I'm listening to this. I'm not plugging my ears. I just understand that I'm not a good enough communicator to get my point across so I'm going to drop it. I've heard your point, and conceded many points. I haven't seen a concession from your end that maybe Harper isn't the worst Canadian to exist (maybe not your view, but clearly the OP and multiple other posters' sentiments).
I know that Harper overstepped multiple times in multiple areas. That led me to not vote for him. Shocking. I know. I just don't think it was so bad as to have to create a thread to celebrate his stepping down as PM.
The war on crime? Absolutely stupid. I get what he's going for, trying to use longer sentences as a deterrence, and providing the tools to be able to do so (ie. costs), but prison sentences likely do not deter crime.
My entire point is: I'm not on board with "I've waited 10 years for this", "This is the worst decade in Canadian history", "a decade long attack on the intellectual class." There were reasons behind his decisions regarding science or crime that aren't conspiratorial. There are very valid reasons for things like removing the long form census (I'm happy about its restoration btw), or the "muzzling" of government workers. I may not agree with them, but at least I see the point behind it.
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