Hello All! I wanted to share an email I sent to “Curtis” at Victoria Buzz in regards to his recent “journalism” on the Reactionary Left’s recent activism to the upcoming We Unify conference in Victoria BC Canada late next week (archive link so they won’t make money from clicks):
https://web.archive.org/web/20240612164435/https://www.victoriabuzz.com/2024/06/victoria-2slgbtqia-community-and-allies-oppose-reclaiming-canada-conference/
This is not to say I’m a fan of all the people they criticize (I, like you probably, largely, just don’t care), but I do care about the truth and tend to, dare I say HATE one sided “journalism” pretending NOT to be an opinion piece. It was one of the worst examples of “journalism” I’ve seen in… well let’s be honest, weeks? Months? It’s all too common these days. It seems when it comes to 2SLGBTQLMNSLOP+ (does the + stand for HIV status? WHAT IS IN THE PLUS? Probably something perverted. Oh there I go again being a bigot or phobic…oops.) Yes sir/ma’am that is what I say, and if they try to drop a Xir/Xim on my ass that’s the final straw and I’m going to watch Saint Ben Shapiro for answers… [cue meme of Keven Costner doin’ a hicklib].
My email to him in full:
“Hi Curtis,
I read your recent article on the We Unify conference coming up late next week. I feel like your article could use views from the other side as it was quite one sided and seemed like you didn’t interview anyone in favour of the conference to any reasonable degree. For example when you wrote about the speakers, you seemed to do so in the worst possible light. I get that as a “journalist” you have to work within your editorial frame, but you have pushed the boundaries into the absurd. For example, the lack of context for the following:
You wrote this about Southern, but conveniently left out the fact that she was kicked out of the UK for hosting a Muslim LGBTQ+ event there.
Lauren Southern – a provocateur banned from multiple countries
You wrote this about Pawlowski, a polish immigrant who was arrested for feeding homeless people during Covid-19. He’s religious and has a different point of view. The crosswalk for example is also a religious symbol and making it into a crosswalk could be seen as blasphemous.
Artur Pawlowski – notorious for his opposition to a ban on conversion therapy for homosexuals and protesting a rainbow crosswalk
You wrote this on Carpay, President of the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms. When he says authoritarianism, he is saying because it is being forced on others to accept it and embrace it regardless of their own beliefs, which is authoritarian because the government punishes people for not doing so, making it a sort of state religion.
John Carpay – compared the rainbow flag to the swastika and denounced 2SLGBTQIA+ rights as authoritarianism
You said this on Zuby, without noting that the stunt was identifying as a woman only during a weightlifting competition and stopped immediately after simply to show how absurd the rules were. As for JK Rowling, that’s an opinion statement more than it is a fact statement.
Zuby – a vlogger known for performing a stunt mocking transgender people and his professed support of transphobe J.K. Rowling
You said this of Humphrey. I don’t even know if this is a full sentence in the English language. Perhaps it isn’t your first language (I don’t know you) so if that is the case then I don’t blame you as I myself have amateur knowledge of a few languages and I wouldn’t blame myself for my lack of perfect fluency, but I do question your credibility as a journalist. I’m still trying to figure out what you’re even saying here, or why it’s bad. Yep still nothing. It’s like saying: “Drea Humphrey of RebelNews, who is 5’6”, eats her steak medium rare”. I’m embarrassed for you quite honestly.
Drea Humphrey of RebelNews – makes a living by glorifying their likes
Anyways, I do have some advice to ask of you. How do you get a job at a rag like Victoria Buzz? What are they paying you over there? I feel like it might be a time to break into a new line of work and start a career where I get paid to only tell one side of the story, where the Eternal Victims™️ are always fighting Le Evil Bad Guys™️. Please don’t dismiss me, I know a good gig when I see one. I want to promote unity by attacking people trying to unify people by telling obviously, purposefully incomplete truths and misinformation while claiming the moral high ground due to my natural and possibly genetic superiority over the lowly plebs. I would appreciate any advice.
Or was it your editor? Pass this email on if that’s the case. Thanks.
Sincerely,
@LiquidSwan on Twitter.”
I just wanted to send it out there as an example of blatant terrible journalism. I’ll be at the conference. I probably won’t make many posts like this but given how bad it was, I had no option. Hopefully my jokes came across properly. Bye.
Hehehe, now at least he can’t claim there was no comment. Got many a “sensible chuckle”tm out of me, well done!