Plus! The latest twist in Rachel Gilmore's soap opera, bizarre headlines protecting perps, why hasn't a reporter tracked down Mark Carney and we're looking good as the 51st state for sports
Not to worry, not leaving you for Rachel! Been a Free Presser since it started. Some truly excellent journalism, like what I remember from growing up 60 years ago. Really enjoy your substack!
Merry Christmas. You should follow Terry Newman, a great success story. She was a contract English writing teacher for Engineers at McGill as recently as last year, now she is making a great name for herself at NP. She kills me. Also, you should NOT follow Rachel Gilmore, who is the poster child for bad and activist journalism in Canada. A total embarrassment.
It's unfortunate that Rachel Gilmore has been targeted by pseudonymous online rage-boy stalkers, but positioning oneself in a public-facing business as an attention-seeking missile with histrionic tendencies and a compulsion to narrate one's internal dialogue is a bit like being a fainting goat: a certain, small percentage of people are going to say "boo!" and make loud banging noises whenever they see you. It's not about justice, or injustice, it's just the way it is.
Sincere question for Ms. Gilmore: JK Rowling famously receives menacing death/rape threats from unglued "Silence of the Lambs"-type characters on a constant basis. IF she responded to these threats by posting selfie videos showing herself on the edge of tears, and addressing the personal trauma the threats are causing, and limning her personal struggles with the injustice of it all, and how the pseudonymous idiots are negatively impacting her life and her sense of safety, would that response deter, or punish, or dissuade, the idiots threatening her, or would it instead give them the great satisfaction of knowing that their threats were having their intended effect?
Boys learn early on in life that bullies seek out people they can scare, or negatively affect. For most people, the lesson learned is that if you don't want to be bullied, don't reward bullies by showing them that they're good at bullying. If, on the other hand, one's primary, or sole, concern is to be viewed as a victim by as many people as possible, then yes, by all means, show the bullies, in as dramatic and public way as possible, that they're very good at what they're doing. This will be a win-win for both sides, and will create a mutually satisfying feedback loop.
lol absolutely no worries about your readers dumping you for Gilmore, won’t happen.
Not to worry, not leaving you for Rachel! Been a Free Presser since it started. Some truly excellent journalism, like what I remember from growing up 60 years ago. Really enjoy your substack!
Merry Christmas. You should follow Terry Newman, a great success story. She was a contract English writing teacher for Engineers at McGill as recently as last year, now she is making a great name for herself at NP. She kills me. Also, you should NOT follow Rachel Gilmore, who is the poster child for bad and activist journalism in Canada. A total embarrassment.
Thanks. I got acquainted with her before she was famous!
A scorcher, this one!
It's unfortunate that Rachel Gilmore has been targeted by pseudonymous online rage-boy stalkers, but positioning oneself in a public-facing business as an attention-seeking missile with histrionic tendencies and a compulsion to narrate one's internal dialogue is a bit like being a fainting goat: a certain, small percentage of people are going to say "boo!" and make loud banging noises whenever they see you. It's not about justice, or injustice, it's just the way it is.
Sincere question for Ms. Gilmore: JK Rowling famously receives menacing death/rape threats from unglued "Silence of the Lambs"-type characters on a constant basis. IF she responded to these threats by posting selfie videos showing herself on the edge of tears, and addressing the personal trauma the threats are causing, and limning her personal struggles with the injustice of it all, and how the pseudonymous idiots are negatively impacting her life and her sense of safety, would that response deter, or punish, or dissuade, the idiots threatening her, or would it instead give them the great satisfaction of knowing that their threats were having their intended effect?
Boys learn early on in life that bullies seek out people they can scare, or negatively affect. For most people, the lesson learned is that if you don't want to be bullied, don't reward bullies by showing them that they're good at bullying. If, on the other hand, one's primary, or sole, concern is to be viewed as a victim by as many people as possible, then yes, by all means, show the bullies, in as dramatic and public way as possible, that they're very good at what they're doing. This will be a win-win for both sides, and will create a mutually satisfying feedback loop.
RG clearly requires an intervention.
Like her idol, PMJT, I hope she eventually gets the counseling that is quite obviously needed.
I mean this sincerely in both their cases.
They are both demonstrably mentally unwell.
We give Rogers, Bell and Telus a license to steal with no strings attached.
Who created the illustration at the top of your post?
As the watermark should show, Gronk