[rotten42]

Originally Posted by Daradon

While I am not talking about you or anyone else on this board (though maybe a few who have left or been kicked off) there is more intolerance out there than anyone may like to admit. And generally it does coalesce on the conservative side, because that's the whole point of conservatism, to cling to the past. Hence conservative.

The comments on Sun media page show this very well. I have talked to several people that think Nenshi is a no good Muslim who think he's doing shady things. There's that whole 'church' movement that was parked outside City Hall for a while, now on the other side of the street, that flies the Jewish flag and is promoting intolerance just based on Nenshi's color and religious views.

These people do exist, and there are more of them than one would think, and generally they do appear on the conservative side and vote for exactly those made up reasons. So while no one here might, I think it's a far more fair comment than you give it credit for.

No one is suggesting that people vote for Nenshi because of these reasons, only that, to be completely honest, there are people that vote against him for those reasons, there are more than you would think, and they are generally (mostly) conservative, as that is the side that generally espouses those values.

the conservatives are out to get you!