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Grab this column from your kids if you don’t want them reading gross language from an unexpected place — the Alberta legislature.

Sandra Jansen, the former PC MLA, read a list on Tuesday of vile things said about her and Premier Rachel Notley after she crossed the floor to the NDP last week.

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They are, in ascending order of disgust:

“What a traitorous bitch …

“You are both a disgrace to Alberta, lying bitches …

“Now you have two blond bimbos in a party that is clueless …

“Another useless tit goes NDP …

“Dead meat …

“Sandra should stay in the kitchen where she belongs …

‘”Fly with the crows and get shot …

“Dumb broad — a good place for her to be is with the rest of the queers.”

I’ve probably heard and read a million words from that legislature, but never anything like that.

Jansen’s point was not just to shock, although she certainly did. It was to point out how revolting these online attacks have become, and to call on politicians of all stripes to fight back.