Thread by @sunnshiiny

I am perplexed how smart, compassionate left progressives rationalize and characterize the constant smears, lies and negative campaigning Singh does against LPC and specifically PMJT as “kind leadership”. Kindness is lying constantly?

What!? It’s kind to lie & manipulate truth?!

https://twitter.com/adriennelking/status/1440880050560126980

Every day during the campaign we heard Singh denigrate LPC for some cherry picked half truth or blatant lie. Bragging about “fighting” for you. Misrepresenting the significance of his role as the balance of power.

Taking credit for every action LPC took and blaming LPC for every setback. Promising impossible to deliver outcomes that he will never be held accountable for to deliver. Because NDP is in 4th place & has little ability to influence committees where real policy work is done.

And I will never forget how much this election cost. Between Singh & O’Toole I must have heard it mentioned it 600 million times and used as a cudgel to distract from the low detail platforms and empty promises that were never required to deliver.

Do people actually believe that selective kindness to NDP team members & post truth gaslighting for everyone else is okay? Or do they say this to convince the NDP rubes and gullible supporters who don’t understand that to be considered kind you need to respect ALL people equally?

Not just the ones who think like you.

I can understand celebrating an NDP win. I’m happy Diotte was turfed. I’m pleased Edmonton delivered progressive NDP and Liberal MPs to represent Alberta.

But this woman seems pleased that the campaign strategy of using disinformation and misleading propaganda worked so well in Griesbach that it can be replicated in Manning and Edmonton Centre, where a Liberal won.

Is the objective progressive policy or NDP power?

Does this NDP organizer actually believe that NDP policy (being very similar in objectives to LPC) is superior?

Climate action, childcare, end covid, affordability, reconciliation, just transition.

The similarities in objectives is glaring.

While the meta narrative is not explicitly stated, this NDP organizer is insinuating that LPC ridings and CPC ridings completely ignore NDP residents.

I know LPC MPs don’t ignore any residents who request federal assistance. Can’t speak to CPC MPs.

But an MP is responsible to represent every member of their riding. Not just the people who voted for them.

Which is a troublesome lie that NDP uses to justify a call for PR over FPTP. Every vote is counted. Every vote matters. Not just the ones that determined the winner.

This argument reeks of false logic that Albertan progressives can’t be represented by anything but an NDP MP. Way to promote tribalism over policy!

So the Liberal and Conservative voters shouldn’t expect representation in this Griesbach riding then? Only the NDP residents?

That’s an adulteration of Canadian democracy and a misrepresentation of how Westminster Parliamentary political systems are supposed to function. I voted Liberal, but the CPC candidate won. By a landslide. But a smaller landslide than in previous elections.

Does that mean my vote didn’t count? No it means my vote didn’t select the MP in my riding. My ballot was counted. But there weren’t enough people in my rural/urban split riding who vote progressive to select a progressive candidate. But more progressives voted this election.

What I’d like to know is do NDP organizers believe their negative campaign methods and strategies, their half truth rationales and their manipulated reality accusations justify the lack of effort made by NDP to develop and plan policies?

There are some very good ideas within the NDP. But you’d never know it, because NDP don’t rely on their policies or plans to win elections. They rely on populist pandering and demagogic rhetoric to win.

They rely on trickery and emotional appeals. Not well thought out plans.

The NDP don’t sell their skills and knowledge as features to voters. Or their understanding of the issues. They don’t bother to detail how they would achieve their objectives. They sell voters on distrust of LPC because the issues we face are difficult to address.

They sell miracles and instant gratification. Promising immediate relief from poverty, racism, misogyny and homophobia. Money in your pocket and laws that change attitudes over night. They sell utopia. But utopia is just a fantasy. It isn’t reality.

NDP bypasses the necessary hard work and effort required to craft, table, debate and shape bills in committee that meet the needs of a maximum number of people and make accommodations for special interests. They gloss over the approval required from multi partisan committees.

Where every major political party is represented and has the ability to contribute to every bill’s final draft, regardless of whether we have a minority or majority government.

But a minority government is a weak legislative government.

NDP may sell the idea that they won the balance of power in parliament, but they conceal the fact CPC has the balance of power in committees and obstructs progressive legislation. Which NDP frequently helps them do. Then blames LPC for being ineffective.

I hope this newly elected NDP MP is full of eagerness and youthful passion and idealism. I hope they bring a progressive policy agenda to Ottawa and they advocate for every resident in their riding.

Alberta does deserve better.

But I also hope the new NDP MP represents every resident in their riding. Works to build bridges and not burn them. Brings innovative & fresh well thought out ideas & suggestions to the NDP caucus & to QP. I hope he refrains from using populist smears and lies for political gain.

Alberta does deserve better than demagogic populism. We’ve already had enough of that from Diotte. Changing the face and the brand is irrelevant. Alberta’s needs are not met by dirty tricks and the propagation of fake scandals to win the next election.

We need serious MPs.

We need progressive ideas, policy and legislation. Both NDP and LPC bring those strengths to Ottawa. Let’s hope they can combine efforts and make some gains on required changes that improves all lives, not just NDP voters lives.

My unsolicited advice…

Please stop the populist rhetoric. Represent every resident in your riding and this province’s extensive needs. The task before you is huge. We require democratic cooperation and compromise from all parties to move forward and solve huge problems.

All Albertans are relying on you to represent our region and help find solutions to our UCP created problems.

Congratulations on your win. Albertans of all parties are collectively putting our trust and faith in you to help foster real change and implement real solutions.

Good luck and well wishes for success.