Giorgio Mammoliti took his red-baiting rhetoric to the next level last week when he told the media that he would ban all “communists” from his Facebook group—apparently, he has a keen sense of smell that can sniff out abstract ideologies on the Internet—before alleging (without evidence) that six or seven sitting city hall councillors are dyed-in-the-wool commies seeking to seize all private property and control the minds of Toronto residents. Then, the head of the Communist Party of Canada, Elizabeth Rowley, fired back in kind with an equally ridiculous allegation, threatening to file a human rights complaint against the councillor and comparing him to former U.S. senator Joseph McCarthy and his House of Un-American Activities Committee. Good grief. Read the entire story [Toronto Star] »
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Real commies threaten to file a human rights complaint against former commie Giorgio Mammoliti
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immature rhetoric on all sides, let’s get down to business instead of insulting each other
August 15, 2011 at 11:45 am | by george sawisiongeorge, with all due respect, the immature rhetoric has seriously ramped up since last fall. and we all know why.
August 15, 2011 at 2:20 pm | by twinfordmayor