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Old 9th Dec 2011, 02:31 PM   #1
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Default Not the best day for NATIONAL POST...

Seriously National Post, seriously?? Canada is better than that!!! It's the 21st century! Either National Post was paid good money for this ad, or someone in the advertising department is seriously prejudiced and uneducated.

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Canadian Newspaper Runs Full-Page Anti-Gay, Anti-Transgender Ad

We all know that newspapers decide which ads they'll run and which ads are inappropriate, right? Well a rather misguided ad was allowed to run in Canada's National Post today. This is just sad.
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Canadian Newspaper Runs Full-Page Anti-Gay, Anti-Transgender Ad
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Old 9th Dec 2011, 07:14 PM   #2
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Wasn't this a long time ago?
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Old 10th Dec 2011, 12:03 PM   #3
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Default Re: Not the best day for NATIONAL POST...

I've noticed that the national post is full of offensive stuff

But I just read this editorial of theirs, they're really sinking to new lows of disgusting craziness
Toronto, City of Sissies: Christie Blatchford | Full Comment | National Post
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Yeah this was a couple months back. That article though by Christie sickens me.
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Yeah this was a couple months back. That article though by Christie sickens me.
Especially because from the look of it she's a tomboy herself. She doesn't look very 'girly', why is she allowed to be herself but people born with penises have to fit a mould, like some kind of curse or punishment?
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I bet Christie has never seen positive male rolemodels and thinks that violence is normal in society.
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I bet Christie has never seen positive male rolemodels and thinks that violence is normal in society.
More sadly, despite being one herself, she's never had a positive female role model and thinks femininity is something shameful that in order to display you must be able to hide behind the excuse of being female.
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As far as the article, I just don't understand how any human being can see children hugging and think this is a problem?

That ad is so ridiculous though. Since when do cisgendered children get "confused" because schools talk about queer people? I can't believe this has even happened.
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As far as the article, I just don't understand how any human being can see children hugging and think this is a problem?
Half way through reading the article, the quote in my sig came to mind.

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