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Originally Posted by Winsor_Pilates
Most of what you posted here is systemic of very loud people on the fringes dominating online discourse and politicians pandering to them.
I don't think the majority of people in BC deserve the poor options we had and we are victims of the things you've mentioned, not perpetrators.
I see people engaging in mature public discourse about various issues every day, you just won't find it on the internet or social media.
So maybe the collective "we" deserve the terrible political landscape we have, but I don't think most individuals do. This extends to the federal as well.
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People can have all the mature public discourse they want. But if extremism isn't a deal breaker and they'll still happily vote for people who espouse crazy, fanatical views, then you're naturally going to get extremists.