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11 Nov

I argue far more with self-righteous lefties on twitter than anyone else. Some think I'm giving right-wingers a pass, but truthfully they just aren't worth my energy. Despite my centrism, I don't have enough common ground with the right to hope we'll ever find agreement. 1/10

I sometimes see commonalities between the extreme right and left. What I'm seeing now is a common tendency to give up and invite the great reset. Is there a difference between the religious right yearning for Rapture and the hard left for wholesale revolution? I'm not sure. 2/10

I know I don't want to stop trying to make what we have work somehow. Work better, hell yes. For everyone, but most of all for those who have the least. I know the ongoing unfairness in our society is hard to swallow. But look at how far we've come. It's worth saving. 3/10

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5 Nov

I believe very strongly we need to start tolerating one another more, making space for one another, working hard to bridge the divide. It's a theme I've been on about for a while. And I get push-back - often very indignant and heated. Sometimes outright accusatory. #cdnpoli 1/16

A point I keep trying to make, with varying degrees of success, is no matter how much other people may bug you, even disgust you, they're simply not going to disappear tomorrow. So we need to live together. It's not a question of if, it's only a question of how. #cdnpoli 2/16

The response I've never understood is the purist one. I refuse to live with X. I make no allowance for Y. How dare you (turning the question back on me) even imply we should tolerate Z. That's offensive. They are wrong and we are right. It's simple. No compromises. #cdnpoli 3/16

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3 Nov

One of the most disturbing things I've seen lately, in American but also Canadian political discourse, is the suggestion that any amount of civility or acceptance of the other side represents appeasement and betrayal. I cannot emphasize how wrong and scary this is. #cdnpoli 1/14

Coming mainly from the left, the logic runs as follows. They have unacceptable ideas and values. Their values are an attack on me. Accepting them at all means accepting their views, and condoning the threat to me. Nothing less than total condemnation is enough. #cdnpoli 2/14

The main problem with this attitude is that it conflates accepting the idea with accepting the person. To call an idea unacceptable is very reasonable. To call a person unacceptable is problematic. After you've refused to accept all these people, what next? #cdnpoli 3/14

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28 Oct

Sam Oosterhoff is a Conservative MPP in Ontario. He's 23 now, was first elected at 19. He's done some questionable things lately and is much in the news. People have asked if it's fair to say it's because he's young, or just because he's an evangelical conservative. #onpoli 1/10

First, let me say it's entirely possible to be a thoughtful, conservative person of faith and occupy public office with dignity. I may not agree with a person like that, but we're all in Canadian society together and need to coexist. Government is how we do that. #onpoli 2/10

I do think it's ridiculous to elect a teenager to Parliament, whether a right-wing or a left-wing teen. Folks have said teens can show great leadership and potential. True. They're at the forefront of climate change issues, for one. But public office demands more. #onpoli 3/10

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27 Oct

Joey Moss has died. In his honor and memory I'd like to make an uncomfortable confession. I belong to a generation of kids, now all in our 40's, for whom "Gretzky's child" was a devastating and memorable insult. I both used it, and was a target of it. 1/6
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This is an 80's thing that only makes sense to a specific generation. Wayne Gretzky took an interest in children with special needs, and publicly campaigned in their support. Joey Moss was central to that. But dumb kids like me could turn the whole thing into a joke. 2/6

"Gretzky's child" became just one more slang term to make fun of someone different. We weren't mocking anyone who actually had special needs, let's be clear. But by turning it into an insult meant to imply someone else did, I suppose we really were. 3/6

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25 Oct

Horgan's gamble in BC paid off. Anyone who thinks Ford isn't gaming out the same move just isn't paying attention. I know many will scream "false equivalent!" but they really are in similar positions - no matter that I like one and dislike the other. #cdnpoli #onpoli #bcpoli 1/4

Horgan's coalition was stable. He created a narrative to justify his election call. All politicians do that. Ford has a majority so he'd have to work harder. But recent divisions in his own caucus might offer a path, or some other invented excuse. #cdnpoli #onpoli #bcpoli 2/4

Both Horgan and Ford have the same strong incentive - current popularity but an uncertain future. I don't like admitting Ford is still personally popular, but he is. The longer Covid drags on, the more he'll lose it. He may prefer his chances now. #cdnpoli #onpoli #bcpoli 3/4

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