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Anti-abortion MP gets shouted down by.... man dressed as a giant vagina.
The moment anti-abortion MP gets shouted down by protesters at University of WaterlooThe University of Waterloo is investigating after an anti-abortion Conservative MP was blocked from delivering a lecture Wednesday night by protesters led by a man dressed as a giant vagina.
Ethan Jackson, 21, an art student at nearby Wilfrid Laurier University, said he calls his pink costume Vulveta, and that Stephen Woodworth’s talk about the universality of human rights came from an oppressive western discourse that ignores the rights of indigenous people.
“That kind of speech, that kind of facts, are not acceptable,” he said. “We decided to go by the route of using satire instead of intimidation…. We decided to make Stephen Woodworth feel as uncomfortable as he makes us feel.”
Ethan Jackson, 21, an art student at nearby Wilfrid Laurier University, said he calls his pink costume Vulveta, and that Stephen Woodworth’s talk about the universality of human rights came from an oppressive western discourse that ignores the rights of indigenous people.
“That kind of speech, that kind of facts, are not acceptable,” he said. “We decided to go by the route of using satire instead of intimidation…. We decided to make Stephen Woodworth feel as uncomfortable as he makes us feel.”
http://news.nationalpost.com/2013/03/14/anti-abortion-conservative-mp-shouted-down-by-protesters-at-university-of-waterloo/
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dare I say, awesome? I hope that political tactic is imported; I can now hear the flying monkeys wailing and gnashing of teeth in response to its' use here. Great stuff!
