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Originally Posted by SkinnyPupp
How can you criticize someone for voting for a leader that supports his views? You might think it's "pathetic" but this is something he would go to jail for in some countries - in some he'd never see the light of day. But here he is, in Canada, trying to elect a leader who will decriminalize it on a federal level. Eventually it could lead to some other important changes that could put Canada ahead of the rest of the world in many other social issues as well. That's not what I'd call "pathetic" or "fucked".
What's pathetic is basing your vote on whether people can wear burkas. What's fucked is supporting a war that we have no reason to be a part of.
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Anyone who votes based on a single issue should be open to being criticized. If someone is willing to ignore things like the economy, environment, foreign policy, etc because they're only concerned with burkas, weed or guns I think they're a fucking idiot and probably have a bit of a problem with one thing or another.
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Originally Posted by SkinnyPupp
That attitude is common amongst most who would vote conservative
"Them damn hippies don't know how bad they'll fuck things up for themselves if they take away my guns and money!"
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Of course the counter stupidity is those who think everything instantly improves by replacing Harper with anyone, without actually looking into any of the other candidates. I'm not saying it won't happen, but blindly voting for people isn't a good policy.