That false sense of Canadian superiority is crushed on an international stage.
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Home schooling got a big boost yesterday.
1.1 million Jews killed, at one camp, and she doesn’t know about it? The stupid burns.
Shaping young minds without having one of her own.
And then the CBC will interview some Americans in the South and ask if they like Saskatchewan Seal Skin. When they say yes we will feel better about ourselves.
Nothing like being ‘outed’ as wretchedly ignorant by the international press.
Meh. All this says is that she’s isn’t the sharpest knife in the drawer. There are worse politicians out there.
Wow! She’s almost dumb enough to lead the federal liberal party.
Yep – I bet she has a few IQ points on Trudeau.
I’d like to quote from the article….”Alex Johnstone, an education official”.
Did you get THAT? An “education” official.
When your party is anti Israel, not knowing about the holocaust should be deemed an advantage.
This tells us something, though. We are in deep trouble if these imbeciles are elected.
How true.
Rick Mercer should be working on this right now!
She’s the perfect NDP candidate. She appeals to muslims who hate jews. She’s dumb enough to believe what’s in their party platform and she’s a woman so any attack on her is sexist.
She must have been taking the day off from school when they showed Schindler’s List to her class mates.
We can certainly see where HER “mind” is located.
She knows about hair and make-up and that is normal.
It sounds like she attended a few meetings about the new sex Ed curriculum. The “normal, natural, healthy” comment gives it away. If I were a pervert, I’d be heading to teachers college ASAP. Think how many friends i’d have in the average staff room. And the curriculum….wynne/wynne!
NDP affiliated school board officials are supposed to be apprentice politicians
getting their feet wet for bigger things on the taxpayers dime. In this case she
seems to have missed a few classes on how to avoid looking stupid. No real
harm done to the career unless she gets more confused and starts requesting
that the teachers unions walk back their usual extortionate wage demands.
She is the epitomize of the average NDP female,Libby Davies notwithstanding, young, pretty, and hasn’t a damned clue, and not only about history.
Ask this candidate any question to do with economics, crime,gun control, business, poverty,education,foreign affairs,all you’ll get is dogma.
And: Hunters should never forget that the NDP will end private ownership of firearms within ONE term if they have a majority government.
And she, reportedly, has a Masters degree in something useless from McMaster University. Betcha they don’t like their reputation sullied with the ignoramus.
I would link to her NDP page but I don’t want you guys coming after me. LOL!!!
And yet Canadian Academia feels that they have Superior knowledge about Middle Eastern affaires – LOL
They need to “model” a concentration camp for them @ Canadian Iniversities now.
I believe she opted for the “herstory” courses at Mac rather than the “history” courses…
For those in her riding, you might have a little fun: she now knows what Auschwitz is all about. Ask her “how far is Buchenwald from Auschwitz, anyhow?”
The bad news is: her riding is up for grabs. The incumbent, a conservative for several elections, is not running. The new guy, nobody ever heard of, and has no presence, and has made no presence, in the riding. There are no CPC lawn signs up yet in what has been a conservative riding for many years. But there’s lots of Orange, and Mac is in that riding. My entry poll at the moment is that the CPC is going to lose this riding. Now – there is a also a large Jewish enclave just east of Mac – so she might have dented it somewhat.
The Huffington Post Canada found Johnstone participated in school board meetings where prizes were awarded to teachers for “excellence in Holocaust education.”
But yet she didn’t what Auschwitz meant?
Wowwwwwwwwwwww…………..
My post on Facebook the day it became news:
A 30-something running for the NDP party made a joke about the phallic-looking (to her) electric poles around Auschwitz on her friend’s Facebook page way back in 2008. Once it was brought up during the campaign, she apologized saying she didn’t know what Auschwitz was, but does now. Quick history lesson, but how did she go thru high school and McMaster U without hearing something about WWII and something as important as this? Doesn’t say much for our education system. Granted she’s a social worker so maybe history wasn’t included in any of her courses. She’s also on a school board, and maybe now would be a good time to hone up on some of the world’s history and for all students to be given classes on world changing events such as this. Even assigning them books to read. Or movies. Those who don’t know history are doomed to repeat it.” ― Edmund Burke .
Then I posted an UPDATE:
A Hamilton NDP candidate — and vice-chair of the school board — at the centre of a firestorm for making a penis joke about Auschwitz and then saying she didn’t know it was a death camp is being invited by a Holocaust education organization to join their mission next month to visit the site where almost one million Jews were killed during World War Two.Avi Benlolo, president of the Friends of Simon Weisenthal Centre for Holocaust Studies, said he is extending the invitation to trustee Alex Johnstone Thursday to join their Oct. 11 educational trip to Auschwitz where the Nazis were responsible for the largest mass murder in a single location in human history.
“It is certainly highly disturbing that someone in her position, not only running for office but more importantly, as a co-chair of a school board, would be ignorant to Auschwitz and the symbolism of that fence,” he said. “It is flabbergasting.
One word says it all > BLONDE.
How can someone live on planet Earth and not know what Auschwitz was? I have a feeling she did know, but felt it would be better to be considered ignorant than a bigot.
From her web page:
“A social worker by training, Alex has also worked as a therapist for children with autism, and as a child and family support worker. She earned her Master of Social work degree from McMaster University.”
She is a school board trustee from Hamilton.
Enough said.
“One word says it all > BLONDE.”
What about LIAR?
I’m sure that following this gaffe she’s boned up on her left wing history and now knows that Auschwitz was liberated by Barak Obama’s uncle and Tom Hanks with many of its inmates being saved by Liam Neeson.
As for the 322nd Guards Rifle Division of the 1st Ukranian Front and Marshall Koniev — whaaaaa?
‘m sure that following this gaffe she’s boned up on her left wing history and now knows that Auschwitz was liberated by Barak Obama’s uncle and Tom Hanks with many of its inmates being saved by Liam Neeson.
As for the 322nd Guards Rifle Division of the 1st Ukranian Front and Marshall Koniev — whaaaaa?
What amazes me is how the mainstream media was able to stifle this story so quickly. Try to imagine if that candidate would have been Conservative!
I’m not a bit surprised that this would be the end result when History lessons were traded for sex education. Bet she’s really up to date on everything gay and transgendered.
Plus she has insulted half the population by comparing out nether parts to gray concrete power poles
Shame shame
I’ll take a different tack on this one. I’m quite sure she DID know what Auschwitz was. Had she admitted to knowing and making that tasteless joke regardless, the fallout would have been much worse than her lying about it, professing ignorance. Of course, this hasn’t hit the MSM at all. Even watched a CTV feed from Toronto. Nothing.
Now THAT’S disgusting!
It is easy to excuse this as a dumb blonde moment, but I think she knew exactly what she was doing when she made a phallic joke about Auschwitz. She just exemplifies the thinking of the radical left today. Antisemitic, anti-freedom, anti-business, free speech only for those who believe like they do. This is evident by everything they say and do.
She either knew exactly what she was doing or, as she says, she had never heard of Auschwitz. Therefore she is either incredibly ignorant and insensitive or simply stupid … extremely so.
One or the other she is not fit to be an MP even by NDP standards. Where do they find these morons? However, to the best of my knowledge, she didn’t write a personal cheque for $90,000 to reimburse taxpayers for someone else’s misconduct, pocket a communion wafer or pee in a cup so I guess she’s OK. These types of heinous actions seem to be an obsession with the media for months.
Forget the ignorance about Auschwitz – though all our 30-something offsprings were certainly well enough educated to know about Nazi Germany and the concentration camps. What self-respecting woman in her late 20’s looks at curved electrical poles and thinks “dumb sexual not-joke disrespecting the Polish and totally ignoring the history of the are”?
Sorry, should read “area”.
Also depends much on “superiority”. Back in the day finally was able to visit the University Church in Kosice and see its frescoes. Young attendant asked if I were American. Replied that I was Canadian, and pointed out that same insult as if I assumed she were Czech.
In retrospect, may have been somewhat harsh, but that woman understood what I and faced over the years.
socialist worker……
The stupid runs deep and wide in the NDP.
Can’t recall the basics of civilization…hmmm a “real leader”.
That would make one stoned, dead AND stupid.
After she’s resigned, she can catch up on her historical readings…
Cheers
Hans Rupprecht, Commander in Chief
1st Saint Nicolaas Army
Army Group ‘True North’ http://rarehistoricalphotos.com/rudolf-hoess-commandant-auschwitz-concentration-camp-hanged-next-crematorium-camp-1947/
Testimony of Rudolf Hoess, Commandant of Auschwitz
[Testimony on Monday, April 15, 1946] http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/nuremberg/hoesstest.html
DR. KAUFFMANN: Yes.
[Turning to the witness.] From 1940 to 1943, you were the Commander of the camp at Auschwitz. Is that true?
HOESS: Yes.
DR. KAUFFMANN: And during that time, hundreds of thousands of human beings were sent to their death there. Is that correct?
HOESS: Yes.
DR. KAUTFFMANN: Is it true that you, yourself, have made no exact notes regarding the figures of the number of those victims because you were forbidden to make them?
HOESS: Yes, that is correct.
DR. KAUFFMANN: Is it furthermore correct that exclusively one man by the name of Eichmann had notes about this, the man who had the task of organizing and assembling these people?
HOESS: Yes.
DR. KAUFFMANN: Is it furthermore true that Eichmann stated to you that in Auschwitz a total sum of more than 2 million Jews had been destroyed?
HOESS: Yes.
DR. KAUFFMANN: Men, women, and children?
HOESS: Yes.
Home schooling got a big boost yesterday.
1.1 million Jews killed, at one camp, and she doesn’t know about it? The stupid burns.
Shaping young minds without having one of her own.
And then the CBC will interview some Americans in the South and ask if they like Saskatchewan Seal Skin. When they say yes we will feel better about ourselves.
Nothing like being ‘outed’ as wretchedly ignorant by the international press.
Meh. All this says is that she’s isn’t the sharpest knife in the drawer. There are worse politicians out there.
Wow! She’s almost dumb enough to lead the federal liberal party.
Yep – I bet she has a few IQ points on Trudeau.
I’d like to quote from the article….”Alex Johnstone, an education official”.
Did you get THAT? An “education” official.
When your party is anti Israel, not knowing about the holocaust should be deemed an advantage.
This tells us something, though. We are in deep trouble if these imbeciles are elected.
How true.
Rick Mercer should be working on this right now!
She’s the perfect NDP candidate. She appeals to muslims who hate jews. She’s dumb enough to believe what’s in their party platform and she’s a woman so any attack on her is sexist.
She must have been taking the day off from school when they showed Schindler’s List to her class mates.
We can certainly see where HER “mind” is located.
She knows about hair and make-up and that is normal.
It sounds like she attended a few meetings about the new sex Ed curriculum. The “normal, natural, healthy” comment gives it away. If I were a pervert, I’d be heading to teachers college ASAP. Think how many friends i’d have in the average staff room. And the curriculum….wynne/wynne!
NDP affiliated school board officials are supposed to be apprentice politicians
getting their feet wet for bigger things on the taxpayers dime. In this case she
seems to have missed a few classes on how to avoid looking stupid. No real
harm done to the career unless she gets more confused and starts requesting
that the teachers unions walk back their usual extortionate wage demands.
She is the epitomize of the average NDP female,Libby Davies notwithstanding, young, pretty, and hasn’t a damned clue, and not only about history.
Ask this candidate any question to do with economics, crime,gun control, business, poverty,education,foreign affairs,all you’ll get is dogma.
And: Hunters should never forget that the NDP will end private ownership of firearms within ONE term if they have a majority government.
And she, reportedly, has a Masters degree in something useless from McMaster University. Betcha they don’t like their reputation sullied with the ignoramus.
I would link to her NDP page but I don’t want you guys coming after me. LOL!!!
And yet Canadian Academia feels that they have Superior knowledge about Middle Eastern affaires – LOL
They need to “model” a concentration camp for them @ Canadian Iniversities now.
I believe she opted for the “herstory” courses at Mac rather than the “history” courses…
For those in her riding, you might have a little fun: she now knows what Auschwitz is all about. Ask her “how far is Buchenwald from Auschwitz, anyhow?”
The bad news is: her riding is up for grabs. The incumbent, a conservative for several elections, is not running. The new guy, nobody ever heard of, and has no presence, and has made no presence, in the riding. There are no CPC lawn signs up yet in what has been a conservative riding for many years. But there’s lots of Orange, and Mac is in that riding. My entry poll at the moment is that the CPC is going to lose this riding. Now – there is a also a large Jewish enclave just east of Mac – so she might have dented it somewhat.
This story just gets better every day. Now, she apparently, has been involved in giving out awards for Excellence in Holocaust Education. The NDP can’t help themselves can they?
http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2015/09/23/alex-johnstone-ndp-auschwitz_n_8186098.html
The Huffington Post Canada found Johnstone participated in school board meetings where prizes were awarded to teachers for “excellence in Holocaust education.”
But yet she didn’t what Auschwitz meant?
Wowwwwwwwwwwww…………..
My post on Facebook the day it became news:
A 30-something running for the NDP party made a joke about the phallic-looking (to her) electric poles around Auschwitz on her friend’s Facebook page way back in 2008. Once it was brought up during the campaign, she apologized saying she didn’t know what Auschwitz was, but does now. Quick history lesson, but how did she go thru high school and McMaster U without hearing something about WWII and something as important as this? Doesn’t say much for our education system. Granted she’s a social worker so maybe history wasn’t included in any of her courses. She’s also on a school board, and maybe now would be a good time to hone up on some of the world’s history and for all students to be given classes on world changing events such as this. Even assigning them books to read. Or movies. Those who don’t know history are doomed to repeat it.” ― Edmund Burke .
Then I posted an UPDATE:
A Hamilton NDP candidate — and vice-chair of the school board — at the centre of a firestorm for making a penis joke about Auschwitz and then saying she didn’t know it was a death camp is being invited by a Holocaust education organization to join their mission next month to visit the site where almost one million Jews were killed during World War Two.Avi Benlolo, president of the Friends of Simon Weisenthal Centre for Holocaust Studies, said he is extending the invitation to trustee Alex Johnstone Thursday to join their Oct. 11 educational trip to Auschwitz where the Nazis were responsible for the largest mass murder in a single location in human history.
“It is certainly highly disturbing that someone in her position, not only running for office but more importantly, as a co-chair of a school board, would be ignorant to Auschwitz and the symbolism of that fence,” he said. “It is flabbergasting.
One word says it all > BLONDE.
How can someone live on planet Earth and not know what Auschwitz was? I have a feeling she did know, but felt it would be better to be considered ignorant than a bigot.
From her web page:
“A social worker by training, Alex has also worked as a therapist for children with autism, and as a child and family support worker. She earned her Master of Social work degree from McMaster University.”
She is a school board trustee from Hamilton.
Enough said.
“One word says it all > BLONDE.”
What about LIAR?
I’m sure that following this gaffe she’s boned up on her left wing history and now knows that Auschwitz was liberated by Barak Obama’s uncle and Tom Hanks with many of its inmates being saved by Liam Neeson.
As for the 322nd Guards Rifle Division of the 1st Ukranian Front and Marshall Koniev — whaaaaa?
‘m sure that following this gaffe she’s boned up on her left wing history and now knows that Auschwitz was liberated by Barak Obama’s uncle and Tom Hanks with many of its inmates being saved by Liam Neeson.
As for the 322nd Guards Rifle Division of the 1st Ukranian Front and Marshall Koniev — whaaaaa?
What amazes me is how the mainstream media was able to stifle this story so quickly. Try to imagine if that candidate would have been Conservative!
I’m not a bit surprised that this would be the end result when History lessons were traded for sex education. Bet she’s really up to date on everything gay and transgendered.
Plus she has insulted half the population by comparing out nether parts to gray concrete power poles
Shame shame
I’ll take a different tack on this one. I’m quite sure she DID know what Auschwitz was. Had she admitted to knowing and making that tasteless joke regardless, the fallout would have been much worse than her lying about it, professing ignorance. Of course, this hasn’t hit the MSM at all. Even watched a CTV feed from Toronto. Nothing.
Now THAT’S disgusting!
It is easy to excuse this as a dumb blonde moment, but I think she knew exactly what she was doing when she made a phallic joke about Auschwitz. She just exemplifies the thinking of the radical left today. Antisemitic, anti-freedom, anti-business, free speech only for those who believe like they do. This is evident by everything they say and do.
She either knew exactly what she was doing or, as she says, she had never heard of Auschwitz. Therefore she is either incredibly ignorant and insensitive or simply stupid … extremely so.
One or the other she is not fit to be an MP even by NDP standards. Where do they find these morons? However, to the best of my knowledge, she didn’t write a personal cheque for $90,000 to reimburse taxpayers for someone else’s misconduct, pocket a communion wafer or pee in a cup so I guess she’s OK. These types of heinous actions seem to be an obsession with the media for months.
Forget the ignorance about Auschwitz – though all our 30-something offsprings were certainly well enough educated to know about Nazi Germany and the concentration camps. What self-respecting woman in her late 20’s looks at curved electrical poles and thinks “dumb sexual not-joke disrespecting the Polish and totally ignoring the history of the are”?
Sorry, should read “area”.
Also depends much on “superiority”. Back in the day finally was able to visit the University Church in Kosice and see its frescoes. Young attendant asked if I were American. Replied that I was Canadian, and pointed out that same insult as if I assumed she were Czech.
In retrospect, may have been somewhat harsh, but that woman understood what I and faced over the years.
socialist worker……
The stupid runs deep and wide in the NDP.
Can’t recall the basics of civilization…hmmm a “real leader”.
That would make one stoned, dead AND stupid.
After she’s resigned, she can catch up on her historical readings…
Cheers
Hans Rupprecht, Commander in Chief
1st Saint Nicolaas Army
Army Group ‘True North’
http://rarehistoricalphotos.com/rudolf-hoess-commandant-auschwitz-concentration-camp-hanged-next-crematorium-camp-1947/
Testimony of Rudolf Hoess, Commandant of Auschwitz
[Testimony on Monday, April 15, 1946]
http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/nuremberg/hoesstest.html
DR. KAUFFMANN: Yes.
[Turning to the witness.] From 1940 to 1943, you were the Commander of the camp at Auschwitz. Is that true?
HOESS: Yes.
DR. KAUFFMANN: And during that time, hundreds of thousands of human beings were sent to their death there. Is that correct?
HOESS: Yes.
DR. KAUTFFMANN: Is it true that you, yourself, have made no exact notes regarding the figures of the number of those victims because you were forbidden to make them?
HOESS: Yes, that is correct.
DR. KAUFFMANN: Is it furthermore correct that exclusively one man by the name of Eichmann had notes about this, the man who had the task of organizing and assembling these people?
HOESS: Yes.
DR. KAUFFMANN: Is it furthermore true that Eichmann stated to you that in Auschwitz a total sum of more than 2 million Jews had been destroyed?
HOESS: Yes.
DR. KAUFFMANN: Men, women, and children?
HOESS: Yes.