unrepentant old hippie

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CBC Facebook Wish List Watch: I spoke too soon, the cretins have slithered back to the top. Somehow in the 2 hours between 6:09 and 8:09pm, they got another 1,540 votes. Hahahaha, unleash the bots! Oh, now we're back up, ahead by about 6. And now we're down by 5. Horserace! Desperate times call for desperate measures: the anti-choice nutter below seems to be saying how terribly bad (and yet easy) it is to cheat:

Sigh. The overkill has reached critical mass when even the MSM has a good idea of what's happening. The Tyee weighed in on it today, saying:

"Ummm. Wait a minute. Great that everyone’s getting involved and everything, participating in a debate, keeping the wheels of democracy turning. But survey after survey, and opinion poll after opinion poll have shown that a clear majority of Canadians are opposed to restrictive abortion laws. And opinion polls also show that the majority of Canadians are not interested in repealing Bill C-38, which legalized same-sex marriage.

Clearly, the debate has been seized by a very vocal minority.

It’s like when Sanjaya fans perverted the American Idol vote. Except, you know, instead of having to endure off-key Kinks covers, I now have to endure the idea of religious totality over my womb. And instead of watching talented singers being kicked off a crappy reality show, I’m watching state-sanctioned homophobia.

That right-wing traditionalists have weighed into the debate so heavily is not an indictment of their side; rather, just another example of how effective special interest groups can be at mobilizing. I don’t blame them for that."

I don't blame them either. That's democracy, and as much as I don't believe they have any business trying to legislate my crotch, they have a right to speak their minds; I'd encourage it. It's just sad, sick and more than a little perverse that with everything else going on in the world, they're captivated not by war or poverty or climate change, but by Canada's collective beaver.

Meh. It's probably been a blast for the fundies to finally see socon issues actually get to the top of a list, any list, even one as silly as the Wish List. It's mobilizing and probably good for their morale. But typically what they don't realize is that when this thing is over in two weeks, that's the end of it. They wanted a debate on what should be allowed to go on in the crotches of the nation, and they got it: but it isn't about to be repeat itself outside of Facebook. In other words, anywhere that matters.