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All my life I’ve been left of the centre, politically. But several things have pushed me right of that line recently, not the least of which are the attacks in cologne. In many ways, ideologically, I am still on the left … but I can not/will not relate to the liberal. The whiney, bleeding heart who has an answer for everything at the ready so they don’t actually have to think critically about anything. Comfortable with their moral superiority but not questioning or reasoning or listening and at least considering what the other side is saying. Using power-words constantly, pretty much every post they make is a desperate plea for ‘likes’ as though this wins arguments and validates their opinions. I voted liberal and am still very much engaged and interested — supportive even. But the average Canadian liberal has pushed me to the right and there I will stay until the left learns to think for itself. And I still late Stephen Harper and everything he stood for. —Anarchist> Communist>NDP> Liberal> Alt-Right
This article appears in Jan 7-13, 2016.
Both groups of ideologues — whether liberal or conservative — come off as mindless drones. One spouting politically correct dogma, the other spouting blatant racism. As moronic as the “Inexperienced Leader” camp is (as though Stephen Harper had any prior training in governing a nation at the time that he took office), so too is the “In Justin We Trust” group.
Whether or not Trudeau’s policies are more effective than the last government is irrelevant — government effectiveness is so dependent on a wide array of external “global” factors that it becomes nearly impossible to quantify the importance of any particular government. That said, Trudeau’s more inclusive and transparent approach to governance appears to be far more palatable to the average Canadian. The fact that the Liberals won the election on the backs of a disenfranchised electorate that felt duped by an increasingly secretive and politically abusive Conservative party virtually guaranteed Trudeau’s recent popular approval. On the other hand, it has only been a few months since the Liberals seized office, and many things can change from here on out.
And there is a need to bear on mind that Justin and all his beauty is simply a figurehead for the party. The policies and actions are not his, but that of the party itself.
OB, there has to be movement on both the left and the right so that we have movement down the Centre. Attempts to stop movement on either side only slows the progress we make as a societal whole.
Allow people to think and say what they want; we will act accordingly. Have faith that those actions will be progessive; you’ll find many excellent examples in (progressive) Europe.