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It is Christmas week, and there is a level of tired in this nation, and even the world, that I have not felt since 9-11. That was my first world-shattering event which I navigated from an adult perspective, and that altered the course of the way we relate to each other and the world around us.
What is tragic about this pandemic is that the enemy is not outside of us but within us. But just as terrorism and jihad altered how we view other humans, so has this damned virus. Just like the ugly leftist tropes of race and class, now, whether you are a vector of human transmission (and we all are) is being used as a bone of contention and separation to divide us, rather than unite us.
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If over the weekend you heard the echoes of holiday music blasting from the streets of Toronto or caught a glimpse of floats full of children and wondered what the heck was going on, you re not alone, seeing as anti-mask ralliers held an illegal gathering in the form of a Christmas parade.
Santa Claus Parade busting a move to Mariah showing how we do Toronto style! Great moves! #TorontoSantaClausParadepic.twitter.com/LFbdnOdhPU Rowan (@canmericanized) December 20, 2020
The event took place in the downtown core on Sunday, with a march and a motorcade moving down the city s main thoroughfare and congregating at sites such as Yonge-Dundas Square.