Quote:
Originally Posted by starseed
I think people up here on average are more tolerant of other people's points of view... but the large influence of religious social conservatives in that country may have more to do with it than simply American culture.
|
Canadians are not more tolerant. That is the biggest joke ever thrown upon the masses. We are just less confrontational about things and tend to internalize them.
When you have played major parts in every major war since WW1 and gone through an extremely bloody Civil War yourself, you tend to be more confrontational because you know how things can spin out of control in a hurry if you say nothing.
Its being taken to the extreme down there right now because Conservatives know they need to blunt Obama's momentum now else they risk losing the Presidency forever. Previously the US was the last great Conservative hold out but the game changed when Obama won and now Americans can see the inevitable shift left that the US is taking.