Controversial Mark Hecht story morphs into heated Twitter discussion about Douglas Todd
There's a funny story in my family about how my father once tore up the newspaper at the kitchen table.
It was over a Gorde Hunter column in the old Victoria Colonist.
Hunter was a right winger who railed about the metric system, Cuba, and official bilingualism.
My father never figured out that the best response was to avoid this column altogether if he wanted to remain his usual placid self.
The Vancouver Sun's Douglas Todd may have a similar effect on some of his readers.
He's polarizing.
I'm not a fan of his work because I feel that it unnecessarily stigmatizes foreign students and erodes public confidence in multiculturalism, immigration, and diversity.
Nowadays, I only read the Todd columns that generate the greatest outrage over social media.
I'm guessing that he dislikes most of what I write, including this post.
But what's surprised me in the hullabaloo over the notorious Mark Hecht column is how Todd's work has become a topic of concern on social media.
Vancouver Sun reporters at the paper who tweeted their opposition to the Hecht column are being asked what they think about Todd's columns.
https://twitter.com/duncankinney/status/1170425813197410306
In the wake of the criticism of Todd on social media, his defenders have come out to praise his work.
I've written what I think.
Below, you can read how some others are viewing this situation.
https://twitter.com/TerryGlavin/status/1170861381605683200
https://twitter.com/vyassaran/status/1170381393618014208
https://twitter.com/minghuiyu/status/1170402676758106117
https://twitter.com/faridrohani/status/1170743444626558976
https://twitter.com/kulpreetsingh/status/1170604778327461888
https://twitter.com/ArshyMann/status/1170231176579231744
https://twitter.com/VictorY_Wong/status/1170404447245099008
https://twitter.com/kulpreetsingh/status/1170394316193161217
https://twitter.com/Nuttallreports/status/1170866861417758720
https://twitter.com/derrickokeefe/status/1170452395681206273
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