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Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis
I'm not voting for any party in this election. The only one I would consider is the Alberta Party. Both the Wildrose and PC fiscal platforms are smoke and mirrors, neither of them will work.
If Danielle Smith is indeed for gay marriage, and didn't decry Mr. Hunsperger, that makes it even worse. She won't even stand up for it when she can! She chooses to go with the party line. If she had a spine she would say such talk is wrong and will not be permitted by my party. Instead she essentially condoned it on religious ground.
http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/Sm...279/story.html |
So Danielle Smith tends to libertarianism and believes in conscience "rights", yet you want her to decry someone for not believing what she believes, regardless of how obvious it may be you, me or her. If she did that, she would then be all those things you're attributing to her here. Instead, you're making up scenarios for her that would require her to actually compromise what she believes in as a governing philosophy. Her approach now is far more courageous (regardless of whether you agree or not - or choose to see it, for that matter.)
To me fearmongering is taking the implausible or impossible and using that as absolutely plausible and possible to scare people into thinking the way you want them to think. There is no basis in fact, like fiscal numbers not adding up or sheer ability (time, resources) to deliver on a promise. It is pure fiction and this is what the PCs are using as a tactic, like the federal Liberals "hidden agenda" and "guns in the street" ads. Drawing an analogy to what was done in prior federal elections is not fearmongering. It's just calling a spade, a spade.