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siren.gifsiren.gifsiren.gifRichard Warman, the hate speech complainant who is personally responsible for all but two section 13 censorship prosecutions this decade, is now being investigated by the Canadian Human Rights Commission for hate speech himself.

I know. It sounds crazy. Just like it sounded crazy when it was revealed that Warman and the CHRC were members of neo-Nazi organizations.

Warman is a former CHRC investigator himself; and even after he left the CHRC they continued to pay his expenses to file and prosecute complaint after complaint. All this, despite the fact he's been under investigation for hate speech for three years.

At the same time as Warman was a complainant, he was a defendant.

At the same time as the CHRC was cutting him cheques to cover his expenses, they were probing his conduct.

At the same time as he held himself out to be an anti-hate crimes activist, his own hateful speech was being probed.

Are you dizzy yet?

Here is a copy of the CHRC's recent, four-page ruling confirming that they are proceeding with their investigation against Warman, despite his several objections.

As you can see, Warman tried to get the CHRC to back off by claiming, among other things, that his motivations were pure. But section 13 doesn't care what your intentions were -- or even if your comments were true. Warman knows that -- that's one of the reasons he loves that law, or did until now. And, hilariously, Warman whined to the CHRC that the complaint against him should be thrown out because it was embarrassing. Funny how that never occured to Warman when he was holding the section 13 stick in his own hands.

My favourite part, of course, is Warman's last-ditch attempt to have complaint against him thrown out because... he's suing me in civil court. As you can see throughout my website, I have documented countless examples of Warman's own hate speech. Warman has slapped me (and several others) with a nuisance suit to shut me up. (It hasn't worked. Here's my statement of defence, if you're interested.)

But now I see that abusive nuisance suit was used for another improper purpose: to try to get the CHRC to lay off Warman. In effect, he said, "don't examine these hate speech charges against me... because I'm suing this other guy Levant for reporting them". There's not a lot of logic there, but I suppose he gets marks for creativity. But after nearly three years of delays, the CHRC has now decided: they're going to proceed against Warman.

I can't believe I'm writing these words: the Canadian Human Rights Commission is proceeding with an investigation against Richard Warman for hate speech. The maximum disruptor is now about to be disrupted himself.

Question: will Bernie "Burny" Farber and the pro-censorship Canadian Jewish Congress intervene against Warman in this case, as they have intervened before? Or is Warman's bigotry the good kind of bigotry, according to the Official Jews? How does the CJC feel about giving a "human rights" award to someone who has been under investigation for hate speech for nearly three years? Is it OK by Burny to call Jews "scum" on a neo-Nazi website, if it's done by his friend?

Question: after this month's declaration by the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal that section 13 is unconstitutional, both Burny and Warman said they still think the law is valid. Now that Warman is in trouble, will they change their minds?

Question: note the date on this ruling, September 9th. That's a week after the tribunal declared section 13 was illegal. The CHRC is obviously still investigating section 13 cases, even though the law has been declared unconstitutional. How does Rob Nicholson, the Justice Minister, feel about his agency continuing to prosecute a law that has been declared illegal?

Question: is the CHRC financing Warman's expenses to defend himself? Are they still financing other complaints by him?

Question: is there anyone left in this entire country -- other than those on some HRC payroll -- who doesn't think this entire corrupt system needs to be shut down and subject to a forensic inquiry and a deep audit, headed up by a judge?

Fire. Them. All.

P.S. In case you're wondering, I believe in free speech. Even though Richard Warman is not polite company, and has written some truly bigoted statements -- Jews are "scum"; gays are a "cancer"; white police should be loyal to "their race", et cetera, ad nauseam -- I don't think that should be illegal in Canada. And, though it's poetic justice that he is being investigated by the abusive regime he himself helped to create, I still don't support it.

And if he shows contempt for the CHRC or the tribunal, I don't think Richard Warman should go to jail.

His worst punishment is having to be himself -- a man who meticulously groomed his public image as a "human rights" activist but who is now being revealed, month after month, as a "disturbing", "disappointing" member of neo-Nazi organizations, to quote a tribunal ruling earlier this year.

Six months ago the tribunal called him out on his bigotry.

Three weeks ago the tribunal ruled his censorship campaign was illegal.

Now the CHRC is investigating him. He used to own those organizations. Now they're owning him.

Next up: Warman is going to lose his defamation suits, big-time.

But he's already lost his reputation.

I can't imagine the embarrassment and shame he feels every day.

I never thought I'd say it, but I truly feel pity for him.

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This page contains a single entry by Ezra Levant published on September 24, 2009 2:52 AM.

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