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From: Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com>
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Subject: Re: The joy of Democracy
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Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:
> On Sat, 5 Oct 2024 12:40:26 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
> 
>> On 05/10/2024 03:37, Charlie Gibbs wrote:
>> 
>>> On 2024-10-04, Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Is Canada more party-based, like the UK and NZ?
>>> 
>>> Yes - and unfortunately we're starting to accumulate our share of
>>> right-wing whacko candidates, both federally and provincially.
>>> 
>> Well you have had a generation of left wing whackos. Only fair.,
> 
> When somebody who expresses support for abortion rights gets tarred with 
> the “radical left” brush, you have to wonder who the right-wingers would 
> consider “moderate left”.
> 
> Seems like the concept of being “moderate”, or having a diversity of 
> views, doesn’t exist for them: if you are not 100% for them, then you must 
> be against them.
> 

It would be really hilarious watching them tie themselves in knots trying
to (not) answer the question “who won the 2020 election”, if it weren’t so
sad. This question has a one or two word answer, however you want, and
saying anything else is a joke. Apparently the Great Orange won’t tolerate
a real answer.

-- 
Pete