nazis a year ago alberta premier daniel
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smith was called a traitor now smith is compared to hitler's nazis and she's not compared to the
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nazis by the usual unhinged social media bottom feeder no smith is slimed by the former premier
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of alberta that's rachel notley smith is also slimed by the former deputy premier of alberta that's
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thomas lakazic and by the way lakazic is also the main man for the anti-independent side of the
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alberta independence debate these are big names they should know better this should be beneath them
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well said he goes on to say that if if somebody in the united conservative party were saying
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something like this against rachel notley it would be an uproar it would be a national media
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story but it isn't right now i want to read something to you i think i may have used this on
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my channel before i'm going to bring it up on the screen here now this is from the holocaust
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memorial day trust i can't recall why i use this but i have used this before you may have heard this
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before first they came by pastor martin niemahler and there's a reason i'm reading this because rachel
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notley used this not exactly but she twisted it to slime danielle smith first they came for the
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communist and i did not speak out because i was not a communist then they came for the socialist and i
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did not speak out because i was not a socialist then they came for the trade unionist and i did not
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speak out because i was not a trade unionist then they came for the jews and i did not speak out
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because i was not a jew then they came for me and there was no one left to speak out for me very
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strong words. And let's go to Rachel Notley. Here she is here. Sorry, I had to reload the page
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there. First, they came for the trans people. Then they came for the unionized workers. Next,
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it was judges. Now it's immigrants. If you think that you or someone you love won't be next,
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you're sorely mistaken, obviously, using the poem I just read to you to write this paragraph right
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here. It's disgraceful. UCP voter, NDP voter, pro-environment, pro-business, rich or poor,
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these things don't matter. What matters is that we have the moral strength to call out this vile,
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divisive tactic by this premier. This is a vile and divisive tactic by this former premier of this
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province. And no doubt playing on the ignorance of the people who don't know that poem I just read
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to you, I did. I know what she's trying to say here. Daniel Smith's a Nazi. She's like Adolf Hitler.
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There is only one vote I want. It's called an election. Then we can rid our province of the
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worst premier and the worst government in the history of Alberta, invoking Nazi Germany and
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Adolf Hitler for partisan politics. What a low thing to do, Rachel Notley. There are people coming
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on here. Rachel, thank you for being brave enough to speak out. Obviously, Anna Small doesn't get the
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connotation or maybe she does. There are other people here are saying, listen, all we're getting here
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as a vote. We get to say what we want in this province. Well done to McKinnon Godlian for this.
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And then over to Thomas Lukasik. Recently, UCP government advertised that Alberta is open for
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business, wanting to grow Alberta's population to 10 million by 2030. Now influx on new Canadians is
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blamed for overcrowded hospital schools and the deficit. In reality, mismanagement is the culprit,
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not immigrants. Immigrants are not Alberta's problem. They're here legally, which is important in this.
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They're the ones serving you coffee at Timmy's. Immigrants are the engine of our economy.
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There start most small businesses. But we're not talking about the people who are here legally.
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We want fewer brought here. There's too many. There are people who are coming here claiming
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refugee status and people who here stay too long. We want them to leave. But there is a pattern.
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Populist governments need a scapegoat, a culprit, an outgroup. For Hitler, it was Jews. For Trump,
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it's Latinos. In Rwanda, it was the Tutsis. It's an un-Canadian and deplorable political
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strategy. This is disgraceful, Thomas Lukasik. You're a disgraceful human being. I am denouncing
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you for what you say. And the same goes for Rachel Notley. How dare you?
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Premier Danielle Smith was asked about this and she gave a hell of a good answer.
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Today, Rachel Notley and Thomas Lukasik have thrown out accusations of Nazi tactics when
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referring to this immigration approach. Could you comment on that as well, please?
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That's gross. It's just disgusting. Any mention to if you're going to call somebody a Nazi,
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you better be referring to the Holocaust and the devastation that that caused to the Jewish
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people. That is disgusting language and it should never be used. If they want to have a serious
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conversation about immigration levels, let's have it. That's what a referendum is all about.
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And quite frankly, as I've mentioned, this is the same kind of policy that was affirmed last week
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by the federal government when it came to saying that temporary foreign workers should have private
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insurance when they arrive. It's the same policy that already exists in Ontario. And we are asking
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Albertans if they want to have a system that puts Albertans, citizens as well as permanent
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residents first when it comes to taxpayer-funded programs and then have reasonable premiums and the
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ability of those who are temporary to access the programs with their own resources. But that kind of
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An excellent response from Premier Danielle Smith. A great answer from a classy lady, a classy leader,
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unlike the former Premier of the province, Rachel Notley, and the former Deputy Premier, Thomas Lukasik.
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I hope I haven't gone on too long on this. I hope I haven't. But there's something that's been missed
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here, in particular in Rick Bell's article, which is an excellent article, but he didn't go one step
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further. He didn't make a connection that I'm going to make right now. If Danielle Smith is being
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compared to Adolf Hitler and to the Nazi party for her belief that we have too many people coming to
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Alberta and for her allowing Albertans to vote on immigration here, by extension, am I a Nazi? Because
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I agree with Danielle Smith and millions of other Albertans feel the same way. And there are a lot of
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nuts out there, folks. And being a Nazi or being like Adolf Hitler is probably the worst thing you
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can be. Plenty of people commented on Thomas Lukasik's post agreeing with him, and he said the
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word Hitler. And plenty of people agreed with former Premier Rachel Notley. She alluded to Hitler. I'm sure
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some people got the connection. There's nothing worse than a Nazi, folks. How long before somebody acts on
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this? I may be walking down the street because of my views and somebody comes after me. After all,
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you're just attacking a Nazi. Now, it wouldn't be Lukasik's fault and it wouldn't be Notley's fault.
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It would be that person's fault for acting on it. But this is the kind of area we're getting into here.
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We need to tone things down. I think we all need to tone things down. But I think what they've done
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here is vile. They need to be denounced. Feel free to find their posts on Facebook. Very simple to find.
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It's right at the top of their Facebook posts right now. Drop in a little comment, but be respectful.
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I think you need to apologize, Thomas. I think you need to apologize, Rachel. Shame on you for going this
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low. Let me know what you think. If you like the video, give it a thumbs up. Subscribe to the channel.
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but he just had to go here. I'll see you in the next one.