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Originally Posted by Textcritic
Ralph Klein’s Tories used to dominate the Provincial legislature, holding over 90% of the seats, and you think Alberta is becoming progressively more politically narrow? You’re going to have to explain that one.
"Toe the line." Sorry. I just don’t see a lot of evidence for critical thinking in your responses here. I am still waiting for a cogent defense of how Cherry’s comments can be construed as anything but racist. Some posters have suggested he probably didn’t mean what he said, despite his own fierce insistence that he meant every word. If you think Cherry is being unfairly treated and mislabelled, then convince me.
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I think you misread his comment on the first one - he said political spectrum has narrowed not who got votes ie: conservatives have shifted to the middle of the spectrum so in his point all the parties are to the left or sitting in the middle. In the past conservatives were to the right, Liberals were middle NDP were left. Now Conservatives are middle, Liberals are left, and NDP is far left. Again that is his opinion which he clearly stated in his post, obviously not yours.
As for your second point, no one here "has to convince you" this is a forum and not entirely about you. He is entitled to his position, as from your ~50+ posts on the subject it seems that you do not respect people with a different opinion than yours. I see numerous "you are wrong" in your return comments. Not the best way to start a conversation. You could instead ask, why do you think that?
I personally would like to give Cherry the benefit of the doubt, as much as he has done for the country, military, growing the game, (he has been on TV longer than the Simpsons), was listed as one of the most influential Canadians, has a foundation to help animals, and has brought joy to people across the country for numerous years. I think what he has done far out-weighs the interpretation that you took from his comments.
In my opinion you seem to take a bit too much joy in crucifying him.