This is ridiculous
If people cannot express political views with the tolerance of their neighbors then we are in real trouble as a society. And this I know of what I speak. I work in an environment that can only be described as very left wing and I am very uncomfortable expressing my political views despite the fact that most of my co-workers have no such compunction. The fact is leftist views are acceptable in public conversation and conservative views are not. I do have to admit that many of the people I work with are the type of people I think we need on both sides of the political divide: Tolerant, accepting, & open-minded. I don't expect them to convert to my way nor do they expect I will to theirs, and I can be friends with them because politics is only one small part of our daily life. Despite that, many of the people I come into contact with on a daily basis assume I must think like they do and make it clear that any who do not are, well, stupid, racist, bigoted, selfish, uneducated, small-minded, or evil. I kid you not, "evil". And that is why I do not let most people know of my conservative leanings. Perhaps the problem is my own cowardice, but I won't take all the blame. The left has taken civil discourse and reduced it to us-against-them, and I am them.
My bet? My hope, really, is that the perpetrators of the attacks in Willowdale are extreme-leftists unhappy with those right wing Liberals. If not I will be ashamed to call myself a conservative.
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Take a good look around you and assess the death, destruction and financial ruin "conservatism" has wrought over the last few years. Then examine what your own "conservative" principles are and ponder why they might be objectively offensive to the majority of Canadians.
...or don't.
Any examples? Because my economy seems to be pretty damn strong and BC has the most conservative government in Canada, even if they are called "Liberals". Or Canada? two years of CPC rule and we seem to be weathering the world economic downturn rather well (except ultra-Liberal Ontario, I know, but maybe that's your problem?). And I guess you are referring to Iraq when you say "death and destruction", but I would point to Darfur, not conservative, Chechnya, not conservative. In fact it seems to me most world hot spots are caused by religious issues or ***Gasp*** leftist revolutionaries. Is that objective enough for you?
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