Grow up. 

The judge was wearing a poppy and, very briefly, a hat. Both are symbols -- both are, by some estimations, inflammatory and insensitive to the more delicate members of the community. In neither case should the delicate ones have the power to compel compliance with their demands.

Canadian judges long ago gave up the pretense of being entirely objective and neutral. Once the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada announces, extra-judicially, that the country is engaged in "cultural genocide," it's clear that political beliefs -- however wise or misguided -- are not grounds for sanctions. 

If the issue is a hat in court, then fine: it shouldn't be done. But the real issue, of course, is the message on the hat. A good number of people, it turns out, favour democracy only when the outcome pleases them. 

We were able to survive eight years of Obama -- we'll get through four years of Trump just fine, if the hysterics are able to get a grip on themselves.