Quebec nationalism is not to blame for the barbaric mosque attack
Last week, self-proclaimed conservative columnist J.J. McCullough wrote an opinion piece in which he let terrorist Alexandre Bissonnette off the hook for his barbaric attack on a Quebec City mosque because – he implies – Quebec nationalism and the province’s historic efforts to preserve the French language are the real culprits.
Just like the ideological left, J.J. McCullough commits sociology to explain and exonerate a criminal from responsibility. He puts the blame of the atrocious actions of a lone gunman on a group of people. This is not unlike law-abiding gun owners being made liable for mass shootings or suggesting societal “root causes” were responsible for the actions of the Boston Marathon bombers – an absurd allegation made by Canada’s current prime minister, Justin Trudeau.… Seguir leyendo »