Conservatism

Yellow Vests Canada Facebook group: a forum for Canadian hate and ignorance

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Trigger warning: This post contains an image of a Facebook post containing racist language, and a reference to dehumanizing words used to describe a trans person. Canadians watch with smug superiority the hate and anti-science movements in the United States, but fail to recognize that regressive attitudes flourish here too. You might be surprised to […]

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And if there isn’t a democratic solution…?

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On my bicycle commute today I stopped along a trail for a moment – okay, it was to step behind some trees to pee – and I’d been listening to the haunting Radiolab podcast Dark Side of the Earth. I had just heard David Wolf’s account of spacewalking outside the Mir spacecraft with fellow astronaut

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Cons Say: “Liberals Are Selfish”

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This morning I listened to This American Life’s episode #478: Red State Blue State about rifts in families and friendships caused by clashing politics. On it, we heard from a Republican woman who cannot fathom her friend’s Democratic views because, to paraphrase, “she’s not selfish, but liberals are selfish.” This is standard rightwing fodder, the

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Stephen Harper refuses to blow

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In many jurisdictions, refusing to submit to a breathalyzer test invokes the same charges as those imposed for those who do submit and are found to have exceeded the legal blood alcohol limit. Logically, refusal implies guilt. Similarly, Stephen Harper and his Conservatives’ failure to vigorously and openly cooperate with the Robocall scandal investigation can only

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Attention fat conservatives: buffets are socialism

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No, I don’t mean Warren Buffett, I’m talking about those all-you-can-eat affairs at restaurants. You contribute your money to a pool, and that pool allows the establishment to offer a tremendous quantity and variety of food. You may not be eating the spinach or bean salad, but some of your money is funding those foods

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