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Originally Posted by 14Roman14
If I met you on the street, I would offer you kindness and respect. I would not ask your status before I decided to give it to you or not.
Many of you do not like the comment made that a certain group was the most discriminated against.
I’m curious which group you think is? Now put that group in a position where they were told they weren’t allowed on a plane, in a hockey arena, in a restaurant and looked down upon at every turn.
I would never ask someone for their age, sexual preference, race, gender, religion or any other divisive questions before offering respect, humility and kindness.
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Just to be clear, everything
bolded above is NOT a right, while everything
underlined is a right. That's my issue with Danielle Smith and how you expressed her views in this thread. You argued she's looking out for people's rights, but nothing you listed is a right. Then you go on to say you wouldn't question people on a set list of things that are all related to actual rights. So, just to be clear, she's not actually doing anything related to rights. Rather she's arguing for people to have privileges. Those are two different things.
Smith is trying to question the actions of governments during the pandemic, which is a ridiculous and pointless activity. In fact, she used her first chance as Premier to create anger and division among Albertans. Absolutely ridiculous from a leadership perspective.
The pandemic was wild (especially the early months/year). I'm hard pressed to place blame on any government (provincial/federal or conservative/liberal/ndp) for their actions in those early periods when so much was uncertain. Covid was (hopefully) a once in a lifetime pandemic, and no government was well equipped to handle it. Smith has the benefit of hindsight, but that doesn't mean much for all of us here now.
I see no benefit for Alberta in her bringing up this past Covid stuff, especially as her first official comment as Premier. It sets a terrible precedent. In fact, here we all are arguing about it. She's literally divided Albertans against one another and brought up an old wound for people on both sides. The vast majority of people have moved on from Covid and the restrictions, etc. I'd rather have a leader that was forward thinking and positive. I want to hear what she'll do to bring us together, not divide us. She hasn't started well, to say the least.