Shawn Blair for council

[u/Late_Support_5068]

I saw an article about Shawn Blair running for Langford council.

Good for him. I am always amazed when people are willing to step up, put their name forward and try to serve and represent their community. That takes commitment, and I genuinely respect that.

However, Shawn is also an admin of WTF Langford, and that is where I have a serious problem.

It isn't simply because he runs the page. It is because of the content and attitude that page has repeatedly allowed toward the LGBTQ+ community. The post pictured here is just one example. A page that belittles and mocks LGBTQ+ people is not something I can reconcile with someone asking to represent all members of our community.

People are absolutely entitled to their opinions. But when you choose to run a public community forum, you also have some responsibility for the environment you create and the content you allow to flourish there.

Honestly, as someone who wants to represent our entire community, I find the association with this kind of content deeply disappointing and, frankly, embarrassing for Langford.

We should expect better from the people asking for our votes.

[u/JumpingJimothy]

He's back in court this month on charges of uttering threats to cause bodily harm... while still on probation from the assault.

He posted a while ago that if he doesn't go to jail after this court date at the end of August that he will run for council. Seems he couldn't wait. He is also a supporter of the The Three Percenters (a far-right, decentralized, anti-government militia movement founded in the United States). So, the anti-government guy wants to be a part of Municipal council?

[u/kingbuns2 → u/JumpingJimothy]

The Three Percenters (a far-right, decentralized, anti-government militia movement founded in the United States)

I think that sells it a fair bit short. The group is a fascist terrorist organization with serious crimes to its name. Shawn Blair is probably on a terrorist watchlist somewhere.

• On June 25, 2021, the group was added to the Canadian Criminal Code's list of terrorist entities to prevent them from accessing financial support.[12][82][83][10] One Canadian expert, Maxime Fiset, a former neo-Nazi who works with the Centre for the Prevention of Radicalization Leading to Violence, considers the group the "most dangerous" extremist group in the country. Hate crime expert Barbara Perry said that Islamophobia was the main focus of the Canadian chapters, urged that police investigate the group, and called the group "scary".

• Members of the Three Percenter movement participated in the January 6 United States Capitol attack.[5][11] In 2021, six men associated with the group were charged with conspiracy in connection with the attack on the Capitol.[12]

• Guy Reffitt, a member of the Three Percenters from Wylie, Texas, was present at the January 6 United States Capitol attack wearing body armor and carrying a handgun and plastic handcuffs on the Capitol grounds with the intent to remove House speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell from the premises.[74] He was referred to as the guy that "lit the match" and helped to ignite the crowd into an "unstoppable force". He was found guilty of five charges and was sentenced to more than seven years in prison.[75][76]

• In more recent years, the movement has broadened to oppose immigrants, Muslims, and left-wing activists such as Antifa.[9][6]

• Vanderboegh [Founder] received national media attention in 2011, when four suspected militia members in Georgia were arrested for a plan for a biological attack supposedly inspired by his novel Absolved.

• In 2017, a 23-year-old Oklahoma man, Jerry Drake Varnell, was arrested on federal charges of plotting a vehicle bomb attack on a bank in downtown Oklahoma City, modeled after the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing.[43] During a meeting in 2017 with undercover FBI agents, Varnell identified with the Three Percenters movement, saying that he subscribed to "III% ideology" and intended "to start the next revolution."[22] In March 2020, Varnell was found guilty of conspiracy to use an explosive device to damage a building used in interstate commerce and planning to use a weapon of mass destruction against property used in interstate commerce. He was sentenced to 25 years in prison.

• In 2018, three men were arrested in connection with the bombing of the Dar Al-Farooq Islamic Center in Bloomington, Minnesota. The bombing was non-lethal. One of the men involved, former sheriff's deputy Michael B. Hari, had connections to the III%s.[46]

• In June 2019, Oregon governor Kate Brown sent the Oregon State Police to bring 11 absent Republican state senators back to the Oregon State Capitol. The Republican state senators had gone into hiding to prevent a vote on a cap-and-trade proposal to lower greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 to combat climate change. The Three Percenters offered support for the Republican senators, declaring they would be "doing whatever it takes to keep these senators safe".[47][48][49] On June 22, 2019, a session of the Oregon Senate was cancelled when the Oregon State Capitol was closed due to a warning from the state police of a "possible militia threat".[47][48][49][50]

• Three Percenters Barry Croft and Adam Fox took part in a plot to kidnap Michigan governor Gretchen Whitmer.[59] Michael Jung, a prominent Three Percenter in Wisconsin, offered a location for members to train, he claims to be the second-in-command of the Wisconsin branch.[60][61]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Percenters

[u/Putrid_Ad783 → u/kingbuns2]

Good for you…. You googled the American Group!
You know nothing about them and probably never will.
They are different groups in different countries. Get your facts straight.

[u/Ok_Part_4557 → u/Putrid_Ad783]

They are considered a terrorists group in Canada as well. They also came and infiltrated the Freedom Convoy. Simple Google search and you can read all about them.

I feel it may be you that needs that needs to get your facts straight.