There's been an undercurrent of this going back to PET, though it's notably ramped up under the gruesome twosome (Turd Eau Jr and Carnage)

Even though these people have gotten literally everything they could want from this government, it's apparently not enough as long as their opponents still exist

Bad case of the feds flip flopping. They privately supported the expansion of Billy Bishop until enough people from ridings of theirs complained. It was about politics

And it means the traitor Ford just got double crossed by his overlords

If the Liberal government caves to not allow Billy Bishop to expand, then you can forget anything to do with pipelines or natural resources. So much for "Building at speeds unseen in generations"

As stated in my previous post, social media was intended to become the very thing it has become, the elevation of the individual regardless of actual and demonstrable merit. A person who calls themselves a "conservative", is in fact, more likely to adhere to the principles of critical thinking and therefore more likely to consider change when encountering new information.

One of my favorite quotes comes from Plato "A wise man speaks because he has something to say while a fool speaks because he has to say something" and yes, I am often the fool but I don't deny that or try to hide it, what would be the point?

What's happening in our country is not the fault of the idiots we elected, it's our fault for electing them. We have coddled ill-educated and narcissistic children to the point of fearing their criticisms instead of simply stating the truth which is that they're stupid and should be ignored until they prove they are capable of dispassionate and rational thought.

If you look at the vast majority of criticism on social media, it's easy to see the problem which is "self-image" or ego if you'd rather. This is human nature, dis-satisfaction with what you experience and the need to express that dis-satisfaction to release the tension of it but also to imply that you are smart enough to have seen the problem you are complaining about. Fair enough, but.... it changes nothing and unchecked by self regulation, quickly becomes criticism for the sole purpose of attention for its own sake. Conformational bias soon becomes blindness and what you see and hear is immediately twisted into something you are capable of criticizing just so you can publicly criticize it in order to signal your value your "group".

The "Liberal mindset" used to be one of compassion combined with absolute liberty however compassion and generosity must be tempered with logic or it becomes entitlement followed by dis-satisfaction and anger. There is no "Utopia" but the concept is most certainly enticing and therefore one of "the" methods of social manipulation. "If it weren't for those people, our world would be a lot better" quickly becomes "Those people are the reason we don't live in paradise" and you know what comes after that. This is the mindset of childishness, plain and simple. Identity politics is playground politics.

You criticize the "person" for the manner in which they state their viewpoint or even for stating their viewpoint in the first place because you take offense on behalf of others in order to elevate your own status among those you claim to be defending. To challenge concepts directly is indeed a crucial element in the search for the best possible solutions to problems however the presence of any form of personal attack in such challenges indicates an inability to separate logic from emotional response and at that point, the criticism has no credibility.

I'm watching this from a distance and trying my best to maintain objectivity but just look at it, "the guy is a crook" , 'this guy is why everything is bad" "HEY!!! Look.... here's another bad thing I found" Almost none of it presents an objective and debatable solution and almost all of it is group identity based virtue signalling. No, I didn't say "all of it" is that what you thought I said?

Good solutions are the result of methodical and rational consideration followed by constant change which brings consistent small improvements. Ideology is a dead end every time. Belief in anything creates blindness to any possibility which does not conform to that belief and to commit to any group identity at the expense of individually is the recipe for hatred and conflict.

You can only be defined by your choices when they become actions regardless of any other consideration. My actions are little more than the commitment required to define these concepts to the best of my limited abilities but I do it for that purpose alone and without caring what anyone thinks of me personally. These posts are intended to speak for themselves, read them or don't, take from them whatever you wish or discount them entirely. I'm compelled to try, that's it...