Large Coalition Getting Ready to Fight Scott Moe’s Pronoun Policy Overriding the Charter of Rights and Freedoms
‘Scott Moe has no idea what he started’
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Swinging to the extreme right is not a winning strategy in Canada.
You only have to look as far as is going on in the US house of representatives to know the chaos a few extremists can cause. They will never be satisfied until the province is a christofascist dictatorship.
You can also look to Manitoba for a more positive outcome. The PC started going a little too far right, and they got voted out. Maybe DUI-Hank Hill finds the same fate.
Manitoba has given me a glimmer of hope that maybe Canadians aren't all becoming assholes.
Or Harper's Barbaric Cultural Practice snitch line.
I'm still pissed about the hotline.
Thing is they could have marketed it as a domestic abuse hotline and actually gained votes, but I guess they couldn't grok the concept without racism.
Oh no, they knew.
Harper was either getting cocky at that point and giving into his base instincts, or he was pressured by the the increasingly radical direction of the party and was trying not to get knifed by some up-and-coming fascist bootlicker like Scheer or Poillevre.
I'm betting it's a bit of both, frankly.
The CPC started going a little too far right, and they got voted out.
I wish I agreed that this was an accurate description of the election - the PCs were projected to lose before they took the hard right turn, and then their final turnout was arguably higher than projected.
The CPC started going a little too far right, and they got voted out.
Which election are you talking about? As of the last election, there is no riding in Manitoba where the Conservative Party of Canada lost a seat that they held in the previous election.
The 2023 election that happened last week. I meant PC not CPC, that's on me. Thanks for point it out
On the other hand going to war over word use is not a good use of the left’s energy.
I understand the words are supposed to be proxies/symbols for inclusivity and respect for freedoms and charter rights, but that tends to get lost, to the point where both sides start to believe that it really is just about pronouns.
There are really big, scary things going on out there — corporatism, environmental disaster, and a geopolitical powder keg building — and I’m starting to worry we are spending way too much effort and energy on kindergarten-level righteousness.
How absurdly reductive.
It's not about, "word use", it's about protecting the most vulnerable of our children.
Stop trolling, we see right through your reductive nonsense.
I was raised to understand that respecting a person's right to how they are called is not a symbol of respect, but a demonstration of respect.
While there are certainly some very big threats out there, it's my opinion that they are another expression of some of the same ideologies behind the fight against the right to be called how you want to be called. Further, it's my opinion that we cannot fight those threats without also fighting those ideologies, wherever we find them.
In an average year, one in three trans youth in Canada attempt suicide. ( source, which cites papers ). The rate is lower among those who are accepted for what they are.
By trying to trivialize this issue, you're saying you want these kids dead.
On the other hand going to war over word use is not a good use of the left’s energy.
So, here's the thing: The "left" isn't going to war over the use of words. The "left" isn't engaging in some proactive, organized measure against some idea or innocuous mouth noises. The fascists are doing that. All that is happening is that a bunch of individuals are, individually, asking to be referred to by certain names, or in certain terms. It really isn't that different from a bunch of people who are all named Richard asking people to call them "Richard" or "Rick", and not "Dick" or "Dickie".
Except the fascists have organized to make it very hard for the Ricks and Richards to do that, and to enable the assholes of the world to call them "Dick" and "Dickie".
Now, if you're at all familiar with the history of fascism, or the tactics fascists use to make inroads with the public, you might recognize this kind of wedge issue for what it is: A populist ploy to rise to power on the back of empowering pricks to bully a persecuted minority. And, if you don't want fascists to have power in your society, you might then react by moving to oppose these really-actually-fairly-effective tactics. Also, if you're someone who gives a shit about basic human dignity or just not letting the shit stains of the world smear their putrescence all over society, you might also act to defend the persecuted minority against their shitty, shitty behaviour.
The right is going to war over the use of words. Stop enabling them by blaming those who stand in opposition to them. Point the finger at the perpetrator, not the defender. They're the ones spending their time attacking society's vulnerable, rather than helping people who are struggling. Remember, Moe is the sitting Premiere of Saskatchewan. He's the one in charge. He could be spending his time making life more affordable and more enjoyable for the people of his province, but instead he's chosen to make the lives of scared kids harder while at the same time choosing to help big businesses over residents.
What do you want other people to do? Not protect literal children from the fucking Premiere?