A test by David Santarossa that does not miss its target

For Lussier, the fact that the philosopher Rhéa Jean, known for questioning the doxa of gender theory and transgenderism, was heckled by a group of activists from the start of her presentation on trans identity at UQAM where she had been invited, is not a case of censorship, but proof that freedom of expression exists, while the speaker's request to the protesters to let her speak without heckling is a demonstration of censorship! Such an attitude, he denounces, “testifies to a funambulistic intellectual gymnastics intended to justify, despite everything, the actions of bullies”. Santarossa points out that Lussier's book received a more than favorable reception in major media such as La Presse, Radio-Canada and Le Devoir, while a book by Mathieu Bock-Côté will never benefit from such complacent coverage.

Objective speech?

In the documentary Breaking the Code, presented on Télé-Québec, Nicolas Houde-Sauvé and Fabrice Vil intend to demonstrate that systemic racism exists in Quebec. However, this film, presented as an educational tool, is far from being objective, says Santarossa. We have “carefully chosen individuals whose testimonies point in the same direction: all are dissatisfied with the immigration situation in Quebec; all without exception consider having suffered discrimination, racism and “microaggressions”; none of them mention that his integration went well or that his school or professional career took place in an environment free of racism”. And yet cases of successful integration abound in Quebec. Again, the same media applauded: Radio-Canada, La Presse and Le Devoir. To amalgamate certain racist remarks with the desire to francize immigrants, as the authors of this documentary do, is contemptuous. This documentary is deeply dishonest and hurtful to Quebec and Quebecers, concludes the author.

The Aboriginal question is also addressed in this essay. Santarossa first recalls that the people of Quebec form a minority nation rooted in this land that it has occupied since the 17th century, with its language and culture. We are therefore not foreigners, but many natives who have built this country, he pleads. However, woke thought intends to “delegitimize the historic majority still present in Quebec”, by presenting as “oppressive and unjust the laws it gives itself in an attempt to persist”. Such accusations are found in Kuei, I salute you. 

If you are short of arguments to neutralize the woke speech, I strongly recommend you this book written in an accessible language.

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