The so called drunken video of the Mayor of Toronto relies almost entirely on the fact that the Mayor is fat and pink. As a fellow fat, pink person, I know that the video would have been BORING if the Mayor had been thin and slick.
The video shows a man, in a private home, speaking to guests, either before or after a meeting. Other than the normal gait of a large, fat man, the video shows a man talking in hyperbole about making someone or something dead. It is obvious that he is talking about politics, not about murder.
No where in the reporting does anyone question whether the Mayor was in his own home when the video was taken.
No where in the reporting does anyone mention the Mayor's right to privacy.
Frankly, I think this tempest has a two pronged agenda.
The subtext of a video showing the Mayor smoking crack is aimed at trying to continue the stupid war on drugs. Reporters who stalk alleged users are just falling into the old pattern of making drug users the bad guys, as if casual drug use is worse than addiction to alcohol.
Someone wants to use ridicule as a way to get the Mayor to resign. I object to using ridicule against someone just because they are pink and fat.
I could tell you stories of how pink, fat people using a wheelchair are treated. My favorite is the woman who patted me on the head, as if I were a child.
But all this tempest is a GREAT way to study an unfolding dirty trick and how easy it is to sucker the media into destroying someone.
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