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rfmcdonaldblogTO's Chris Bateman wrote the first overview I came across of the #shirtlessjogger incident on Canada Day.
The television clip went viral, first across Toronto and then worldwide. Among the blogs I read, Joe. My. God. and Towleroad picked this up internationally, noting--quite appropriately--that Killoran was cute. (It was a humid dog so shirtlessness would make sense for jogging.) Doug Ford's statement that Killoran's comment was motivated by a ridiculously redefined "racism" fanned the flames.
In subsequent interviews and articles, with The Globe and Mail and the National Post, Killoran explained coherently that he was frustrated with Ford's many and continuing incompetencies and errors. Indeed, Ford still refuses to talk to police about his various problematic issues, and he and appears to have lied even in his post-rehab interviews.
Am I alone in finding it amusing that the man who has so visibly challenged Ford, the man who has helped reveal the falsity of Ford's claims to have reformed--the man who has confirmed that the Emperor has no clothes--is known as the shirtless jogger.
Things were already going badly for Rob Ford when the shirtless jogger arrived at the East York Canada Day parade. Booed and heckled as he and a small group of sign-carrying supporters brought up the rear of the walk, the scene was turning more embarrassing by the second.
"You disgusting man," shouted one person. "Shame on you!" "He's scaring kids!" "Get out of my neighbourhood!"
And then a topless Joe Killoran, a local teacher who has previously expressed his opinion on education in the pages of the Toronto Star, arrived on the scene.
I daresay a large part of the reason Killoran's frustrated outburst went viral was his lack of a shirt, but his anger was articulate and, best of all, drenched in the frustration of a Rob Ford-weary Toronto. "Answer one of the million questions people have for you" he said. "People have a million questions about your lying and your corruption."
The television clip went viral, first across Toronto and then worldwide. Among the blogs I read, Joe. My. God. and Towleroad picked this up internationally, noting--quite appropriately--that Killoran was cute. (It was a humid dog so shirtlessness would make sense for jogging.) Doug Ford's statement that Killoran's comment was motivated by a ridiculously redefined "racism" fanned the flames.
In subsequent interviews and articles, with The Globe and Mail and the National Post, Killoran explained coherently that he was frustrated with Ford's many and continuing incompetencies and errors. Indeed, Ford still refuses to talk to police about his various problematic issues, and he and appears to have lied even in his post-rehab interviews.
Am I alone in finding it amusing that the man who has so visibly challenged Ford, the man who has helped reveal the falsity of Ford's claims to have reformed--the man who has confirmed that the Emperor has no clothes--is known as the shirtless jogger.
