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Earlier this year, Butts tweeted that criticizing Trudeau’s widely mocked correction of a woman for using “mankind” instead of “peoplekind” in her question to him at an Edmonton town hall meeting, displayed “alt-right nazi” attitudes.

According to the Liberals, you can’t criticize their “anti-Islamophobia” motion without being accused of racism.

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You can’t criticize official multiculturalism without being accused of racism.

You can’t believe we should tell new immigrants to our country that Canadians reject “barbaric” cultural practices such as honour killings and female genital mutilation, without being accused of racism.

You can’t disagree with Trudeau’s assertion that “diversity is our strength”, arguing instead that diversity can be a source of divisiveness, without being accused of racism by the Liberals.

Things are so bad in Canada, according to the Trudeau Liberals, that they’re developing a “national anti-racism strategy” as part of $23 million in spending on multiculturalism over two years.

Heaven knows what new examples of racist attitudes held by Canadians that will come up with, and what other topics the Liberals will proclaim Canadians can’t criticize their government for, without being accused of racism.

Various and sundry federal Liberals have been using this tactic against their political opponents for decades — for example, absurdly comparing then Reform party leader Preston Manning to white supremacist David Duke in 1991 and falsely accusing residents of Prince George, B.C. of burning KKK-type crosses on their lawns in 2001.

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Their intent has always been clear.

It’s to frighten Canadians into silence when they think the Liberals are wrong on these issues, lest they be smeared as racists.

As the best indicator of future performance is past practice, watch for them to do it again leading up to next year’s federal election.

The only question is, will it work yet again?

lgoldstein@postmedia.com