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Canada’s ‘mass graves’ hoax is another false narrative to vilify Christians.

A Shocking Double Standard:‍ The Media’s Response to⁤ Church Burnings ⁢and Koran Burning

A couple months ago, on the first day ‌of a major Islamic religious holiday, a man casually walked up to a mosque in Stockholm, Sweden. With hundreds of people looking on, he produced a ⁣Koran and began ripping out⁢ the pages. He wiped a few ‌of these pages on his shoe.⁤ Then,‌ the man set the Koran on ‌fire.

Five ⁤thousand miles away, at the ‍U.S. State ​Department, Joe Biden’s diplomats sprang into ‌action. Within hours, the State Department issued the strongest possible condemnation ‍of the Koran burning. ‍“I will say that we do condemn it,” said‍ a State Department spokesman. ​The spokesman added that the demonstration had created “an ⁢environment of fear” ⁢that “will impact the ability of Muslims and members of other religious minority groups from freely exercising their⁣ right ⁤to freedom of ‌religion ⁤or belief ‌in Sweden.”

Whatever you ⁣think of that⁣ response, you have to⁢ admit it’s a bit surprising. It was just two years ago‍ that ⁢criminals torched, ‍vandalized, and looted more than ⁢80 churches⁢ across ⁣Canada. Unlike​ Sweden, Canada sits directly on the border of​ the United States. ⁢Some churches that went up in flames are ​a ten-minute drive from major population ⁢centers in this country. ⁣And yet,‌ as the churches were razed, ⁢Joe Biden’s State Department didn’t say a word. ‍One Koran⁢ burning in Sweden gets ​their attention. The destruction of ​dozens of​ churches a‌ few miles north of the U.S. border? They can’t be bothered.

Neither could Canada’s prime minister, Justin Trudeau.‍ As his country ‍witnessed a historic campaign of anti-Christian terrorism two years ago⁢ — a campaign that, somehow, led⁣ to just one arrest — ⁤Trudeau said the ⁣violence was⁤ unacceptable but also “understandable.” Watch:

It’s “understandable,” Justin‍ Trudeau says, as‍ thugs torch ​Christian churches. He⁣ ignores the attack on Christianity in his country, just as politicians⁣ in the United States ignored the deadly mass shooting by a trans terrorist ‌at a Christian ⁣school in Nashville earlier this year. And just⁢ as they ignored the campaign of terrorism directed against⁤ pro-life⁣ pregnancy⁣ centers.

In all ‌of these cases,⁣ elected officials didn’t simply excuse violence against Christians. Instead, for years,⁣ with the help of corporate media, ⁢these officials ‍engineered hoaxes for the purpose of demonizing Christians. ⁢The point of these hoaxes was to create‌ a pretext for the violence that inevitably followed. In the ⁣U.S., the hoax took⁢ the form of disingenuous warnings ​about “trans genocide” and‌ an entirely fictional epidemic of anti-trans ⁢murders — murders that turn out, in nearly every case, to be‌ related to domestic disputes,⁣ drugs or prostitution and ⁣had nothing to do with the ⁢fact that the victim identified as trans.

In Canada, the ‍hoax that ‍prompted​ the church burnings⁤ began ‌in earnest in May 2021, when Canadian⁣ media ‌reported that⁢ ground-penetrating radar had found the‌ unmarked graves of more than 200 children near⁤ an ‍Indian Residential School in Kamloops, ⁤which is located in British Columbia.‍ Many of the media reports and‍ social media posts ⁣referred to these alleged sites as “mass graves.” The Canadian government had established these residential ‌schools in the 19th century to ⁢assimilate native Canadian children into Canadian culture. They were mainly⁢ operated ​and funded by the Roman Catholic, Presbyterian, Methodist and Anglican churches.

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Leftists in Canada⁣ have long ⁤maintained that these schools mistreated children. That’s ‌been conventional wisdom⁢ for some time in Canada; it’s one ⁤of​ the reasons Canadian activists⁢ now argue that Canada⁢ should strip Catholic schools ⁣of ⁢all federal ⁢funding. These supposed “mass graves” were the confirmation that ‌they needed. The evidence to support the narrative⁤ they already believed.

Now,⁢ to be⁤ clear, it’s long been suspected that children did die of diseases like tuberculosis and‍ influenza at these schools. It’s⁣ also true that, in that time period, countless⁤ children of all races and⁢ ethnicities across the⁢ world died of these diseases. But the ⁣discovery of ⁣supposed “mass‌ graves”‍ at one ⁣of these schools, to the media and the Canadian government,⁢ meant something very different. The finding, they suggested, meant‍ that Christians⁢ had ‌systematically murdered⁤ children at these ⁢schools and ‍then covered up the ⁣evidence.

The ‌Toronto Star‌ reported, “The Remains of⁣ 215⁤ Children ⁤Have ⁤Been Found.” The AP‌ reported,⁣ “Over ​600 bodies found at another Catholic school for Indigenous children‍ in Canada.” U.S. News and many​ other outlets ​ called it confirmation of ⁢“genocide.” Within days, ⁣there were reports that ⁢ground-penetrating radar had found‌ unmarked graves at residential school sites all over Canada. Here’s a Bloomberg report on an additional discovery:

There were dozens of reports like this, all throughout the summer of 2021. This ‍was the reporting from the entire news media ⁣in the United States and Canada. ⁢In response, Justin Trudeau knelt at one of the supposed grave sites and pretended to cry. Canada Day celebrations were canceled. ​The government pledged hundreds of millions of dollars to investigate. ⁤There were mass protests. Statutes were topped. ​

One outlet that says it “serves” indigenous ⁤communities, APTN News, reported that “Demonstrators ⁤toppled statues of Queen Victoria and Queen Elizabeth ⁣in Winnipeg during rallies honouring the children discovered‌ in unmarked ⁤graves on the ‌sites of former residential ⁣schools ​over⁤ the⁢ past month.” Here’s what that looked ‍like:

In⁣ the⁢ eyes of ⁢these‌ rioters, Queen Elizabeth represents colonialism, and colonialism means ‌taking advantage of the natives, not helping them. This anti-colonialist narrative is absurdly simplistic, and ignores the actual facts ‌of ‌history. So⁢ naturally they want to destroy all ​remnants⁣ of​ that history, starting with the statues. This was the mainstream position on the ⁣Canadian Left. Harsha Walia, the executive director of the British Columbia Civil Liberties Association‍ —⁤ Canada’s version of the ACLU — encouraged⁢ the vandals. She declared, ⁤“Burn ​it all down.”

Two years later, the lies‌ that‍ these barbarians have been telling have completely fallen apart. No mass graves have⁤ been found at these supposed “unmarked grave sites” that have⁣ been allegedly uncovered with ground-penetrating radar. No bodies, no remains have been⁢ unearthed. None at all. It was all a hoax.

The alleged ⁢gravesite in Kamloops, it turns out, was the site of a septic field, which was used to dispose‍ of the school’s‌ sewage. The school dug a massive line⁤ of trenches three-feet deep for this​ purpose,⁣ but the “researchers” who​ scanned the site with ground-penetrating radar ​somehow weren’t aware of that. How ‍could they miss that little detail? How⁤ could they fail to consider other potential reasons why‍ a ⁤school might dig trenches? How was a “mass grave” the very first and only ‌assumption?⁢ Remember ‍that the radar never detected ​bodies. ⁢It detected “anomalies.” Anomaly just means⁣ something unexpected ⁢or strange. If there is something unexpected ​in the ground, why would​ you assume that the thing must be a ​mass grave ⁣of dead children?

In two years, no one in Canadian state media has bothered to ask that question.​ Instead, they’ve sought to discredit anyone‍ who doubts the false narrative. As recently as‍ this summer, the state⁢ media ⁣outlet CBC ran this⁢ headline:

“Residential school denialists tried to dig up suspected unmarked graves in Kamloops.” ⁣

The Toronto Star wrote last year, “Genocide deniers ask: Where are the‌ bodies of the residential schoolchildren?” ⁢

One senior member of ​parliament, Marc Miller,⁣ argued that Canadians who ask questions are, “part‍ of a pattern of denialism and‌ distortion.” In other words, seeking verifiable evidence of the media’s claims is ⁤now “denialism.” It’s⁣ precisely what they do with climate change. They make these outlandish,‌ unsupported claims, and‌ then when you look into those claims ⁣at all, they ⁢call you a “denier.”⁢ What ⁤happens to deniers? You can probably guess. If you’re ​not on their side of the issue, then you might go ⁤to prison. This summer, as Jon Kay reported at Quillette,‌ the investigator ⁢appointed by Trudeau ‌to investigate these graves called on the government to give “urgent consideration” to “civil and criminal sanctions” against residential school “denialism.”

If⁤ we take that ‌proposal seriously — and there are signs the‌ Canadian ​government will ⁤— then, ironically, it could mean a lot of​ natives ⁣are about to go to prison. In their efforts to prove their theory of residential​ school mass graves, these natives⁤ are ⁣inadvertently debunking it.

Chief ‍Derek Nepinak‍ of one Indian tribe just‍ decided to dig up some graves at a residential school in Manitoba.​ This⁣ is a school‍ that, just a few weeks ⁢ago, was reported to be the site of 14 “possible‍ burial sites.”

There’s a ⁤big⁢ buildup and all the Disclaimers before he gets around to the reveal, which is⁤ that the “ground-penetrating radar”⁣ hadn’t picked ​up unmarked graves. In fact, it picked‌ up a bunch of oddly shaped rocks. Alas, ⁣more than a dozen children‌ had not⁣ been buried under this school.

You’d ⁢think that would be a cause⁢ for celebration. This man ⁤just confirmed that‍ children had not, in ​fact, been murdered and stuffed underground while attending a school many‌ years ago. To most people, ‍that’d be an uplifting development. A relief. But that’s not what you‌ see in ​that video. Instead, the “Chief” ‍is clearly bothered by‌ the discovery or lack thereof.​ He ⁢says he’s worried “denialists” ‍might use ‍reality to undermine his activism and his quest for victimhood. The lack ​ of dead children in the ground worries him.​ Think about⁣ that. And he concludes by insisting that, despite this little setback⁣ with his theory, everyone knows the Canadian residential school system was‍ abusive. Everyone knows the Christians treated these kids horribly, he says.

Do​ we know that?‌ What reason ‌do ‍we have to believe that, exactly? The Canadian government and media just ⁣spent two years lying about an ‍obviously falsifiable story, which is that there were mass ⁣graves at these schools. They lied about genocide when⁢ they knew people ⁢could simply dig up the graves​ and prove ⁤them wrong. So why should ⁢we believe anything they have to say⁤ about how‍ horribly these schools were run for centuries? If these schools were so ​horrible, why did they have to⁣ concoct a⁢ blatant, grotesque ‌lie about them?

If you didn’t want‌ people to ask those questions, you’d be honest with⁣ them. You’d do the exact opposite of what these cretins are doing. Lying ‍like‍ this creates chaos and ⁣derails any possibility ⁤of a reasonable, fact-based conversation about what actually happened at these schools. It’s almost⁢ as if they’re doing it on⁤ purpose.

It’s ‍tempting to dismiss all of ⁤this and say it’s only happening in ​Canada, which is a ‌uniquely godless place. And at some level, that’s true.‍ Canada is one​ of the few nations on⁣ earth to permit abortion up to the moment of birth. ‌They’re‌ one of the only places on Earth ⁤where people who don’t even ⁣have terminal​ illnesses can be euthanized like stray ‌dogs. That level of savagery ⁢is exceptional.

But on this issue, as with so many others, the Left in this country agrees with Canadian liberals. Recall that, ‌a year before the Canadian⁣ church burnings, rioters​ in this country ‌torched St. John’s church across ⁣from⁢ the White House. No one on the Left pretended to⁢ care. When Donald Trump tried to tour the damage, they called him a fascist.

The kind of people‍ I’m ⁣talking about here are⁤ not⁢ confined to​ Canada. And ‌their‌ goal ‍is not simply to win elections. Their goal is destroying the foundation of Western civilization, most notably Christianity. And in the face of this effort,⁣ virtually no⁢ one is pushing‌ back — not ⁣even the Vatican. In‍ fact, the Pope has apologized ‍ to these Canadian activists. He ⁤went on⁤ a “pilgrimage of penance” over Canada’s residential schools.

What did that accomplish? Nothing, of ‍course. Cultural⁢ vandals will​ forget their⁤ own lies the moment ‌they’re disproven. They’ll just move on to the next lie. But they’ll never forget weakness once⁤ they⁢ see it. They’ll⁣ never ‌be deterred by anyone who doesn’t tell the truth about what⁤ they’re doing. So here’s the truth. Like Justin Trudeau, Joe Biden’s handlers hate Catholics, hate Western ⁢civilization, and they’ll use whatever hammer is available​ to beat us over ⁤the head. They⁤ are spiritual ‌enemies. It’s time to stop⁤ giving them the upper hand.

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