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After all, the original Star Wars franchise was a seething cauldron of toxic masculinity, rife with sexism, populated by possibly misogynist but certainly stereotypical male heroes defending damsels in distress and where almost everyone who wasn’t an alien was white.

Then there’s the oppressive patriarchy problem with the movies – male emperors, male Jedi’s, male generals and resistance leaders – the whole pack of them violent and aggressive.

It is possible Horwath’s meme was intended to reference the latest Star Wars movies, which feature a strong female protagonist, a gender and ethnically diverse cast and more politically correctthemes.

Still, we worry one can’t divorce oneself from the ugly past these days, or in the case of Star Wars, from Princess Leah’s skimpy copper bikini and other problematic unpleasantries mentioned above.

Nevertheless, we applaud Horwath and her daring humour.

Her meme’s whimsical nature even inspired the ideologically bankrupt Liberals to steal her idea (like they did with their broken promise of a 15% auto insurance premium cut) and photoshop Premier Kathleen Wynne into a Star Wars day meme swinging a lightsabre of her own.

Meanwhile, both the Liberals and Horwath used the opportunity to cast Ontario PC leader Doug Ford in the role of would-be, evil emperor.

“May the 4th be with you! Don’t give in to the ‘Doug’ side,” said the tweet from the Ontario Liberal Party.

“Join the Rebellion against bad and worse!” said the tweet from Horwath.