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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
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Subject: Re: The joy of Democracy
Date: Sat, 5 Oct 2024 23:46:19 -0000 (UTC)
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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.