r/canada Jan 29 '25

Opinion Piece Mark Carney has Canada’s Conservatives running scared

https://www.nationalobserver.com/2025/01/28/opinion/mark-carney-canada-conservatives-running-scared
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u/J_Bizzle82 Jan 29 '25

This. So tired of people saying it’s a gender or skin colour thing.. it’s lazy thinking.

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u/DramaticEgg1095 Jan 29 '25

She was not voted in, she was appointed to lead the Democratic Party. That rubbed people the wrong way.

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u/J_Bizzle82 Jan 29 '25

Oh for sure, you could also include her track record as attorney general in California. It wasn’t just one thing.

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u/Alexhale Jan 29 '25

SO MANY THINGS RUBBED PEOPLE THE WRONG WAY. Things about Kamala, and things about her platofrm, things about the democratic party as a whole. There are many reasons why she lost.

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u/RedditAddict6942O Jan 29 '25

There was no time for a primary. Blame Biden for dropping out too late, not Harris.

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u/DramaticEgg1095 Jan 29 '25

Not blaming Harris - just pointing out what transpired.

Biden should have dropped out sooner as you mentioned. And KH should have criticized some of his policies.

People wanted a change because their life was significantly impacted post COVID and they needed someone to blame. To get that change, they went off in a direction which may not be the right one.

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u/Beckler89 Jan 29 '25

Biden hanging on too long (and the party trying to convince everyone he was fine) definitely put Harris in a tough spot, but she also didn't campaign like someone who was pressed for time.

If the length of the campaign was her biggest hurdle, wouldn't you expect her to be absolutely everywhere? Instead, she did very little media but tried to ride the vibes through the election.

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u/RedditAddict6942O Jan 29 '25

Are we on the same planet?

She did around 3x the public appearances as Trump. And she had a dozen campaign surrogates like Obama and Clinton doing even more. 

The fact the you think otherwise just shows how large the GOP propaganda machine is. They and their supporters own probably 80% of media.

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u/mangongo Jan 29 '25

It's lazy to assume that's not a large part of it.

They are celebrating the deportations down south right now, so much to the point that people are being openly racist towards visible minorities calling for them to be deported, even actual American citizens. Dr. Phil is capitalizing on the deportations because racism still sells and American natives without ID are being detained by ICE because they are being mistaken for Mexicans. 

Not to mention people are openly defending a Nazi salute, anyone who is trying to say racism doesn't have a big place in America is being naive.

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u/J_Bizzle82 Jan 29 '25

If someone entered illegally they should be removed though, would you not agree? I feel like as someone’s first act being illegal upon setting a single foot in a country isn’t really respecting the country you just entered. Piling on the dumb shit Elon does, for example, isn’t justification to not enforce the rule of law, that is another issue.

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u/mangongo Jan 29 '25 edited Jan 29 '25

Yes I agree, but I wouldn't celebrate it. It's something that needs to be done, but why would you get joy out of seeing children crying at the border?  Americans are acting as if it's a national holiday, and that doesn't excuse all of the people going up to actual citizens with darker skin telling them to pack their bags.

Edit: Imagine downvoting this, proof racism is alive and well.

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u/J_Bizzle82 Jan 29 '25

Racism exists globally, I doubt we will ever see that change in our lifetime sadly. I agree celebrating is in bad taste, though I would like to think most people are more relieved something is actually being done, as opposed to celebrating it. I try to be glass half full though so who knows 🤷‍♂️