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Political conference plunged into turmoil after giving minorities 'equity cards' to cut line · The Slippery Slope

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  Welcome to the Slippery Slope podcast on J Fallon.
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  Today we're looking at a story out of Canada that perfectly
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  captures the internal contradictions of modern
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  progressive politics and why the ideology of equity always
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  collapses under its own weight. Last week, Canada's New
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  Democratic Party held what was supposed to be a unifying
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  National Convention in Winnipeg. The theme was Predictable
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  Progressive Politics, shared values, shaping the future, all
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  the usual slogans. But instead of unity, the whole
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  thing descended into chaos. Why?
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  Because the NDP decided to hand out something I've never really
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  heard of before, they called Equity Cards.
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  These were color-coded badges meant to identify members of
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  so-called marginalized groups and give them special
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  privileges, including priority access to microphones during
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  debates. Yes, a major political party in
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  a Western democracy literally created a system where people
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  were ranked by identity to determine who gets to speak
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  first. Oh, the irony.
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  And shockingly, or maybe not shockingly at all, the system
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  blew up almost immediately. One delegate was furious because
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  she claimed she was skipped in the speaking queue, despite
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  holding a gender equity card and standing at the microphone.
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  A transgender delegate complained that a cisgender
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  woman had spoken over her, insisting her rights are under
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  attack. A Black woman argued that her
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  equity card has no value outside this space, which might be the
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  most honest statement of the entire weekend.
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  Even the conference chair who identifies as non binary,
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  snapped at a delegate for addressing them as Madam Chair.
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  Can you imagine being so committed to identity politics
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  that even basic parliamentary language becomes offensive?
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  What was supposed to be a polished display and progressive
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  unity turned into a chaotic competition over who is the most
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  marginalized, who deserves the most special treatment, and who
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  has the most moral authority to speak.
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  This is the inevitable outcome of a worldview built on equity,
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  not equality. Equality says everyone gets the
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  same opportunity. Equity says we will engineer
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  outcomes by elevating some and suppressing others.
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  And once you start dividing people into categories and
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  assigning privileges based on identity, you create a system
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  where the loudest fights aren't about ideas, they're about
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  status within the oppression hierarchy.
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  The NDP didn't just host a political conference, they
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  hosted a live demonstration of the internal contradictions of
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  their own ideology. What the Bible actually says
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  about equality. Here's the part that
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  progressives never want to talk about.
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  The Bible speaks directly to the issue of equality, and it does
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  not support this modern equity framework.
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  The New Testament condemns favoritism and partiality
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  outright. Ephesians 69.
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  James 21. James 29.
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  Scripture is crystal clear. Favoritism corrupts justice.
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  Paul even warned Timothy that maintaining fairness is a sacred
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  responsibility. Keep these instructions without
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  partiality, he says, and do nothing out of favoritism.
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  One Timothy 521. In other words, God doesn't tell
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  us to elevate certain groups above others, He tells us to
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  treat people without favoritism because every person is
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  accountable before him. The Bible also teaches that
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  every human being has intrinsic value, dignity, and worth
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  because we are made in the image of God.
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  Genesis 126 to 27. That's real equality, not
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  manufactured outcomes, not identity hierarchies, not
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  color-coded privilege cards. Even when Scripture acknowledges
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  differences between nations, roles, or social positions, it
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  never diminishes the dignity of any person.
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  God's standard is consistent, equal worth, equal
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  accountability, equal moral responsibility.
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  And then there's Jesus. Jesus was equal with God the
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  Father, yet he didn't cling to that status or use it for
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  personal advantage. Philippians 2 says he did not
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  consider equality with God something to be used to his own
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  advantage. Rather, he made himself nothing,
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  taking the nature of a servant. So the Jesus did not play the
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  victim. He didn't demand special
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  treatment. He didn't insist on privilege.
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  He laid down his rights to serve others.
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  He experienced persecution, unequal treatment, and
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  suffering. Yet he never weaponized his
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  identity to gain power over others.
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  That's the biblical model. Not entitlement, not grievance,
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  not identity based privilege. So while the NDP was busy
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  handing out equity cards and arguing over who deserved the
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  microphone, scripture gives us a completely different picture.
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  No favoritism, no partiality. Equal dignity for all people.
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  Humility instead of entitlement. Service instead of status
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  seeking. The chaos in Winnipeg wasn't
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  just political dysfunction, it was a world view clash, a
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  collision between man made identity hierarchies and God's
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  design for human worth. As always, this is just my
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  opinion. I'm Jay Fallon, thanks for
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  listening to the Slippery Slope podcast.
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  Get my straight ahead, get my head in the game with the red
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  light on.