When I lived there it was Mennonite central, but I never paid too much attention to the religious lunatics. It is good they are rejecting this fascist bullshit and the Tories who support Canada's version of the republicans.
Nothing like Pembina triangle, Winkler, Morden, Steinbach area.
True, I had forgotten about Winkler!
We have our share of loons here. We started camping again and some stories have me shaking my head. People are fascinating, but my tongue bleeds, a lot. "Don't engage Oz, don't engage!"
How far back do you want to go? By your measure, you wouldn't be here, as your ancestors wouldn't have left where they came from.
A particle physicist is hardly comparable to a neurologist... I find it amazing that a large population of younger generations don't have any work ethic but think they deserve a standard of living worthy of University educated professionals. 50% of the prospective employees that my front line service worker daughters interview, don't even have a signature, or the ability to write a coherent sentence with a writing utensil. The 'everyone gets a ribbon' generation is going to face a harsh reality when they get past 50 years old. Enjoy it while it lasts I suppose. There's always the honorable profession of cleaning other people dog shit off their lawns, or showing your innards on Only Fans, so peeps can afford to keep eating take-out. God forbid them learning to cook their own meals. I guess the heart of my angst is the devaluation of community, family and the middle class, which is the glue that held our country together as something to be proud of.
I have no control over my ancestors decisions, I live in Ontario where I was born and adopted, my kids (one deceased) live here and in the next town over. I travel, but have no desire to move anywhere except my grave.How far back do you want to go? By your measure, you wouldn't be here, as your ancestors wouldn't have left where they came from.
How do you arrive at a particle physicist and a neurologist being hardly comparable? They both require a willingness to take on intense and long education.
Nature abhors a vacuum, and some of our libertarian gadflies seem to have stopped posting. Guess it’s Canada’s turn in the proverbial barrel.
I don't see any relevance about bringing religion into what I'm trying to say. As for a bigotted attitude for outsiders, My community prospers from 'visitors' and so does my whole frontline worker family. While some like the term 'cidiots' we do not. Unfortunately the influx of real estate investors is harming the community, as well as some sectors of economic emigrants (namely urban jobless junkies in search of free methadone). More than 60% of our working residents commute outside of our City (used to be a county until amalgamation) for work, but remain living here.
I am remarking on the fairly tight correlation between community-centric and evangelical ideas. If yours are untinged by religion, I acknowledge that with some delight.
some can't handle the cesspool of self-entitled centrist atmosphere, I enjoy the engagement, as there is a lot of IQ around here sometimes. I only seem to be able to learn from those who defend a position, although it is hard to see things from someones point-of-view when I have little background information about those whom I engage. Peeps regurgitate cut and pasted misinformation instead of speaking from real learned experience. It would surprise me if some of the regulars here actually grow their own weed. I can tell most of you sit and experience life on your cell phone screens and probably don't ever vote...LOL.
what is self-entitled? (examples?)
My views are untainted by organized religion, although baptised a protestant, my family rarely went to church save for weddings funerals etc. I did not have my children baptised, as I believe that should be an adult decision. I don't begrudge peoples faith and I miss the Jehovahs and other religious salespeople not coming to my house anymore. (No more watchtower magazine fire starter lol) I think smoking joints in front of them and ridiculing their desire to live forever, pissed them off. Raising a black girl up here really showed me why I don't like devout religious types, I think 4H is an offshoot of the KKK...lol.
I find you the most interesting of the lot, and I'm not saying you are self-entitled at all. I expected you to be an active voter. I sometimes can't understand some of the sayings you use, but I try. There's a couple of non-Canadians here that are truly extreme, but I give everyone a chance to poke fun at me.
Yes all my social media (4) names involve being a dinosaur, and are fitting. Not like your avatar, unless you drive a tank for a living. What would you like to talk about? How can I stimulate your interest?
I would say his avatar is less about armor and more about speaking truth to power.
I’m still curious. What is self-entitled as distinct from (generically) entitled, and can you give politically relevant examples?
Coherent? That paragraph is the opposite of coherent, Rexy, especially to the sentence in bold.
