BurlOak
Senior Member
Casual racism and apocalyptic fear-mongering! Terrific!
Wait a minute - Chow would take my home away? No vote for her then.
Why resort to threatening someone as a racist? I sensed no racism in the original post.
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2014 Municipal Election: Toronto Mayoral Race
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Why resort to threatening someone as a racist? I sensed no racism in the original post.
rm20010
Active Member
All this talk about Chow being potentially polarizing is laughable when we already have her record as a councillor and MP to judge for. Any rude comments towards her opponents in the House or Council? Any blatant threats to media? Any oversized ego and leading a "flock" of worshippers?
If some measure of civility is considered polarizing, so be it.
If you want to be really picky then yes "Ho Lee Chow" is racist.
If some measure of civility is considered polarizing, so be it.
If you want to be really picky then yes "Ho Lee Chow" is racist.
SecretSquirrel
Active Member
Who's threatening? Perhaps you don't know what the word "threatening" means.
If you can't see any racism at all in the post I quoted, then I'd suggest you're being wilfully blind, except you've just demonstrated that you don't know what "threatening" means, so maybe you're genuinely not getting it.
As for the other point, do you think Chow, if elected, would cause me to lose my home?
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AlvinofDiaspar
Moderator
Perhaps you need this incident to jog your mind a little:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/26/ktvu-fired-producer-fake-pilot-names_n_3658308.html
AoD
BurlOak
Senior Member
Oops, sorry, I only looked at the quote immediately above your comment.
Taking away the home was an obvious example of exaggerating and fear-mongering, but the hint of truth is that your taxes will probably go up.
SecretSquirrel
Active Member
Oh, OK; easily done. Thanks for clarifying.
Yes, probably, but under Ford user fees are mounting... and so are taxes anyway.
Johnny Au
Senior Member
Doug Ford needs to shave off all his hair on his head. After that, he can put on bluish-grey makeup and he would exactly be Uncle Fester.
JWBF
Senior Member
Admiral Beez
Superstar
That example wasn't racist. It was making fun of foreign accents, and while its association with a plane crash s in bad taste, it's no more racist than this clip http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmOTpIVxji8
http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/racism
The belief that all members of each race possess characteristics, abilities, or qualities specific to that race, especially so as to distinguish it as inferior or superior to another race or races. Theories of racism: prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism directed against someone of a different race based on the belief that one’s own race is superior.
I don't think the fake pilot clip meets this criteria. But that's just my opinion.
JasonParis
Moderator
Many wealthier cities than Toronto have had Mayors to the left of Olivia Chow and did just fine.
London was on fire during Ken's year (and I mean that positively). Moreover, De Blasio, while untested, will likely do just fine in NYC.
Admiral Beez
Superstar
How do we know that Chow is a leftist?
JasonParis
Moderator
We don't really. Just making some assumptions about where she'd fall on the spectrum (which is all any of us can do at this stage).
rm20010
Active Member
Even if she was a leftist, that shouldn't mean much. Labels don't work too well anymore. Seeing how Ford has squandered money foolishly on cancelled projects and things like the Scarborough subway, would we seriously consider him a conservative by its traditional (fiscal) definition?
Johnny Au
Senior Member
Rob Ford is a socialist in favour of private motor vehicles and subways.
Soknacki is more like a fiscal conservative: he prefers LRTs in Scarborough (and he is from Scarborough).
Soknacki is more like a fiscal conservative: he prefers LRTs in Scarborough (and he is from Scarborough).