Anti-LGTBQ+ bully Josh Bigger threatens the Niagara Catholic District School Board

Josh Bigger (AKA: "Mr Freedom") first became prominent in the "Freedom" movement for his involvement at the Ottawa convoy/occupation where his appearance shared a passing resemblance to Jake Angeli, the "QAnon Shaman" who was sentenced to 41 months in prison for his role at the January 6th Capitol insurrection.

After the convoy he made the news over a social media video where he claimed that he charges his liberal customers more than other people. He has also engaged with the far-right. He's been on livestreams with the white nationalists of Diagolon. In one such stream they discussed "the Jewish question" and questioned the Holocaust. Bigger has also shared his own antisemitic posts on social media.

Josh has also expressed belief in some of the more ridiculous conspiracy theories, such as flat earth, fake moon landings, and chemtrails.

Lately he has made a name for himself by harassing the LGTBQ+ community and their supporters. He attended a protest against a Toronto drag story-time event where Neo-Nazis attended and gave roman salutes. He barged into a drag story time event in St Catharines and screamed profanities at children. When interviewed at an LGTBQ+ counter protest he bullied the journalist who spoke with him. Bullying is a common behaviour of his. Even when his supporters criticize him he berates them with body shaming insults.

His most recent target has been the Niagara Catholic District School Board. Last week he was kicked out of a board meeting where he told the board members they were all going to hell for flying the pride flag.

It's Josh's behaviour after the meeting which concerns me the most. In a video he streamed shortly after he discusses how he has been trespassed from the building.

He refers to one of the board members as a diddler.

And eventually he ends up threatening the board members.
"I think these people... should have their necks stretched"
This is not the first time that he has threatened people for flying pride flags at schools.

He is also encouraging his followers to harass the school board members and is giving out their phone numbers.

The responses from his supporters were equally as disgusting, with people calling the board members pedophiles and making threats.

The interesting thing is that Josh doesn't have children in any Catholic school. He isn't even catholic nor Christian, nor does he go to church.

In fact Josh home-schools his children. Presumably to learn how to work on a roof without proper safety harnesses.

Josh claims that he plans to attend the next NCDSB meeting, regardless of whether he has been trespassed or not. We'll just have to see what happens.

Jeremy Mackenzie wishes for genocide against Jews and more Diagolon hate speech

For years I have been documenting the rhetoric coming from the Diagolon movement, and in a few instances I feel they have been caught crossing into illegal hate speech (example, example, example, example) but lately some of their more prominent streamers have been pushing closer to that line.

Content warning: hate speech, racist slurs

We begin with Diagolon's creator Jeremy Mackenzie. A few weeks ago he recorded a live stream where he was more unhinged than usual which is saying a lot. Allegedly he's having difficulty paying his bills due to financial restrictions that have been placed on him(take with a grain of salt) and of course it's the fault of everyone else.
In this clip he states that he's only going to get worse and become a terrorist because.... reasons. He also states that he wishes Indian people would have been "genocided" because his internet isn't working.

He then goes on to say that he's ready to become violent and start killing people.

After that he blames the Jews for his financial problems(shocking, I know) and states that he hopes that the Jews/Israel get wiped out.

He also states that people need to collectivize and start deporting people. Sure sounds like "tribe and train" isn't about self defense.

He says that everyone else should be destitute, which is hilarious considering what he's supposedly going through with finances.
Hey Jeremy, have you thought about not being an internet Nazi? No? Okay then.

On another stream Tom Mccue calls in and Jeremy tells him and his audience that they should fight the police to the death if they attempt to arrest them for hate speech.

Speaking of Tom McCue he recently invited Neo-Nazi Andreas Johansson, the "hey buddy guy" on a live stream. The background of the live stream looked like this:

Not very subtle.
During the stream Andreas identifies himself as a member of the Nordic Resistance Movement which is a Neo-Nazi organization that has been deemed a terrorist group by the United States government.

Andreas claims that "some people" refer to the Jews as parasites, and Tom McCue calls Jews "rats" which is a statement he has made in the past.

Diagolon supporter Marcella Hall engaged in some anti-Indigenous hate speech recently as well, even though she claims to be 1/4 Indigenous.

Alex Vriend complains that some people on their side are struggling with the overt racism they're seeing, and Alex's response to that is that if they can't stomach the offensive language then they won't have the ability to physically deport people.

Alex also says that he wants to "shoot Indians in the face" if they don't leave after they're asked.

Finally Alex and Derek Harrison refer to "Pakis" as "bio-weapons" and say they pollute everything and destroy infrastructure.

Canada has laws against hate speech. That includes advocating genocide and inciting hatred against an identifiable group, one hallmark of which is comparing an identifiable group to vermin. I'm not a legal expert, but Diagolon appear to be pushing the boundaries of those laws.

The Jason Lavigne Show is a platform for racists

The Jason Lavigne Show has always leaned to the right, and has most notably provided supportive coverage of the Coutts 4 trials. Jason has on occasion used his platform to help sanitize the images of open racists such as Kevin J Johnston, and Diagolon streamers Jeremy Mackenzie, Derek Harrison and Morgan Guptil. He asked Alex Vriend to join him on the show, but he doesn't seem interested.
Recently Jason decided to host a racist hot stove panel with guests such as self-described white nationalist Bethan Nodwell, Joanna Evenson(aka: Blonde Bigot) who currently has a human rights complaint filed against her, and Christine Loughead who was arrested last month for wilful promotion of hatred and public incitement of hatred. According to a copy of the summons that was posted to social media, Loughead is not supposed to have access to the internet.

Jason hosted the stream well after her initial arrest on August 7th.

Let's dive into the live stream. Jason starts off by calling for "tolerance" of other people's views. Quite the thing to stay for someone hosting a bunch of racists on his show.

He also states that he's not sure exactly what Christine said that she was charged for. Well here's a few potential candidates Jason. Maybe you should have looked into this before you clamored to her defense.

Jason brings lawyer Barry W. Bussey on the show. He makes a similar statement trying to distance himself from the racists that he's speaking with. Jason also states that no one is being provided with legal advice on the show, which is smart because I don't think Christine shouldn't even be on it

Bethan Nodwell discusses her appearance on a white nationalist Twitter(X) space where she questioned the Holocaust. That space included members of the Neo-Nazi Goyim Defense League. But according to her she just stumbled on there in the middle of the night.

Nodwell tries to down play the extreme rhetoric coming from Diagolon and from Loughead. She claims that the government is radicalizing people into extremism and that she's not surprised people feel compelled to fly Nazi flags outside their homes. So racism is everyone else's fault.

Speaking of support for Nazis, here are some recent tweets from Christine Loughead.

Anyway, Joanna Evenson is up next. And she seems to believe that there should be no consequences for the hateful things that they say. That's not how anything works of course.

Jason claims that none of the speech by the three women on the panel weren't targeted at anyone which is blatantly untrue. As previously mentioned, Evenson is facing a human rights complaint for targeting a teacher. He claims that none of it is incitement when Loughead has openly called for Jews and "brown" people to be deported from the country. It's clear that he and Bussey didn't look into anything these people have said.

Nodwell claims that the world is becoming "hostile" to white children. This while she streams with people calling for the deportation of non-white people.

Christine Loughead hints that she's a believer in the white replacement/genocide myth which isn't at all shocking.

Loughead then goes on a blatantly racist rant where she claims that non-white Europeans who live in Canada are "bio-weapons". Great guest you brought on your show Jason.

Loughead says she would prefer a white homogeneous society which clearly isn't surprising.

She refers to non-white immigrants as an "invasion". Jason states that Christine "isn't completely wrong" and compares immigration to people "coming into your home".

Bussey offers some push back by discussing the history of Canada and it's genocide against indigenous people, but then claims that newer immigrants aren't properly assimilating.

Jason still goes on to say he largely agrees with Christine. Then Blonde Bigot says that she was tolerant of "Chinatowns, Greektowns, and Little Italys", but she now "sees Indians everywhere" and doesn't like how things have changed. This is why racists are so ridiculous. Do they even know why they're mad?

She then claims that beaches are dirty because of Indians. As if white people don't litter. Give me a break.

Nodwell states that "old stock Canadians" (white people) are going to start becoming "hostile". She also supports what Christine has been saying.

Jason's wife Paula also claims that newer immigrants aren't assimilating.

Jason Lavigne comes real close to reciting the 14 words, and states that he is boycotting Tim Horton's "not for racist reasons". Sure.
Blonde Bigot claims that white people are being replaced.

Jason asks whether there should be limits on speech. He says that he believes there should be limits on speech when it's used to target people, which as mentioned previously his guests have been doing.

Finally Bethan describes herself as an "accelerationist". She also praised Jason for inviting Christine on even though he doesn't agree with her views, and even though Jason repeatedly said that he largely agrees with Christine.

So Jason invited three blatant racists on his show, allowed them to spew racism with little push back and a lot of agreement. What's that make him?

Pickering City Councillor Lisa Robinson Appears on Livestream with Kevin J Johnston While He Defames Threatens and Encourages Harassment of Her Fellow Councillors

Recently a city councillor from Pickering, Ontario who has a history of making racist, Islamophobic, and transphobic remarks was interviewed by racist, Islamophobic, transphobic and Holocaust denying live streamer Kevin J Johnston. It's reprehensible that an elected member at any level of government would speak with Kevin J Johnston who has been charged with wilful promotion of hatred, lost 2 massive defamation suits(here, here), was convicted of harassment, assault, and contempt of court, and has now fled the country to Costa Rica, but let's take a look at what was said during this particular live stream.

Before Lisa joins Kevin starts off the live stream by fantasizing about the Pickering nuclear plant melting down and blowing up Toronto with a nuclear bomb. Great choice for an interview Lisa.

Immediately afterwards he says that transgender people should be beaten with brass knuckles.

Kevin makes some Islamophobic statements regarding a Muslim city councillor for Pickering.

Lisa states that people were sending her money during her 60 day suspension. All levels of government have strict rules about accepting money while you're an elected representative. I don't know whether she properly claimed the money. I do know that far-right group Veterans 4 Freedom were among the people sending her funds.

Kevin J Johnston sends Lisa off the screen for a bit while he claims that Pickering is "run by pedophiles". Afterwards (not shown in clip) he posts all of the contact information for the mayor and city councillors.

Kevin then encourages his audience to harass(his word) the Pickering city councillors.

Kevin provides a disclaimer for why he takes Lisa off the screen in a meaningless attempt to protect her.

Kevin then encourages his audience to harass Pickering city council (my words), while she is still on screen.

Kevin then states that the Pickering city councillors should be removed by force, again while Lisa is on the screen and not objecting. He also states that he could beat all of the other councillors in a boxing match at the same time. I've seen Kevin J Johnston throw a punch, trust me, he couldn't.

I must say I really feel for the rest of the Pickering city council who have to work with Lisa Robinson. She is speaking with people that are openly trying to harm them and it's being broadcast to who knows how many people. I can't say whether the other councillors have received any harassment or threats since this live stream but it may be worth reaching out to them.

David Parker of Take Back Alberta joins a Diagolon livestream

On Saturday David Parker of Take Back Alberta joined a livestream hosted by a member of the far-right Diagolon extremist community. Zach Schmidt held the discussion panel about Western Separation.

Zach in the past has recited the Neo-Nazi 14 words slogan, expressed support for Holocaust denial and made reference to "the Jewish question".

The subject of immigration came up during the live stream, and to David's credit he made some statements that were supportive of immigration.

But the moment that Zach knocked everyone off the stream he made it clear that he is against David's stance on immigration and read a comment from a viewer that "Canada is for the white man".

A couple days after his live stream with David Parker, Zach interviewed Neo-Nazi Nicholas Jonathan Gregory from Night Nation Review.

There is more than enough evidence as to why associating with Diagolon is problematic(here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here), but let's take a look at some of the things said by Diagolon live streamers just this week.
Content warning going forward: racism, racial slurs

Here Jeremy Mackenzie bluntly states that he hates Indians.

Alex Vriend does the same....

... and wants to kick them out of the country.

Ferryman and other Dags are starting to migrate over to "goyim.tv", which is a website run by the white supremacist group Goyim Defense League. The GDL are known for holding demonstrations in front of synagogues while holding swastika flags.

Here Derek Harrison "jokes" about Muslims getting run over by an ambulance. That seems to be a pattern with him.

Lesser known Diagolon streamer Chris Freestone says that he doesn't want "j**ts and n****rs" in his neighbourhood and compares people of colour to skunks. It also sounds like he was yelling this at people from the front of his house.

On the same stream Chris claims that "We'll make Hitler look like a joke", and Tom McCue refers to Jews as rats.

So this is the movement that former UCP staffer David Parker is now choosing to associate with. I wonder if he still has access to Danielle Smith.

Is it time to start referring to Diagolon as a Neo-Nazi movement? Part II: Diagolon streamers go live with international Neo-Nazis

Looks like it's time to continue the discussion about whether we should be referring to Diagolon as a Neo-Nazi movement. The Canadian Anti-Hate Network recently reported on Alex Vriend's decision to live stream with various far-right and Neo-Nazi figures. I have previously reported on Diagolon's attempts to recruit people into Neo-Nazi Active Clubs, as well as Alex Vriend starting his own. In this blog entry I want to discuss some of the recent statements made by Vriend and other notable Dags.

Dan Sleno added himself to the list of Diagolon live streamers who have endorsed people joining Neo-Nazi Active Clubs. 

Dan Sleno adds himself to the list of Diagolon community members that have endorsed joining Neo-Nazi Active Clubs.

This comes after 2 Active Club members were arrested on terrorism related charges.https://t.co/Cpkz1Sr1Uq

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— Tony the antifascist swan (@TonyYvce) January 22, 2024

This was after Ontario Active Club members Matthew Althorpe and Kristoffer Nippak were charged with terrorism related offenses.

As previously noted, Alex Vriend invited Australian Neo-Nazi Thomas Sewell on to a live stream. Alex tells the audience that at some point nationalists will have to address "the Hitler question". Of course speaking with the leader of the Australian National Socialist Movement and telling him that you appreciate what he has to say will certainly raise those questions.

Does saying that the Nazis were the good guys in WWII, and that it's the Jews that want you to believe otherwise make you a Neo-Nazi? I would argue yes, but I'm sure Diagolon would balk at that notion.

Does inviting someone onto your live stream to promote the creation of a world-wide Neo-Nazi movement make you a Neo-Nazi? Maybe this is why you keep having to respond to "the Hitler question" Alex....

 ... or it could be that you re-broadcast Hitler speeches....

... or perhaps it's because of the roman salutes you and Derek do on your live streams.

Alex enjoys seeing non-white people whom he calls "migrants" and "invaders" getting assaulted and he states that he hopes more of it happens. He and Jeremy believe that "vigilantism" will increase against immigrants.

Here Derek complains about seeing a Muslim weatherperson, even though he doesn't even watch the news.

Ferryman seems confident that they can just start deporting people.
This is why I state as often and as loudly as possible: THERE. IS. NO. PEACEFUL. WHITE. NATIONALISM.

Of course Derek blames women and thinks they should lose the right to vote.

Josh Bigger (AKA: Mr Freedom) who is a Diagolon supporter was on a live stream with Zach Schmitt (also a Diagolon supporter) where Schmitt discussed a "revolution with gallows" and "the Jewish question".

More on "the Jewish Question" and both of them seem to question the Holocaust.

On a live stream with Diagolon streamer Tom McCue, Josh makes it clear that he thinks that there should be no issue with questioning the Holocaust.

Zach uses his blog to promote the Neo-Nazi "14-words" slogan. He also implies that Jews are protecting pedophiles and that Canadians need to become more racist and hateful.

Jeremy Mackenzie recently went on a live stream with UK Neo-Nazi Mark Collett.

And of course, Jeremy is still his usual antisemitic self.

He also went on a live stream with his old buddy, Holocaust denier Ryan Dawson.
During the stream they discussed the Neo-Nazi "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville and spread the alt-right lie that Heather Hayer wasn't murdered but died of a heart attack.

What's funny is that recently Dawson showed disapproval towards open displays of Nazism in their movement. I wonder whether he mentioned that to his Diagolon friends.

So to sum up in the last year Diagolon streamers have:
- promoted Neo-Nazi Active Clubs
- engaged in Holocaust minimization/denial
- given roman salutes
- interviewed Neo-Nazis
- advocated for "migrants" to be deported
- shared speeches by Adolf Hitler
- quoted Mein Kampf to justify their views
- repeated Neo-Nazi slogans

And the only response they'll have for the allegation that they're Neo-Nazis is to gaslight people.
Don't fall for it.