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Did Darryl Cooper (MartyrMade) Turn James Lindsay Woke? | A Critical Compass Clip
The recent firestorm ignited by Darryl Cooper's appearance on the Tucker Carlson podcast has resulted in some surprising revelations about several stalwarts of the anti-woke and conservative intellectual space.
In particular, James Lindsay has been an outspoken critic of the interview, utilizing language in his admonishments more reminiscent of the type of tone we see taken in the reflexive reactions of outraged woke leftists.
What are we to make of a situation where we find our heroes of the anti-woke movement behaving in the very ways they have cautioned and taught us explicitly not to when faced with controversial and uncomfortable speech?
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Did Darryl Cooper (MartyrMade) Turn James Lindsay Woke? | A Critical Compass Clip
The recent firestorm ignited by Darryl Cooper's appearance on the Tucker Carlson podcast has resulted in some surprising revelations about several stalwarts of the anti-woke and conservative intellectual space.
In particular, James Lindsay has been an outspoken critic of the interview, utilizing language in his admonishments more reminiscent of the type of tone we see taken in the reflexive reactions of outraged woke leftists.
What are we to make of a situation where we find our heroes of the anti-woke movement behaving in the very ways they have cautioned and taught us explicitly not to when faced with controversial and uncomfortable speech?
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Canadian Lawyer Explains COVID Court Rulings feat. Eva Chipiuk | A Critical Compass Discussion
As the results of COVID-19 vaccine mandate arbitration rulings start to roll in, even with the wins come questions about how exactly arbitration works, how binding the decisions are, and what sort of precedence -- if any -- they set for future grievances.
Eva Chipiuk was gracious enough to join us on the show again to chat about a recent -- albeit short -- decision regarding terminated healthcare workers from the William Osler Health System and give good context to how it compares to some other more comprehensive rulings currently on the books.
In the second half of the episode, we touch on topics of censorship, how provinces can change how they advocate for their residents against an overreaching federal government, and where everyday Canadians should really be directing their frustrations to truly be effective and empowered citizens.
Eva Chipiuk is the founder of Empowered Canadians, an organization with the goal of fostering an informed and participatory democracy, united by a shared passion for civic engagement. https://empoweredcanadians.ca/about/
Follow Eva on X: https://x.com/echipiuk
https://www.youtube.com/@echipiuk
https://chipiuk.ca/
Big thanks to Eva for chatting with us again!
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00:00 Intro
01:02 WOHS arbitration ruling overview
05:43 Who can be an arbitrator and how binding are their decisions?
09:09 Mike's righteously indignant screed!
11:30 Eva provides context
21:50 What's the value of arbitration?
24:47 Being cautious with the results
28:05 The case for mandate arbitration
32:44 Could this happen again? The impact of censorship
35:03 Better delineating the 3 levels of government control
42:09 Eva's upcoming book "Reconnect to Canada"
47:18 More than mean posts on X!
53:02 Closing thoughts
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Show links and further reading:
Canadian Independent report on the William Osler Health System arbitration: https://x.com/canindependent/status/1825665064436998310
CUPE arbitration: https://www.canlii.org/en/on/onla/doc/2024/2024canlii76299/2024canlii76299.pdf
Mike's X rant: https://x.com/thecritcomp/status/1825768454764593646
Teamsters/Purolator arbitration ruling: https://www.canlii.org/en/ca/cala/doc/2023/2023canlii120937/2023canlii120937.html?resultIndex=1&resultId=9b29a846af67442b8af7ddd7b10cf438&searchId=2024-08-27T18:33:54:134/03fdd9b0bb424516b23a13b7155117c9&searchUrlHash=AAAAAQAFY292aWQAAAAAAQ
Ontario Nurses arbitration: https://www.canlii.org/en/on/onla/doc/2024/2024canlii14991/2024canlii14991.html?resultIndex=1&resultId=6d9a574c83c443ac83148f80e4f43868&searchId=2024-03-01T11:48:12:495/e5b0a85118ed47368108e16126f4f14d
Canadian Military propaganda: https://ottawacitizen.com/news/national/defence-watch/military-leaders-saw-pandemic-as-unique-opportunity-to-test-propaganda-techniques-on-canadians-forces-report-says
#covid19 #cdnpoli #dialogue #lawyer
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Vax Mandate Arbitration Rulings Are Coming | A Critical Compass Clip
The results of many COVID-19 vaccine mandate arbitration rulings are starting to roll in, and Eva Chipiuk joined us to chat about a recent -- albeit short -- decision regarding some terminated heathcare workers from the William Osler Health System and how it compares to some other more comprehensive rulings on the books.
Thanks to Eva Chipiuk for chatting with us again!
Eva Chipiuk is the founder of Empowered Canadians, an organization with the goal of fostering an informed and participatory democracy, united by a shared passion for civic engagement. https://empoweredcanadians.ca/about/
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William Osler Health System arbitration: https://x.com/canindependent/status/1825665064436998310
Mike's X rant: https://x.com/thecritcomp/status/1825768454764593646
Teamsters/Purolator arbitration ruling: https://www.canlii.org/en/ca/cala/doc/2023/2023canlii120937/2023canlii120937.html?resultIndex=1&resultId=9b29a846af67442b8af7ddd7b10cf438&searchId=2024-08-27T18:33:54:134/03fdd9b0bb424516b23a13b7155117c9&searchUrlHash=AAAAAQAFY292aWQAAAAAAQ
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https://www.youtube.com/@echipiuk
https://chipiuk.ca/
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Jurisdictional Control Within Canada | A Critical Compass Clip
Where does the true power to enact and enforce legislation reside in Canada? What do "mandates" or "regulations" really mean when you get past the sensationalized headlines, and what kind of influence do everyday Canadians have to challenge them? What role do everyday Canadians play in ensuring the checks and balances that exist between levels of government are respected?
Thanks to Eva Chipiuk for chatting with us again!
Eva Chipiuk is the founder of Empowered Canadians, an organization with the goal of fostering an informed and participatory democracy, united by a shared passion for civic engagement. https://empoweredcanadians.ca/about/
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UK Riots: Justified Response to Crime or Far-Right Extremism? | A Critical Compass Discussion
Is what we are witnessing the past couple weeks in the UK more indicative of a far-right white supremacist uprising, or a justified (or at least predictable) response to what may be called the emergence of a 2-tiered justice system overtaking the West?
It feels more and more that we are being told to reject the evidence of our own eyes and ears when it comes to the worrying rise of violent crime and the relatively lax punishments being levied against the statistically most common demographics committing those crimes.
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00:00 Intro
01:35 UK Riots: Who's messaging do we believe?
06:52 "Armchair Rioter" / Think before you post, comrade!
10:33 What is "online violence?"
15:55 Gaslighting creates more violence
21:06 Anna Slatz on UK judges
25:24 2-tiered justice?
30:53 Tangent: "inalienable rights" and why Western values are important
36:54 International brain drain
40:03 How much responsibility does the West bear?
46:44 Benefits of cultural homogeneity?
50:48 The power of labels
52:58 Christopher Hitchens on "Islamophobia"
59:21 The perception of controversy
1:01:48 How is this sustainable?
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Links and further reading:
"Armchair Rioter" https://x.com/Jevaughn_Brown/status/1822270615191003186
Muslim abuser didn't know it was r*pe: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2268395/Adil-Rashid-Paedophile-claimed-Muslim-upbringing-meant-didnt-know-illegal-sex-girl-13.html
Anna Slatz documenting questionable UK judges decisions: https://x.com/Slatzism/status/1822257006608011373
Christopher Hitchens on "Islamophobia" in 2009: https://x.com/lporiginalg/status/1820897772582617373
Reduxx Magazine: https://reduxx.info/about/
StatCan on the major waves of immigration in Canadian history up until the 2011 census: https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/11-630-x/11-630-x2016006-eng.htm
#immigration #ukriots #racism #farright
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Why Does Everyone Want to Live in the Racist West? | A Critical Compass Clip
How do we square the idea of Canada being an irredeemably racist nation with a horrific genocidal past, in which everyone somehow still wants to live? We seem to have a conundrum in the messaging when we look at the reality of modern immigration policy.
Have we "devalued" the process whereby we used to vet and integrate immigrants into Canada? Is the natural conclusion of a somewhat "open border" temporary foreign worker policy necessarily that you will have a higher percentage of people who bring their homeland's ideologies and problems with them and integrate into their new homeland less because of it?
Further reading -- StatCan on the major waves of immigration in Canadian history up until the 2011 census: https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/11-630-x/11-630-x2016006-eng.htm
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Personal Agency & "The Marginalized" | A Critical Compass Clip
Can the way we employ language affect our ability to view ourselves as active agents vs. passive participants in our own lives? Perhaps more importantly, is it possible that there might be a concerted effort from governments, institutions, and media corporations to frame important aspects of the personal agency we all inherently possess as being contingent on them or their particular interests?
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Trump, Free Speech, & Right Wing Cancel Culture | A Critical Compass Discussion
For roughly the last decade, the political right has been fairly consistently united in its denunciation of "cancel culture" -- namely because they have been the consistent victim of it. In the hands of a coordinated media/institutional/big tech apparatus seemingly controlled by and for the left, one thing has been clear: Cancel culture is wrong. It unfairly punishes people in real life for off-hand or unserious remarks they make online, and otherwise minor transgressions can become artificially amplified through the viral potential of controversial online discourse.
Now, in the wake of the attempted assassination of Donald Trump, a situation emerges in which members of the political right find themselves in possession of what they view as justified cancellations. As members of the left publicly air their disappointment at the missed shot, the right's dilemma will be whether to accept the hypocrisy and execute those public shamings, or take a higher road and abide by the principals about which they felt so strongly when they were in the crosshairs of their political opponents.
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00:00 Intro
01:40 Underlying resentments coming out
04:28 I Am Leah's takes
09:03 The Employer vs. The Online Mob
13:31 A consequence of modern technology
15:02 How media rhetoric seeds and feeds the narrative
25:21 Josie The Redheaded Libertarian's take
27:22 Lauren Southern's take
32:19 Dave Smith's take
36:33 Thought experiment - Can it still be justified pragmatically?
42:51 Closing thoughts
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Sources used in video:
I Am Leah:
https://x.com/bossy_leah/status/1813625226829156779
https://x.com/bossy_leah/status/1813673622898188544
TRHL:
https://x.com/trhlofficial/status/1813628609669865714
Lauren Southern:
https://x.com/lauren_southern/status/1813975037223006300
Dave Smith (timestamped to clip shown in episode):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B21-GkamVYc&t=3307s
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Now, in the wake of the attempted assassination of Donald Trump, a situation emerges in which members of the political right find themselves in possession of what they view as justified cancellations. As members of the left publicly air their disappointment at the missed shot, the right's dilemma will be whether to accept the hypocrisy and execute those public shamings, or take a higher road and abide by the principals about which they felt so strongly when they were in the crosshairs of their political opponents.
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00:00 Intro
01:40 Underlying resentments coming out
04:28 I Am Leah's takes
09:03 The Employer vs. The Online Mob
13:31 A consequence of modern technology
15:02 How media rhetoric seeds and feeds the narrative
25:21 Josie The Redheaded Libertarian's take
27:22 Lauren Southern's take
32:19 Dave Smith's take
36:33 Thought experiment - Can it still be justified pragmatically?
42:51 Closing thoughts
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Sources used in video:
I Am Leah:
https://x.com/bossy_leah/status/1813625226829156779
https://x.com/bossy_leah/status/1813673622898188544
TRHL:
https://x.com/trhlofficial/status/1813628609669865714
Lauren Southern:
https://x.com/lauren_southern/status/1813975037223006300
Dave Smith (timestamped to clip shown in episode):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B21-GkamVYc&t=3307s
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Cancelling the Cancellers - The Dilemma of the Right | A Critical Compass Clip
Is it ethically permissible for the right to play the "cancel culture" game since that is the way the left's current institutional control was obtained? Do the ends justify the means, or is the pursuit of a cancel-free culture via cancel culture tactics ultimately incoherent and unsustainable in the long run for a high trust society?
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"I Wish He Didn't Miss" | A Critical Compass Clip
Does the potential for amplification and virality in today's social media landscape change the way we should approach commenting on political scandals? And does the media bear any responsibility for those scandals due to some of the rhetoric they deploy against their political enemies?
***Note on what Mike said at the end of this clip: It was actually The New Republic which ran a cover featuring a photograph of Trump stylized in the style of 1932 H*tler campaign poster. The post can still be viewed on X here: https://x.com/newrepublic/status/1810009748697448541
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Productive Political Engagement for All Canadians w/Eva Chipiuk | A Critical Compass Discussion
What can Canadians do to foster better dialogue? This week, Mike & James had the pleasure of sitting down with Edmonton-based lawyer, author, and popular commentator Eva Chipiuk to discuss a number of social and political issues affecting everyday Canadians. From what piqued her interest in law, to her journey from being labeled a "tree-hugger" all the way to a "right-wing extremist", to navigating the modern day nuanced-challenged professional class, Eva gives listeners a unique insight into her mission to unite, elevate, and empower productive political discourse for all Canadians.
Eva Chipiuk is the founder of Empowered Canadians, an organization with the goal of fostering an informed and participatory democracy, united by a shared passion for civic engagement. https://empoweredcanadians.ca/about/
Follow Eva on X: https://x.com/echipiuk
https://www.youtube.com/@echipiuk
https://chipiuk.ca/
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TIMESTAMPS
00:00 Preview
02:00 Introductions
03:18 What started Eva on this journey of advocacy?
06:45 What does "Dialogue Over Division" mean?
09:23 Talking past one another / Importance of definitional agreement
13:25 The "Government-Media Apparatus" and the Overton Window
15:26 Backlash/vitriol from the Left vs. the Right
18:00 Moral outrage and elevating people out of "Intellectual Auto-Pilot"
24:05 Demonization of critical thinking fostering apathy
28:10 Cultivating an opposition to authoritarianism
34:40 Does the Charter limit opposition to overreach?
40:02 What radicalized Mike? Remembering "The Maritime Bubble"
42:57 "The Experts" vs. "Deep Generalists"
50:02 Artificial consensus and professional arrogance
54:41 Bridging the conversational divide
1:01:23 Peter Boghossian's "Spectrum Street Epistemology"
1:03:59 Closing thoughts
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#dialogue #cdnpoli #politics #law
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Keeping the YouTube Community Safe | A Critical Compass Growth Opportunity
Come along with Mike and James on this special reeducation edition of The Critical Compass Podcast! (Head to 10:15 to get right into the lesson.)
Together we will learn things like:
- What “Medical Misinformation” is, and how its presence on YouTube makes YouTube very unsafe
- How, if you question the C19 narrative, you probably also believe in 5G data tower conspiracies
- How it would be very unsafe to allow discussion about chronic side-effects from certain medical interventions, unless they’re rare*, and recognized by Health Authorities**
(*Definition unclear)
(**Which ones unclear)
- How YouTube misgendered and literally erased the identity of the subject one of their own questions
And so much more!
We would like to thank YouTube for granting us this opportunity to grow and learn not only to become better individuals, but as safer, more inclusive members of our communities.
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00:00 Intro
01:30 Context and exam prep
10:15 YouTube Medical Misinformation Policy Training
24:09 Outro chat
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"The Experts" vs Generalists in Politics, Science, & Law w/Eva Chipiuk | A Critical Compass Clip
During the pandemic, we saw some major developments in various high level political institutions and industries which can accurately be described as tunnel vision, blindspots, or hyper-specialization to the point where it felt that our elected officials and scientific thought leaders both knew everything and nothing about how to properly manage and navigate a developing public health situation.
In this Critical Compass clip, Mike and James discuss political blindspots, the sometimes nonsensical and contradictory messaging of our public institutions, and the need for more "Deep Generalists" rather than specialists or "Experts" in the public discourse.
Eva Chipiuk is the founder of Empowered Canadians, an organization with the goal of fostering an informed and participatory democracy, united by a shared passion for civic engagement. https://empoweredcanadians.ca/about/
Follow Eva on X: https://x.com/echipiuk
https://chipiuk.ca/
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#politics #cdnpoli #law #science
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The Need for Better Political Dialogue w/Eva Chipiuk | A Critical Compass Clip
In this clip of a forthcoming hour-long discussion, Mike and James chat with Edmonton-based lawyer Eva Chipiuk about the importance of nuanced, good faith political discussion if we aim to drive real change and avoid unnecessary vitriol and division.
Eva is the founder of Empowered Canadians, an organization with the goal of fostering an informed and participatory democracy, united by a shared passion for civic engagement. https://empoweredcanadians.ca/about/
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https://chipiuk.ca/
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AstraZeneca Trial Data w/ Sheldon Yakiwchuk
In this 2-hour long discussion, Mike and James chat with Sheldon Yakiwchuk on his thorough analysis of the recently-released AstraZeneca Phase III trial data of their COVID-19 vaccine.
Sheldon goes through a number of concerning data points and Mike & James explore some of the troubling and inconsistent methodology AZ uses which seems to move and shift depending on the severity of the particular symptom or reaction they are describing in the paper.
Big thanks to Sheldon for putting together such a comprehensive review! The full PDF as shown in this video can be viewed here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1sXhpt9nVt_Lr182_IlQRukVPyBE_8U7_/view
Subscribe to Sheldon's Substack here: https://sheldonyakiwchuk.substack.com/
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