tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2601639312234106733.post5797874000421248771..comments2023-11-10T22:27:47.359-05:00Comments on Eye on a Crazy Planet: Feeling More Marginalized: Looney left goes crazy over Irshad Manji replacing Salutin at The GlobeRichard Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10239826441964023625noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2601639312234106733.post-24901044434223361982010-10-03T19:10:56.445-04:002010-10-03T19:10:56.445-04:00I've fallen into an unproductive trap that I u...I've fallen into an unproductive trap that I use for expediency, Rachel, that isn't a fair reflection of the political views I hold.<br /><br />The whole "left/right" description of political positions has some false premises to it. <br /><br />Most of the views that I find abhorent or ill-advised, such as the urge to limit free speech in the name of multicultural sensitivity, or foreign policy positions that want to blame all the problems in the world on the "imperialist, colonialist" west, while absovling virtually every brutality committed by Islamic republics or totalitarian regimes like North Korea and Cuba is normally associated with "the left."<br /><br />My position of marijuana (should be legal and taxed), abortion (this is not the government's business) and Gay marriage (also not the government's business) falls firmly into what would also be considered "the left." <br /><br />Irsad, whom I've met, is certainly a lot closer to being a "lefty" than a "righty" but it's best to stay away from those tags.<br /><br />She is an intelligent person who looks at issues and comments on them based on the facts. She has not locked herself into an ideological position that she has to comply with.<br /><br />My issue with some on the "Left" is that is exactly what they have done. They have any number of ideological positions that they unthinkingly adhere to. The "Right" does too, but in Canada, the extreme right has already been effectively marginalized. There are no blatant racists or people trying to remove the separation of Church and State in the mainstream.<br /><br />Where as the fanatical left, as personified by the likes of Linda McQuaig, Naomi Klein, Libby Davies, etc. still make some pretense to having a rational view to put forward when they do not.<br /><br />If you check out rabble.ca, which is relective of those viewpoints, you'll find some of the most vile bigotry, hypocrisy and closed-mindedness imaginable.<br /><br />They have become more and more shrill, because they know they are being pushed further into the margins.<br /><br />If more of public debate was between people with different but reasonable views, like Manji and David Frum who can actaully discuss an issue rather than put forward the ideological position behind the issue as their own argument, it would all be a lot more rational.Richard Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10239826441964023625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2601639312234106733.post-45455492682080000682010-10-03T10:32:14.582-04:002010-10-03T10:32:14.582-04:00I'm a leftie socialist tree huggin' radica...I'm a leftie socialist tree huggin' radical in most ways, but I LOVE Irshad Manji, I'm guessing I'm not the only one! I think the Globe and Mail is all the better for bring her on. Too bad this blog post of yours is so critical of liberal hippy folks like myself eh? I think the bashing of lefty liberal hippies in general as being against brilliant ground breaking women such as Irshad Manji is nonsense, I think she has a bigger lefty following than you may realize.Rachel Cnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2601639312234106733.post-78761961476429977042010-10-01T14:32:42.314-04:002010-10-01T14:32:42.314-04:00Not the best sentence to start it with, I agree, A...Not the best sentence to start it with, I agree, Anon at 1:57. But if you read the article again, and ignore both its first and last sentence, I think you'll find most of everything in-between quite reasonable.Richard Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10239826441964023625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2601639312234106733.post-87217308621649504522010-10-01T13:57:33.544-04:002010-10-01T13:57:33.544-04:00This phrase appears in the first paragraph: "...This phrase appears in the first paragraph: "...the wacko Tea Party.". At what point did you think this article was "balanced"?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2601639312234106733.post-54629613182219131482010-10-01T11:18:45.701-04:002010-10-01T11:18:45.701-04:00Well said, everyone.Well said, everyone.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2601639312234106733.post-48027814931251300062010-10-01T09:49:08.306-04:002010-10-01T09:49:08.306-04:00It doesn't get any funnier than the old smelly...It doesn't get any funnier than the old smelly hippies getting their asses kicked to the curb because they are irrelevant.No one in Canada gives a fiddler's fart except for a handful in the smelly old hippie club. Their self-glorification blogs where they try to outdo each other coming up with the most asinine of thoughts is absolutely retarded. They should check out logic and try to apply it from to time.Honey Potnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2601639312234106733.post-25485864468092037862010-10-01T00:52:03.052-04:002010-10-01T00:52:03.052-04:00Great stuff...the old hippy, lazy lefties cannot t...Great stuff...the old hippy, lazy lefties cannot tolerate the idea that the Globe has moved on from the most predictable lefty in Canada to a fresh, intelligent, young woman. (Of colour and, damnit, gay...no chance for me ;( )Who just happens to be a Muslim rather than whatever Salutin rejected when he was a teenager and the dinos roamed the EarthJay Curriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07100960091229282311noreply@blogger.com