Is there anyone home?

They use their mom’s last name.

I grew up in a house where my mother, my, and my stepfathers last names were all different. It caused small problem maybe… twice. It’s really not a big deal.

To be clear, that’s a Québécois(e) wedding, it’s not like that outside of there (but would be fantastic if it was.)

Do they take both names?

This happened in my family, to me, and yes. My middle and last names are my parents last names. Another person I know took the hyphenated version of their parents last names.

I meant this part:

…what followed was weeks of relentless harassment flooding my inboxes, demanding that I be fired, claiming that “people like me should not exist.”

Some said they knew where I lived.

I forwarded every message to my managers, every time requesting four things: for advice and support on how to deal with the harassment, for CTV to issue a cease-and-desist letter to HRC, clarification on whether there were any rules against showing a keffiyeh or Palestinian flag on TV, and whether leadership stood behind my coverage.

Each time, I was met with silence or indifference.

If someone threatens my co-workers, I take it seriously.

However, the next morning I woke up to an onslaught of emails and DMs from HRC members who took issue with a visual detail: one of the people I interviewed was wearing a keffiyeh and holding a Palestinian flag. HRC labeled this man an “anti-Israel, pro-Palestinian protester,” and what followed was weeks of relentless harassment flooding my inboxes, demanding that I be fired, claiming that “people like me should not exist.”

Some said they knew where I lived.

I forwarded every message to my managers, every time requesting four things: for advice and support on how to deal with the harassment, for CTV to issue a cease-and-desist letter to HRC, clarification on whether there were any rules against showing a keffiyeh or Palestinian flag on TV, and whether leadership stood behind my coverage.

Each time, I was met with silence or indifference.

Then, several months after the broadcast, my story had quietly disappeared from CTV’s website. The video report and copy had been unpublished without explanation or consultation and replaced with a short copy rewritten by a young, white male colleague. My name had been removed from the byline along with the quote from the protester. In doing so, CTV News breached its own Corrections Policy, which clearly states: “We do not, except in very narrow circumstances, unpublish articles or videos.” This policy is echoed throughout most journalism outlets. Online journalism is a part of historical records and archives. While incorrect information should be corrected and clarified, keeping stories online reflects a commitment to transparency, accuracy, and fairness.

How depressing. How is this legal?

Yeah to be clear, I’m saying they’re just claiming that. Like I said, no proof, just ‘seriously we claim this, trust us.’

It’s ridiculous.

It’s terrifying how the government can just declare something to be a terrorist organization with no proof at all. Just ‘they raise, uh, money. For… uh… terrorism?’

Soon to be a bald one, too.

I remember loving everything about this game except the name and the controls; truly baffling decisions there, haha.

I’ll do my best, yes.

Good luck, everyone. I genuinely hope you make it through as okay as you can.

I’m curious what Con voters will tell themselves after we lose this. And then whatever they take after that. What do they think, internally? Is it enough for them that people they’ve never met suffer, or do they require it to be specific people?

Good luck everyone, I am starting to feel a very real fear.

Too bad the voters won’t hold her to account for it.

Well you didn’t write a typo, so why the fuck are you talking about them?

Whoever designed whatever the fuck you’re supposed to be forgot how English grammar works, I suspect.

I’ll let your leash-holder figure it out.

👌👍 Meanwhile screeching because of ads and I have to pay.

And what the hell is this line? Is this supposed to be English?

There’s also this study from 2017, if you want more info on this.

We didn’t say they were stupid, we said wilfully ignorant, which they are quite literally being. Women aren’t doing the same thing, so it’s clear there are ways around it that men aren’t using.

But we’re not in the correct-information-only age. There’s a lot of noise to filter out, and most people aren’t trained well enough to do that (i.e. critical thinking).

I think my point is it’s not ‘most people’ being untrained, because apparently women are not falling for the same thing. So we clearly already have the tools, just men (by and large) aren’t using them.