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Oct 14, 2018 • 16 tweets • 7 min read
A couple of not-altogether-random thoughts:
- The constant complaint that "left-of-centre" values are now -unfairly, yet- prevalent over "conservative" ones may well be inaccurate, given the longtime deliberate strategy in some quarters to shift public perception of "centre" /1
dramatically rightwards. For example, the Republicans of today would consider that President Eisenhower was "dangerously liberal" for his fight against fascism and for decent lives for the poor. Americans generally still agree with Ike, though the Tea Party movement shifted the/2
Aug 13, 2018 • 7 tweets • 3 min read
@MaximeBernier Forgive me for pointing out that the "balkanization"
you fear doesn't actually happen in Canada--precisely because newcomers aren't pushed into ghettos but are welcome to express themselves within the wider Canadian culture that accepts them. While new arrivals do tend to live /1@MaximeBernier near others of the same origin in poorer neighbourhoods when they first arrive, as they build new lives and prosper, they move on to better, more mixed accommodations. Their children assimilate even faster (which can be hard for parents to accept at first) and the next crop of /2
