Gatineau's mayor resigns, city councilor Alicia Despins denounces a hostile work climate in Quebec City and just last week Lotbinière-Frontenac MP Isabelle Lecours closed her constituency office due to threats.
A surprising number of anonymous people are cheering on the X network: “They were looking for it, they deserve it, no pity.”
X: the swamp of social networks
Unless certain job functions require them to do so, no sane person would want to use the old Twitter anymore.
Since Elon Musk became its boss, X has become a den of misogynistic, angry fraudsters obsessed with health measures and COVID vaccinations.
For these users, it is normal for an elected official to be threatened.
Selected excerpts
“Elected officials get what they deserve.”
“No elected official who works for the real world has ever been threatened.”
“The overused concept of left-wing victimhood is specious.”
“lol 🤡🤡🤡 People have been threatened by the journalists (sic) and the political dogs for three years and that doesn't matter, does it?”
“Threats and harassment may be the order of the day for elected officials, but closing the office means a breakdown.” Poor female response. Would you have closed the office in the same situation? If so, you are a feminized man.” (sic)
These pearls of intelligence are offered to you by users hiding under false names and fake photos, usually accompanied by a pirate flag. They welcome the threats to elected officials and blame the numerous departures on what they call “the weakness of women.”
I've been saying it for a long time, there's something sick about these men (99% of comments like this come from “male” accounts).
How did we get there? Will we really tolerate this trend any longer?