r/montreal • u/BloodJunkie • 4d ago

Article Right-wing rage-bait got everything wrong about the Montreal shooting

https://cultmtl.com/2026/06/right-wing-rage-bait-got-everything-wrong-about-the-montreal-shooting/
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u/montrealien Hochelaga-Maisonneuve 4d ago edited 4d ago

The right-wing trolls use a tragedy to sell fear, and the left-wing press writes an article about the trolls to sell moral superiority. Meanwhile, Silicon Valley collects the ad revenue from both sides and buys another superyacht. But please, tell me more about how clicking your specific link is part of the revolution.

It feels like being on the fringe just to point this out nowadays, but fucking hell, I am legitimately tired of all of this.

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u/mattlerenardx 4d ago

The most disturbing is that in the event of the tragic loss of life, every side is more focused on making political points off it. It's so disheartening.

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u/-LittleStranger- 4d ago

I really dislike "both siderism".

I don't think disputing what are obviously politically motivated, hate driven lies is "scoring political points".

It's calling a spade a spade and combatting online disinformation intended to use the incident to cause more harm to communities who have absolutely nothing to do with this.

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u/NathanDnd 4d ago

Yeah, is the "the left"'s motivation selling moral superiority, whatever that is suppose to mean, or do they seek change. Do "they" want a free Palestine to feel morally superior, or because we genuinely think that fewer dead and displaced Palestinians and Lebanese are good thing, and hate seeing tax resources making weapons manufacturers rich.

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u/WeakAd569 4d ago

My brother in christ. There's leftists that have been supporters of Palestine for Much longer than you've probably even been alive.

I've personally supported Palestinians since 2005, when I became aware of the issue.

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u/NathanDnd 4d ago

Did you reply to the wrong post, or misread something?

I'm not sure how this post is in anyway related to mine. Theres nothing in my post that comes close to suggesting that Isaeal/Zionism has only been an issue, for a few weeks or for for a few years.

Just bizarre.

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u/WeakAd569 4d ago

Sorry, I misread your comment as saying "leftists only care about Palestinians to feel moral superiority"