On Saturday in Montreal a thousand or more protestors marched downtown chanting ‘The Jews are our dogs,’ and cheering not one, but two, banned Islamist terrorist groups -- Hamas and Hezbollah -- in the company of labour leaders and politicians. It didn’t make front-page news. It didn’t make back-page news...As at least one blogger points out, only pro-Palestinian protesters have managed to normalize what would, in any other context, be considered shocking behaviour. Were this thousands of neo-Nazis calling Jews, or blacks, “dogs,” or a mob demanding that Muslim capitals “burn, burn,” or burning Muslim crescents, it would, one presumes, perk up some ears in the newsrooms of the country. Instead, this march was reportedly joined by Parti Quebecois MNA Monique Richard and leaders of three of Quebec’s major labour unions...
For whatever reason, we are seeing rallies in major cities calling for genocide, celebrating terrorism and spouting hatred against a minority group -- but the media is missing the story...
(Kevin Lebin, National Post, January 14th. Read the whole report with more details and even a link to video of the event he describes right here.)
