The internet: where ‘globalist’ is an insult

While the internet 'gives a voice to the voiceless,' we might all be better off if they stayed mute.

Fabrication, embellishment, bigotry, and paranoia are all now part of the mix in online discourse, and trying to refute or debate with some of these nutbars is like a giant game of 'Whack-a-mole': once contradicted, they move on to another conspiracy, writes Andrew Caddell.Photograph courtesy of Pixabay

Opinion

BY ANDREW CADDELL

September 9, 2020

KAMOURASKA, QUE.—Last week, I wrote about the internet and its failings. While I am loath to be like the old man in the bar who prattles on and says, “And another thing!” I thought I would expand on this troublesome topic. I mentioned I had interv...

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