As discussed earlier, Leitch has been quoted as saying, “‘People who believe women are property—that they can be beaten, bought or sold, or that gays or lesbians can be stoned because of who they love—don’t share Canadian values’” (Kingston). When Kingston noted that “stoning [has become] synonymous with Muslim nations,” she highlighted Leitch’s cooptation of the three ahistorical and ascoiological ideological categories discussed by Helly (Kingston; Helly 4). By creating a categorical binary of those who practice stoning and those who do not Leitch separates the Canadian from the
As discussed earlier, Leitch has been quoted as saying, “‘People who believe women are property—that they can be beaten, bought or sold, or that gays or lesbians can be stoned because of who they love—don’t share Canadian values’” (Kingston). When Kingston noted that “stoning [has become] synonymous with Muslim nations,” she highlighted Leitch’s cooptation of the three ahistorical and ascoiological ideological categories discussed by Helly (Kingston; Helly 4). By creating a categorical binary of those who practice stoning and those who do not Leitch separates the Canadian from the