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Originally Posted by Ducay
I don't really know anything about the claims made re:climate change by UCP, but for argument's sake, lets assume they are dumb and as bad as you think.
I'm not trying to convince you re:UCP, but as a voter, you're really going to discount an entire party and the other 1000 policies they have over one fact you disagree with? No party will align perfectly with one person, but seems a bit short sighted to use one belief (that literally likely has the least tangible impact on provincial policy of any) and make your decision on that?
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When the one or two believes make up the core of who I believe I am, absolutely those two will outweigh the rest of the 998.
I believe I am a good-hearted, rational person. To me, it is extremely important that I vote for a candidate that follows along those lines. If there's a candidate who I perceive to be as a bigot, whether sexist, xenophobic, racist, homophobic, transphobic or any other reasoning that I believe he or she is not a good person, I will be extremely hesitant to vote for them. Similarly, and (unfortunately) maybe more important is a candidate who is rational and reasonable.
I also wholeheartedly disagree with your assessment that being a climate change denier has the least tangible impact. It is a clear sign that a person is neither rational enough to listen to experts nor has the ability to be reasoned with. A person who let's bias get in their way of critical thinking is the last person I want as a candidate, even if they were "on my side." I don't know if there would be a bigger red flag to me than a legitimate candidate who was a climate change denier at this point.
And the fact that this wasn't just some last minute, fill the ballet, position but instead was a heated nomination. The candidate was the former campaign manager for Jason Kenney and Kenney was excited that he won. This wasn't a Deborah Drever situation, which of course was NDP's own challenge and problem.
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Originally Posted by DiracSpike
Nobody knows the degree to which humans are contributing, just that we are.
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That's such a cop out. The guy goes for a decade calling climate change a hoax and then when asked (as it becomes an issue) says he isn't sure how much human involvement has. Let's call a spade a spade, there's no need to defend him.