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Originally Posted by Drak
Good for the CPC doing the right thing.
On a personal note, I am connected with about 8 relatives or so in Alberta all of which are Conservative supporters. They've all made questionable, distasteful bigoted comments in mixed company as well as on Facebook. Racism, anti immigration, sexism, homophobia. It's all there. Of course, they are from the same families so it makes sense that they might share the same ideas. The one that doesn't make sense to me is my father, who discriminates constantly on Facebook whilst being apart of a minority that has had to deal with heavy discrimination throughout time. They remind me very much of my wife's family down in the states, the republican side, who share similar views.
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I can top that. I live in Calgary, my parents live in the GTA. My parents are South African immigrants, were classified as "coloureds" there and had to live through the institutionalized discrimination there before moving to Canada.
They have always been union people, strong NDP voters. But now that they're retired (and with too much time on their hands), they have turned into strong CPC supporters and fiercely anti-Muslim. My mom posts articles on Facebook from Ezra Levant and other right-wing sources (the worst was one saying every refugee is a potential sleeper cell agent), and my Dad sends me similar emails about the niqab, and how Nenshi is sticking up for his fellow Muslims.
I don't know when my folks lost their compassion, but they've become fearful septuagenarians, and perfect targets for the CPC campaign this year. It's all a bit disheartening.