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Fired for not being sufficiently histrionic

Fired for not being sufficiently histrionic

The illiberal cancellation of Jim McMurtry

Jun 10, 2023
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The morally and politically reprehensible suspension and subsequent firing of Jim McMurtry from his position as a secondary school teacher in British Columbia for the “crime” of telling his students the truth is carefully dissected by skilled blogger and prolific writer James Pew on the other side of the paywall.

McMurtry’s treatment is a painful reminder that challenging the orthodox position on indigenous issues with indisputable factual evidence is sufficient grounds for being victimized in our increasingly ”woke” country, especially if this is perceived as hurting the feelings of our fragile snowflakes masquerading as high school students.

Translation: indigenous feelings, emotions, and recently manufactured “knowings” now take precedence in our public institutions over Western knowledge based on the Enlightenment scientific method, a mode of reasoning that is disparaged as modern, dispassionate, colonial, paternalist, and racist regardless of its universal applicability and extraordinary achievements in every conceivable domain of life.

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