Seriously, you Canadians might think you have a handle on the problem of the right wing agenda. The American left thought the same thing. Unfortunately, people like Reagan got in followed by the "Christian right" with their agenda. It was an agenda that the whole world was out to get us, that homosexuals and liberals in general want to destroy the family, that abortion is murder (sometimes using pictures to try to back up the argument), etc. I think a very common idea that snuck in the door in the United States was the concept that youth were a bunch of drug addicts and killers thanks to their egalitarian boomer parents. That not only led to a national and international war "against drugs" being supported by Americans, but it also led to a lot of people either growing up right winged or converting to the right. You all might think that those right wingers in the United States were there all through the 1960s, but a lot of them were not. A lot of them converted to the right after so much BS propoganda. Now, look at the position we're in. We're being ran over by fascists, and we don't have the first clue about how to fight them.
So, I agree. Nip it in the bud now. Start with your own kids. Talk to them often about propoganda going around. Explain to them why that right winged propoganda isn't true. Do it often. You might assume that your kids will grow up like you, but that's not necessarily true. Some progressive parents in the States found that their kids had been influenced so much by the right that they converted. Some kids turned anti-choice after the anti-choice movement started having them do stuff like looking at pictures. In the minds of the younger people, a picture couldn't lie. That's just one example. DON'T LET THE RIGHT GET YOUR KIDS. I'm not saying to nag them everyday. That's a turnoff to kids. It makes them not want to listen. I'm just saying to talk to them like a thinking individual. Don't preach at them. Make them THINK about the propoganda being given to them when you present them with evidence that it's not true.
Start forming pamphlets and other forms of awareness to counter ideas being portrayed by Fox and CNN. If you find the Christian Right trying to sneak in the back door, then do everything you can to get them out. Form awareness campaigns about them too.
You all think that you're immune to becoming like the United States, but you're not. You're really not. I'm looking at province in Canada right now that reminds me an awful lot of a southern state in the US, Alberta. If you think Alberta can't cause damage to the rest of the country with some of their anti-progressive ideas, you're wrong. How did Paul Martin get to become the Prime Minister? Oh, that's right. They didn't like Cretien. From the moment I heard about him on TV as PM, I thought to myself "Oh hell".
http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/martin_paul/"Since the election, Martin has emphasized the need for Canada and the United States to resolve lingering trade disputes and tighten the North American security net."
That sounds okay from the point of view of a lot of people, but I look at that and think "What is he up to?" Of course, knowing he's a "liberal" in Canada doesn't make me feel any better (a liberal being a right winger for those Americans reading who aren't aware of what terms mean outside the US).
I loved reading this though.
"Martin said that, as prime minister, he will make health care the number-one priority of his government. He promised a multi-billion dollar injection of health dollars to the provinces.
Martin said the Liberals' five-year plan would not require any tax increases or health premiums but would be funded out of projected future surpluses. Billions will be spent to create a national home-care program, reduce hospital waiting times, train new doctors channel more money to intensive-care and mental-illness programs."
He wants to make things "better" without raising taxes. He's relying on surpluses. Who does this sound like? Maybe I'm wrong to think that way, but Martin sounds an awful lot like some other leader I know of when he talks about taxes.
"He also emphasized a need to spend more on foreign affairs and the military."
Yikes! I can understand the Canadians that want something stronger than peace keepers and don't want to turn to us to defend them in a crisis. However, what do you all think this means coming from some right winger?
"Martin has said he wants Canada to join Washington's controversial missile defence program, which some say would turn North America into a fortress. "If there is going to be an American missile going off somewhere over Canadian airspace," he said, "I think Canada should be at the table making the decisions."
I suppose he has a point, but I am I the only getting suspicious about what all his intentions are? Since you all are not the superpower, I haven't paid too much attention to what you all do. However, I think I should join the other person here in warning you all about what could happen if right winged ideas aren't checked at the door. Don't take for granted that your country is on the left. Germany was also a very progressive country at one time. Nobody would have ever guessed that they would be the ones to turn into Nazis. Now, they're more progressive again. My point is that nobody would have guessed that Germany would take the route that it did. It was considered a haven for Jews at one time. I don't see Canada turning into a Nazi state, but I do think that they're far more vulnerable than they realize because they live right beside of us.
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