tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8011797348710514594.post3958490376253490495..comments2023-10-09T10:09:59.259-04:00Comments on Driving The Porcelain Bus: Typo in the Toronto Star?Thorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10361090793780719730noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8011797348710514594.post-36855297848044431222010-01-24T19:44:49.909-05:002010-01-24T19:44:49.909-05:00Skinny Dipper:
I agree for the most part. What pi...Skinny Dipper: <br />I agree for the most part. What pisses me off is how the MSM, including the Star are mis-reporting what happened by quite a lot. <br /><br />I agree that the fact that Canadians seem to be finally waking up and realizing that Harper is destroying Canada is a very very good thing. The FB group CAPP, the rallies, and the continually growing grassroots movement to fight for democracy and for our Canada will, I think, play a much bigger role in the upcoming election than the MSM or the Harperites can imagine. <br />More and more people, especially young voters it seems, are becoming more educated about what is happening and about the issues. I think we will see the Conservatives be just squeezed out in the next election, or dumped by a landslide, (like after Canadians figured out about Mulroney and he bolted and left Kim Campbell holding the bag).Thorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10361090793780719730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8011797348710514594.post-81905985508744504982010-01-24T15:05:07.320-05:002010-01-24T15:05:07.320-05:00Here is a comment I left on Scott diaTribe's b...Here is a comment I left on Scott diaTribe's blog:<br /><br />I don’t think the actual numbers of Facebook members alone or anti-prorogation rally participants matter so much as how these are used and intertwined with other media and non-media elements of Canadian society. I will guess that within a couple of months, Harper will ask for an election from the governor-general and get it. He will be going to towns and cities across our country. He might even appear in Toronto. If he does and only 200 people show up out of 2,000,000 show up to hear him, that won’t mean that his event in Toronto will be deemed a failure. The audience might (will probably likely) be pre-selected. The media will be present to record his speech. The television will likely replay his speech several times during the day. Harper might consider the event a positive experience.<br /><br />We should not use the rallies themselves to measure if the anti-prorogationists were successful or not. The Facebook membership increase, the ability to organize multiple events across the country, plus the participation of a good number of people–all indicate that these had an effect on the Conservative Party’s declining popularity.<br /><br />We pro-democracy supporters must not stop our activism. We must consider our next steps and think of creative ways to reach the Canadian population. It’s an on-going process.<br /><br />http://scottdiatribe.canflag.com/2010/01/23/does-it-matter-how-big-the-capp-crowds-are-for-the-movement-to-be-a-success/Skinny Dipperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12818163310102120130noreply@blogger.com