The rise of Romana Didulo, self described 'Queen of Canada', and what she's up to now
The rise of Romana Didulo, self described 'Queen of Canada', and what she's up to now
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The rise of Romana Didulo, self described 'Queen of Canada', and what she's up to now
The fact that she continually appears on national headlines and nothing is ever really done about her is starting to say more about us than about her.
When is the last time someone went on national news to announce that people should and will be killed and got away with making those threats?
What are you suggesting we do about her?
I am not Canadian but sounds like not giving her airtime on news or articles in papers is a start. You are just helping her with free advertising.
Aren't there a bunch of charges she could fall under? Incitement, threats?
Well in Canada we don't have unlimited free speech. We used to arrest people for hate speech and terroristic threats, now we let them get away with it as they grow bolder
Even if you don't charge her with anything ... just tie her and her people up in court endlessly and let them drain their money in the legal system forever or until they just run out of money.
I'm sure the people of Richmound, SK have a few ideas.
It's a fine line. My mother believes Q-adjacent anti-vax bullshit that her manic bipolar boyfriend spoonfeeds her. She's otherwise a competent, independent adult. She knows who the Prime Minister is (and that he's satan incarnate) and pays her bills on time. She believes insane bullshit, but she's not dangerous to herself or others.
She's not forcing anyone to send her money, she's saying crazy things that somehow resonate with people who are to some degree mentally ill but not dangerous, like my mother. People do stupid shit all the time, and if we criminalized that, we'd have to turn all of Alberta into a prison.
As for the threats, she's not a genuine threat, and arresting / locking her up would turn her into a martyr to her followers, which could cause bigger issues. The people who tried to arrest police in Peterborough got what was coming to them, and they were made an example of. Cult leaders don't want their followers getting locked up where they can snap out of it.