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babblerwannabe
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posted 14 October 2008 11:08 PM
http://airow.com/uploads/165068I am sorry, but the above picture scared me. Is Canada a conservative country? Are we becoming like Americans in which diversity is a weakness and might is right? [ 14 October 2008: Message edited by: babblerwannabe ] [ 15 October 2008: Message edited by: babblerwannabe ]
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RevolutionPlease
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posted 15 October 2008 08:47 PM
quote: Originally posted by babblerwannabe: http://airow.com/uploads/165068I am sorry, but the above picture scared me. Is Canada a conservative country? Are we becoming like Americans in which diversity is a weakness and might is right? [ 14 October 2008: Message edited by: babblerwannabe ]
What kind of question is this? Way out of line. This thread should be closed. Wow. Did you actually have an honest question looking for dialogue?
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RevolutionPlease
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posted 15 October 2008 09:02 PM
quote: Originally posted by babblerwannabe:
well, i might have been a bit inappropriate last night with this thread. But i am not backing off on the "lack of diversity" part, and I am not backing off on the fact that republicans, just like the conservatives in Canada, is pretty much a party for white heteroexual males.
If you change the thread title, I might be interested. How about, "White, male, patriarchy wins again "?
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babblerwannabe
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posted 15 October 2008 09:05 PM
quote: Originally posted by RevolutionPlease:
If you change the thread title, I might be interested. How about, "White, male, patriarchy wins again "?
fine. meh. well i've always dated white guys and have a white bf, so i think i am not racist against white men just so people know. There are many good white men out there.
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ghoris
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posted 15 October 2008 09:12 PM
quote: well, i might have been a bit inappropriate last night with this thread. But i am not backing off on the "lack of diversity" part, and I am not backing off on the fact that republicans, just like the conservatives in Canada, is pretty much a party for white heteroexual males.
Oh, I'm sure I could find a picture of an NDP rally with plenty of white male faces and not too many visible minorities. Let's look at the new NDP caucus versus the Tory caucus, just for fun. The Tories have four Indo-Canadian MPs. The NDP, zero. The Tories have at least four MPs of Aboriginal, Inuit or Metis descent. The NDP, zero. The Tories have three MPs of Chinese descent and one MP of Japanese descent. The NDP has one MP of Chinese descent. Glass houses, eh? [ 15 October 2008: Message edited by: ghoris ]
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RevolutionPlease
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posted 15 October 2008 09:14 PM
quote: Originally posted by ghoris: Oh, I'm sure I could find a picture of an NDP rally with plenty of white male faces and not too many visible minorities.Let's look at the new NDP caucus versus the Tory caucus, just for fun. The Tories have four Indo-Canadian MPs. The NDP, zero. The Tories have at least four MPs of Aboriginal, Inuit or Metis descent. The NDP, zero. The Tories have three MPs of Chinese descent and one MP of Japanese descent. The NDP has one MP of Chinese descent. Glass houses, eh?
I didn't see the NDP mentioned anywhere???... eta: quote [ 15 October 2008: Message edited by: RevolutionPlease ]
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RevolutionPlease
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posted 15 October 2008 09:19 PM
I'm more worried about the lack of gender representation than that of diversity at the moment.Ok, that doesn't sound right. But I feel promoting gender representation will not hinder diversity but benefit it.
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babblerwannabe
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posted 15 October 2008 09:38 PM
quote: Originally posted by ghoris:
Oh, I'm sure I could find a picture of an NDP rally with plenty of white male faces and not too many visible minorities. Let's look at the new NDP caucus versus the Tory caucus, just for fun. The Tories have four Indo-Canadian MPs. The NDP, zero. The Tories have at least four MPs of Aboriginal, Inuit or Metis descent. The NDP, zero. The Tories have three MPs of Chinese descent and one MP of Japanese descent. The NDP has one MP of Chinese descent. Glass houses, eh? [ 15 October 2008: Message edited by: ghoris ]
right..lets look at the type of people who support the conservative party and the type who support the NDP party.. and lets look at the role these "people of color" play in the party, are they back benchers or cabinet members who play an important role in the party, and the NDP also has significantly less seats than the conservative, so obviously, theres less chance for representation of diversity in the NDP party than in the Harper party.
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