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Originally Posted by Cecil Terwilliger
Just keep in mind that the people who mock Alberta, mainly BC, Quebec and Ontario, have no better track record than we do. Much like the US the real divide is urban vs rural. And since virtually all rural areas are massively over represented and urban areas massively under represented, we end up having crappy governments that reflect the political stance of the dregs of society.
Ontario has a loser Premier who has done tons of damage and wants to privatize health care. Not quite Smith bad but nearly on par with Kenney for sure.
BC meanwhile regularly votes liberal/NDP but have horrendously incompetent provincial governments, regardless of political stance. They might be able to take some moral high ground because at least their gov isn’t socially regressive and straight out of Idiocracy but they’re not much better all around.
Don’t even get me started on Quebec. They’re practically fascist their government is so socially conservative. They’re downright racist and discriminatory is what they are.
Moral of the story is that outside of the cities, the whole country are generally a bunch of hicks when we talk rural voters. I wish I had a better word than “hick” because it triggers them and makes them angry but I can’t think of one. I can only use the term ultra conservative so many times and even then it doesn’t quite cover it. Doesn’t encapsulate the lack of critical thinking and lack of education you see in rural areas. I swear their media literacy is negative.
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Thanks Cecil, I completely agree. Alberta does not have a monopoly on hicks, we're probably on par with every other province to be honest. We just seem to get tarred with a different brush.