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Originally Posted by Monahammer
For the record, that transitive property is now applied to all Albertans by those outside of the province, regardless of who you voted for individually. It's a transitive property for all of us, we as a province elected bigots and thus we will be seen as bigots by others.
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The problem is we were already all viewed that way by most outside of Alberta. That’s part of the problem. It just fuels the us vs them sentiment. I published a national magazine for 30 years, and the anti-Alberta bigotry I ran into was shocking and depressing. I understand why some Albertans feel like their back is up against a wall. I don’t support that sentiment, but I understand it. Only half of the problem lies within our borders. The other half is fueled by federal politics that has used Alberta as a political football, and a national media that has helped feed this narrative.