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[–] MalReynolds@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Well done.

Please let Dutton (also, Voldemort, Potatohead etc, Australian conservative leader) be next :)

ETA: Ha Ha!

[–] Wilco@lemm.ee 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Look at how close it was. Canada may want to start stomping down the Trump wannabes now or they will be where the US is in about 10 years (or sooner).

[–] skankhunt42@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I think "stomping down" is the wrong phrase to use. Regardless, I have a couple in my family... Asking them "how do I change your mind" or "what would need to happen for you to even consider the other side" has shown me some people can't be helped.

I wanted to vote NDP but I felt I had to vote Liberal to negate their PP vote. My riding is liberal this time and I'm super happy.

[–] spicehoarder@lemm.ee 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The ones that can't be reasoned with; They have to be stomped down. We tried to be nice to the maggots, but it didn't work.

[–] knatschus@discuss.tchncs.de 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It's sad to see how many times I've seen dehumanising being up voted recently.

Human rights apply even to the worst criminals.

[–] sigmaklimgrindset@sopuli.xyz 0 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

While this is true, I don't think advocating of "punching fascists" is on a policy level, but rather an individual one.

Why would ask a trans individual to respect the "human rights" of someone that doesn't even see them as human?

[–] parody@lemmings.world 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

What’s the unpunched fascist versus punched fascist to normal person conversion rate?

[–] sigmaklimgrindset@sopuli.xyz 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I wish I could tell you, but I failed all my fascism math courses.

[–] parody@lemmings.world 0 points 1 month ago

Didn’t most we all

[–] merc@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

So, now what for Poilievre?

Maybe the knives come out and he's forced out as Conservative leader. I mean, he had a 20 percentage point lead over the Liberals and lost it. That has to piss them off. All he needed to do is do what Doug Ford did and stand up for Canada and against Trump.

But, if he doesn't step down, where does he get someone to step down so he can run in a by-election? If he wants to stay near Ottawa, he'll really have to move somewhere rural. He doesn't strike me as the kind of guy who actually likes rural people or rural life very much. Or, he could move to Alberta. Lots of safe Conservative ridings in Alberta, some are even in urban areas. But, will they want a guy who is the very model of a carpet-bagger? A politician who has never had a job outside of politics, not just from "Ottawa" meaning the federal government, but who has literally lived in Ottawa(ish) for years?

I hope they ditch him. I'm sure the conservative party could do a lot worse, but there's also a chance they could find a leader who has actually done something with their lives outside politics, and who has their own ideas, not just reheated culture war crap from Canada's Shorts and just shouting down anything the Liberals suggest.

[–] grte@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

He lost his seat. He's toast. He'll be writing op-eds for Postmedia in a month.

[–] MapleEngineer@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

He will get a $20,000 per month for life pension, unless he renounces suckling at the teat of the public purse and gets a real job.

So, he will get a $20,000 per month for life pension.

[–] TheBloodFarts@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

How will he get that? Serious question

[–] MapleEngineer@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

He's been in parliament his whole career. He's never had a real job. He gets an MP's pension.

[–] TheBloodFarts@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That's a ridiculous pension jfc

[–] MapleEngineer@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

A real man of the people. Remember that he wanted to cut taxes on the wealthy, cut services for the rest of us to pay for it, and run up an extra $100 billion of debt over the next four years.