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Originally Posted by btimbit
Yeah I don't know where that disconnect comes from. Like, even though I'd say I identify as a conservative overall, I have absolutely no issue with voting NDP right now, because objectively they're the party that is the closest to what I believe in at this time. So the people that act like they have to 'plug their nose' and vote NDP like it's some sort of hardship for them.... I don't understand that. And even worse, the people pretending like the UCP is the only option for someone that leans right are just being insanely stupid and narrow minded.
And that's just it, right there. People please, as a right leaning redneck, if I can figure this #### out why can't you? Look at the actual policies and actions of the NDP vs UCP and tell me with a straight face that you believe the UCP is the better option. If you say the UCP are the better option, you're either a rich oil and gas executive, or you're stupid and trolling.
LOOK AT THE ACTUAL POLICIES and you'll find out the NDP are quite centrist, not this socialist green party that people seem to think it is
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Well this is where things get tricky. Have you ever seen what the socialist caucus in the NDP has put forward? It’s far left. And while we can all take the layups against the far right here because those policies are insane, these are really no less insane. Nationalize all the big banks, withdraw from NATO, etc. my point isn’t that the ANDP is campaigning on those things, but that there are extremists in both parties. It so happens that the extremists have taken over the UPC, but appointment’s like Tzeporah Berman are definitely a concern.
So, while they want to paint themselves as centrist for the votes, there’s an underlying core that’s definitely further left.
And of course, one more time for the people in the back…yeah that socialist caucus is federal. But ANDP and the federal NDP are linked. A memebershup to one is a membership to the other.