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Originally Posted by transplant99
Larf.
You just described it to a "T" what that would entail if it was accurate.
I have no problem with anyone being whatever they are on the political spectrum, but when you claim to be neutral and unbiased as you have repeatedly when its so easily apparent you are anything but, it needs to be called out. But thats fine, I get it and have no problem with it.
How do you feel about Trudeau actually lying about why he has changed his position in regards to legalizing weed then? Does that reflect on him in any way particularly? Do the ends justify the means in this case because its apparent Canadians would like this change? If the Cons did a sudden about face in the same direction, would there be no backlash because of the flip flop aspect?
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If you can't figure out that my saying the Wildrose would re-launch the egg in the frying pan commercials again was a joke, then I'm not sure where to begin.
I definitely have my biases, and I think that everyone does. I don't try to imply that I'm totally neutral. The difference is that when I say/said in an election thread that I don't know who I'm voting for, you take that as me saying that I'm an objective observer of some sort, which I'm clearly not. I do think that I can like some policies and ideas from parties/politicians and not jump into bed with them though.
I have no idea where the weed issue leaves Trudeau in the polls. If you want to know, I really don't care about marijuana laws one way or the other. I've never tried it and have no intentions of doing so, so it makes no difference to me one way or the other. What I do find funny is that the usual suspects here who are anti-Trudeau, yet love the idea of more referendums and public involvement in general are criticizing him for going along with what the majority of people seem to favour. Does this position actually get Trudeau any votes? Maybe, but its certainly not likely to be a tipping point type of issue. I doubt we see the next election fought on marijuana laws. What it does though is paint a picture of someone being much more liberal regarding these issues than his opposition. To me the really interesting party here is the NDP. What will they say? They can't every well just agree with the Harper position, and at the same time to come out and support Trudeau isn't likely a great political move either.