We get very excited about the PQ’s decision not to want to be seen alongside singer Émile Bilodeau during the June 24 show on the Plains of Abraham.
There is a big truck in the blind spot of this debate.
Freedom?
Some turn it into a debate on freedom of expression. This is the wrong way to pose the problem.
Who denies the singer’s right to hate the PQ and Law 21, and to say so? Person.
One could certainly wish on his part an argument that is something other than a string of clichés at the level of a woke leftist who is starting a bachelor’s degree in political science.
But no one orders him to shut up.
Besides, he makes extensive use of his freedom to say nonsense.
The PQ also did not ask that the animation of the show be withdrawn. He just says he doesn’t want to be by her side.
Is the PQ wrong or not? Put yourself in his place for a moment.
Here is a 26-year-old freluquet who says he wishes you dead, who passes you off as a cryptoracist, and who openly militates for QS, the worst enemy of the PQ.
This olibrius is the master of ceremonies of the evening to which you are invited.
And we should shut up, smile, and pretend that we will have a pleasant evening with friends?
Frankly…
There is a big truck in the blind spot of this debate, I said.
Who proposed Émile Bilodeau as host? The Mouvement national des Québécois (MNQ), organizer of the June 24 festivities.
The young man is offered a good platform. He agrees, and that’s normal.
The PQ does not want to be seen in his company, and that is normal.
What is not normal is the conduct of the MNQ.
It is unthinkable that the MNQ was not aware of the positions of the singer, who does not miss an opportunity to recall them.
It is unthinkable that the MNQ did not anticipate that this choice would upset not only the PQ, but many supporters of Law 21, supported by the vast majority of nationalists.
It’s so unthinkable that the MNQ didn’t see the storm coming because of two things: either this organization is run by completely incompetent people… or its management knew exactly what it was doing and what that she was going to cause.
The MNQ wanted to justify itself by saying that there are 650 scenes to animate on June 24. He takes us for idiots.
We entrust Mr. Bilodeau with the animation on the Plains of Abraham, not at Ascot Corner or at Kénogami.
Mess
As one reader noted, when you want to gather, you choose a gatherer. Too complicated for the MNQ to understand?
If the MNQ persists, it will be blamed. If he backs down, so will he.
The mess is complete. The damage is done. THANKS.