{"id":23772,"date":"2023-07-11T01:41:07","date_gmt":"2023-07-11T01:41:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/?p=23772"},"modified":"2023-07-11T02:54:33","modified_gmt":"2023-07-11T02:54:33","slug":"illiteracy-on-the-rise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/?p=23772","title":{"rendered":"illiteracy on the rise&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/danielle-smith.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22831\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/danielle-smith.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/danielle-smith-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/danielle-smith-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Better juggler than a reader (file painting)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/pierre-poilievrepxm.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20950\" width=\"843\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/pierre-poilievrepxm.jpg 843w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/pierre-poilievrepxm-300x267.jpg 300w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/pierre-poilievrepxm-768x683.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Better joker than a reader (file painting)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Seems national Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre and United Conservative Alberta premier Danielle Smith share the exact same deficiency..they can&#8217;t read derogatory slogans on T shirts.<\/p>\n<cite> <\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>In an outstanding gesture of Stampede conservative solidarity both leaders posed seperately with  <em>Eric<\/em>, as his name tag read, in his attention-grabbing neon green T shirt with highly legible letters reading on the front \u201cThank a straight person today for your existence  Straight Pride&#8221; and \u201cGood people disobey bad laws.\u201don the back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s troubling that both Poilievre and Smith&#8217;s implied defence for posing with a person flaunting a not too subtle anti LGBTQ+message ,was they couldn&#8217;t read the T-shirt without a teleprompter!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Spokespeople for both leaders sputtered after the damage was done something about not agreeing with Eric&#8217;s message however the images have left the building folks and entered cyber hate space ,landing right where the bigots will undertake amplification! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/20230710160732-26f10d46a459a96f74c3a940ba1b51ddc013810759f22e634c94d7b982bc1335.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23778\" width=\"800\" height=\"622\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/20230710160732-26f10d46a459a96f74c3a940ba1b51ddc013810759f22e634c94d7b982bc1335.jpg 800w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/20230710160732-26f10d46a459a96f74c3a940ba1b51ddc013810759f22e634c94d7b982bc1335-300x233.jpg 300w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/20230710160732-26f10d46a459a96f74c3a940ba1b51ddc013810759f22e634c94d7b982bc1335-768x597.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>National Conservative leader PP and his wife seen posing with Eric!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Collage-Maker-10-Jul-2023-11-37-AM-4048.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23777\" width=\"1000\" height=\"516\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Collage-Maker-10-Jul-2023-11-37-AM-4048.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Collage-Maker-10-Jul-2023-11-37-AM-4048-300x155.jpg 300w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Collage-Maker-10-Jul-2023-11-37-AM-4048-768x396.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Alberta Premier Smith seen posing with Eric!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Court-Painter-PPEric-Danielle-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23784\" width=\"1000\" height=\"714\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Court-Painter-PPEric-Danielle-1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Court-Painter-PPEric-Danielle-1-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Court-Painter-PPEric-Danielle-1-768x548.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Court Painter through the magic of his brush and in the spirit of togetherness brought them &#8230;wait for it&#8230;together!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Better juggler than a reader (file painting) Better joker than a reader (file painting) Seems national Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre and United Conservative Alberta premier Danielle Smith share the exact same deficiency..they can&#8217;t read derogatory slogans on T shirts. In an outstanding gesture of Stampede conservative solidarity both leaders posed seperately with Eric, as his &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/?p=23772\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;illiteracy on the rise&#8230;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23772","post","type-post","status-publish","format-gallery","hentry","category-images","post_format-post-format-gallery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23772","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=23772"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23772\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23792,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23772\/revisions\/23792"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23772"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23772"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23772"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}