Sometimes I wonder what I could have achieved in life if I spent my time in university attacking the rights of women and the LGBTQ community while pandering to religious zealots before dropping out instead of, you know, studying.
I don’t actually wonder this.
But after years of being told an entry-level job requires 6 degrees and 10 years experience using industry-specific software that’s only existed for 2, I get why some find it frustrating to see drop-outs elevated to top positions in society.
But after years of being told an entry-level job requires 6 degrees and 10 years experience using industry-specific software that’s only existed for 2, I get why some find it frustrating to see drop-outs elevated to top positions in society.
Imagine being told that the only way you’ll have a career that enables you to provide for a family of your own is to take on MASSIVE debt get a university education.
So you do that, but still struggle to get your foot in the door.
Where are all the promised “good” jobs?
So you do that, but still struggle to get your foot in the door.
Where are all the promised “good” jobs?
Then someone with no post-secondary education becomes the premier of Ontario, and starts killing people with terrible pandemic management.
And you’re like:
“This is NOT what I was told! That guy doesn’t even have a degree. How did he get elevated to premier?”
And you’re like:
“This is NOT what I was told! That guy doesn’t even have a degree. How did he get elevated to premier?”
Then you find out that someone EVEN WORSE has won the leadership race for the provincial Reactionary Regressives Party in Alberta.
Again with no degree? You were degrees were needed for ENTRY level jobs!
At least the guy in Alberta tried going to uni..
sprawlcalgary.com/the-young-zeal…
Again with no degree? You were degrees were needed for ENTRY level jobs!
At least the guy in Alberta tried going to uni..
sprawlcalgary.com/the-young-zeal…
...finding out what the guy in Alberta did in university does not make you feel better about his successes in life and politics.
So now the guy who was too regressive for a Jesuit college has been elevated to Premier of Alberta.
This was in spite of his lack of education.
In spite of his hateful history.
In spite of the shennagians surronding his leadership campaign.
sprawlcalgary.com/the-kenney-cal…
This was in spite of his lack of education.
In spite of his hateful history.
In spite of the shennagians surronding his leadership campaign.
sprawlcalgary.com/the-kenney-cal…
One of the first things the new government with the silly name led by the guy without a degree did was to cut education.
You wonder why.
calgaryherald.com/news/local-new…
You wonder why.
calgaryherald.com/news/local-new…
You are still paying your student loans.
And you know of families who have struggled even more since the no-degree premier took over.
With the research skills that you learned when you were not fighting against the spousial rights of gay couples during university you learned a thing or two about the no-degree premier of Alberta.
pinknews.co.uk/2018/12/04/jas…
pinknews.co.uk/2018/12/04/jas…
You’ve seen other people criticize the no-degree premier for being overweight.
People have pointed out that it’s bad form to attack someone for their weight.
You agree. That’s not what’s wrong with the no-degree premier.
People have pointed out that it’s bad form to attack someone for their weight.
You agree. That’s not what’s wrong with the no-degree premier.
https://twitter.com/kylemmorrow/status/1009549111425748994?s=21
https://twitter.com/kylemmorrow/status/1009549111425748994
You’ve seen other people criticize the no-degree premier for being gay.
People have pointed out that it’s bad form to attack someone for being gay.
You agree. Even if it turned out that he was, that might be ironic, but that’s not what’s wrong with the no-degree premier.
People have pointed out that it’s bad form to attack someone for being gay.
You agree. Even if it turned out that he was, that might be ironic, but that’s not what’s wrong with the no-degree premier.
You’ve seen others criticize the no-degree premier for being a drop-out.
People have pointed out that it’s bad form to attack someone for being a drop-out.
You agree...
But you can’t help but being bothered by this one...
People have pointed out that it’s bad form to attack someone for being a drop-out.
You agree...
But you can’t help but being bothered by this one...
After years of being told you need a degree to do basically anthing with a higher rate of pay or better working conditions than fast food, it still stings a bit to see someone managage to float to the top without the minimum qualifacations you needed a student loan to get.
That doesn’t make a statement like “It doesn't HURT Jason Kenney when you call him a drop-out, fat, closeted, or alone” incorrect.
The person who said that is still right (and should not be attacked for what they said.)
The person who said that is still right (and should not be attacked for what they said.)
But you can’t help but wonder why someone like our no-degree premier gets to float to the top without the basic qualifacations that you needed to begin your adult life.
Was it a family connection like between #Cargill and no-degree Lagrange?
(Lagrange was the head of the anti-choice Wilberforce Project that sold #UCP memberships for people to vote during the party’s riding nominations and leadership race.)
kimsiever.ca/2020/05/09/the…
(Lagrange was the head of the anti-choice Wilberforce Project that sold #UCP memberships for people to vote during the party’s riding nominations and leadership race.)
kimsiever.ca/2020/05/09/the…
Was it a family connection like no-degree Devin Dreeshen being the son of the area’s career-politician MP, “sleepy” @earl_dreeshen?
(When he worked for the Trump campaign, Dreeshen visited 28 states and shadowed Ivanka Trump.)
vice.com/en/article/d3e…
(When he worked for the Trump campaign, Dreeshen visited 28 states and shadowed Ivanka Trump.)
vice.com/en/article/d3e…
Was it an obsccure connection to American plutocrats that helped our no-degree premier start their “career” with the Canadian Taxpayers Federation?
thetyee.ca/Opinion/2018/0…
thetyee.ca/Opinion/2018/0…
I guess you'll never know for certain what it is that allows particular white men to ascend with ease while you, and many of those around you struggled.
But they sure don't seem to mind the lack of bus service to @Webber4Confed's government subsidized private business.
https://twitter.com/Rippyman/status/1354814689125888001?s=20
Either way, this is a true statement:
"It doesn't HURT Jason Kenney when you call him a drop-out, fat, closeted, alone.
It HURTS other people. People we should be lifting up."
...even if reminds you how you had to struggle, while they--those certain white men--had it easy.
"It doesn't HURT Jason Kenney when you call him a drop-out, fat, closeted, alone.
It HURTS other people. People we should be lifting up."
...even if reminds you how you had to struggle, while they--those certain white men--had it easy.
Recognize the problems.
Focus on solutions.
Recognize who benefits from barriers in society.
Focus on removing them.
Focus on solutions.
Recognize who benefits from barriers in society.
Focus on removing them.
https://twitter.com/TeamTait/status/1091439257753919488?s=20
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