At Judge Kavanaugh’s SCOTUS hearing, former law clerk Zina Bash held an Okay sign for cameras. Social media accused her of being a racist, saying the sign has been co-opted by the racists to indicate white power. In the article below, Dylan Matthews traces the origin of this myth to its source to claim that Zina Bash was not doing so. Here is my rebuttal to his article. I sent him a copy by email.

No, a former Kavanaugh clerk didn’t flash a “white power sign.” Here’s what really happened.​ 

By Dylan Matthews

My reply sent to this writer.

Great article
Lots of research. Well done.

2 Problems. What and where the sign might have started matters not, as it is now becoming a sign for White Power. Most people have not and won’t do any research similar to you. They just follow things that trend. Same for racists.
14 words did not arrive graven in stone. They have to be proposed and adopted, first as the words themselves then as the code/slang 14 or 14 words.

Lastly, the rush defense of Zina Bash has a few extra elements to it. 1) She has been called Kavanaugh’s Mistress, prior to or engaged in due to body language. Nice slight.

Next the “she was rest her fingers” argument is spacious. Just try it with your own fingers.

But lastly, you will admit there has been some controversy, true or not true. That even her friends and husband have weighed in on the matter. So the chances are that she knows nothing of this discussion are seemingly impossible.

So why is it on the second day, after all this fuss, she flashed the white power sign a second time? She is either trolling libs with a racist sign or she is a racist. In either case, those who are and those who help the racists even if only by trolling are still racist. You don’t get a little bit pregnant with racists and racism. Even if your job was to flash the okay sign at a bank robber, you still get the full ten years as everyone else, cause you are a party to crime.

Thanks for the article it was a good read, even if I disagree with you on some major points.

CAQ says it would expel immigrants who fail to learn French in 3 years

‘”Speaking early Friday, Legault said new immigrants would be given a temporary permit upon entry and then have three years to take free language courses and pass a basic French-language test. Those who fail would not be granted permission to stay and would be considered to be in the country illegally, he said.  I will be open to accommodations, if someone has learning difficulties,” he told reporters.’

The benevolence of his racism, is he not kind to those people? That but for his proposal, it is he who will be putting them into such jeopardy. Not only will they fail the test, they will be removed from Quebec because of it. I can see the video now, Storm trooper dragging elderly minority women into the streets all the while screaming at them to “parle français” as they kick and punch peacefully resisting people for the crime of not being adult learners.

Seriously, the legal implications of this ethno nationalist racist are overwhelming.

Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms

6. (1) Every citizen of Canada has the right to enter, remain in and leave Canada.

(2) Every citizen of Canada and every person who has the status of a permanent resident of Canada has the right

(a) to move to and take up residence in any province;

So once admitted to the province they should be able to pick up and leave for other places. I am so very sure there will be new residency rules against this if there are not already.

Let us do go on:

13. A witness who testifies in any proceedings has the right not to have any incriminating evidence so given used to incriminate that witness in any other proceedings, except in a prosecution for perjury or for the giving of contradictory evidence.

Don’t take the test…

Since the test will put you into legal jeopardy of being illegally tossed from Quebec, you can refuse to take the test as legitimate fear of self incriminating.

Would the courts hold that such a government “Test” to be seen as a form of testifying? Or as a form of medical test like a breath test for DUI? However, the certain thing is the jeopardy inherent in the answer. Fail the test and Language Brown Shirts are beating on your door to deport you.

So is this even a viable plan? The answer is of course not. The reason why they are proposing it in the first place is because it is a wink and a nudge to the racists’ side of Quebec who hate any immigrants as being “les Autre”. In other words, they are trying to score points with the xenophobic racists.

For shame upon you all.

The CAQ is not ready for prime time.