I have to agree. I really don't like the name calling, by either side. And it's not just Trump voters and Fox news sections, it's all over all of the comments sections these days unfortunately.
And how about the Mop and Pail? Been used since the newspaper was born from the union of the two. Pardon my using the terms that writers for all the newspapers use. I will refrain from using the insiders' jargon. I jam and cavort with many, even after all of these years. There's still the battle of the bands from all four each year. The names they use for themselves are far more 'provocative' than what I'd post here.Can we stop with the portmanteu? It makes me think of Trump voters and Fox News comments sections.
What are you trying to convey by using Stun and Pest? Are you suggesting their readers are deplorables?
What's next, are we to start using libtard here at UT?
The Globe and Mailnewspaper, colloquially and ungraciously referred as the Mop and Pail, has an agenda and that agenda is NOT to report the news. It's to ensure a certain group of people are viewed favourably no matter how heinous their crimes.
Not having seen the poll itself, I wonder how people were asked about their priorities, i.e., a write-in response, a random list, an alphabetized list, etc? In long lists, people tend to pick the top choices rather than reading through the entire list and ranking it. Or a partial list where you can write in another priority that isn't listed and where people tend to choose what is already listed rather than adding in another choice of their own. So much is about methodology.
I will not, thank you.Read the complete article
I find the term "elites" truly upsetting. I'll have to ask the chauffeur to drive another way to the castle.Folks we got to find efficiencies, stop the gravy train, build subways,subways,subways, and elect the best last name in politics, whom are not career politicians but people for the tax payers. Free hamburgers and twenty dollar bills at ford fest.
"Read the complete article" was a robot cue, done by many publications. Translation: "Article continues here:"I will not, thank you.
That's your source? Guy sounds like a wingnut https://christopherdiarmani.com/about-christopher-di-armani/
https://kelleyteahen.wordpress.com/2017/05/03/canada150-out-front-with-the-globe-and-mail/The best nickname I heard for the Globe was “the Mop and Pail”. Grew up reading it and read it every day for decades until the editorial board backed Harper in the 2011 election after he'd been found in contempt of Parliament. That crossed a line for me.
And it's far from being just this source. Polling used to be a respectable and pseudo-scientific analysis of truth as expressed by opinion. Bit like Economics, (The "dismal science") it defies pure logic, but characteristics can be defined and predicted....lol...nineteen times out of twenty, when the Moon moves into the first phase and both fingers are crossed behind your back.I looked at their methodology page.
It doesn't show order or options given to panelists.
What it did show is that while Pharmacare and Min. wage did rank lower on the the list, they were not at the bottom, as headlined. That 'bottom' is the result of 'analysis' by Campaign Research.
They in fact ranked 11 and 12 on a list of 14 shown.
Worth noting is that improving the healthcare system ranked #3, above cutting taxes.
Making Life more Affordable actually ranked #1, Equal Opportunity for all Ontarians ranked #6, and Affordable Housing #7.
The problem with many of these is obvious. What do they mean for policy? Is the equal opportunity supporter talking about the need to fight poverty, or their desire to end some perceived form of 'affirmative action'?
What is 'improving healthcare' anyway? Is it merely reduced wait times? Or does that include adding new coverages? What if the latter, results in the former?
What is making life more affordable? Is it a reduced hydro bill, a lower tax burden, or is it more cash in the pocket of low-income retirees or parents, or more affordable daycare?
Not crazy about the quality of information this produces.
Yes, this has gone on for years in many businesses. Toilet and Douche, anyone?And how about the Mop and Pail? Been used since the newspaper was born from the union of the two. Pardon my using the terms that writers for all the newspapers use. I will refrain from using the insiders' jargon. I jam and cavort with many, even after all of these years. There's still the battle of the bands from all four each year. The names they use for themselves are far more 'provocative' than what I'd post here.
Yes, this has gone on for years in many businesses. Toilet and Douche, anyone?
Personally, I am more offended by references to individuals, e.g., Justdim, Trudope, Fraud and so on. For me, it turns what I had hoped was intelligent conversation into juvenile name calling. Snowflakes (used by all sides because few know what it means), libtards, deplorables; I find it all brings the level of discourse down to nothing but a name-calling competition.
Holy Moly...whoops, I guess being religious, that's on the list too. I thought for years that SJW was an annual concert in the US Southwest...Add SJW to the list.
I'm anticipating a massive 80+ PC seat majority, with the Liberals down to as few as 15 seats, mostly in wealthier urban ridings in Toronto, Ottawa and a few university towns.
I think a slim majority of Ontarians oppose more socially conservative platform issues like reopening the sex-ed debate, but I don't think it will be the issue that gets voters to the ballot box.
Much like the election south of the border, identity politics wedge issues don't turn votes when people perceive (rightly or wrongly) that their bills are going up, their cost of living is increasing, and their children are encountering a precarious job market.
I think there is considerable economic anxiety that makes it difficult to be an incumbent, particularly at a provincial/state or federal level. Add in Liberal Party fatigue (four terms - longer than the Rae years and Common Sense Revolution combined) and an endless list of scandals, I don't even think that the Ontario Progressive Conservatives can mess this election up.
I'm anticipating a massive 80+ PC seat majority, with the Liberals down to as few as 15 seats, mostly in wealthier urban ridings in Toronto, Ottawa and a few university towns.