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Originally Posted by Cowboy89
The menorah lighting mishap. Honestly if she just showed up and lit the menorah like every other Calgary mayor has done since the beginning of time any blowback from pro-Palestinian folks would have been very minor if at all, because it would have run under the surface and probably wouldn't have been noticed. Instead she had to break with tradition and throw out a tweet spotlighting the issue and her position which is counter to a good chunk of Calgarians. It basically created a Streisand effect to the issue and where she stood.
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I agree with much of what you've said, with the exception of the quoted above. The problem was that it wasn't just a menorah lighting - the scope of the event changed and it became a political "pro-Israel" rally, in addition to being the usual Hanukkah event.
It was a no win decision for her, but she made the correct decision. If a Ramadan event got changed and was being advertised as a Palestinian political rally, I wouldn't be OK with her attending that either.