Have you seen the ads dissing young Trudeau, the new leader of the Liberal party?
It was ridiculous enough that Harper's personal attacks on Ignatieff took root. I mean, ok, Ignatieff was an egghead, but the bullying Harper indulged in was disgusting. Even more disgusting is that it apparently worked.
Now he's launched an all out personal offensive against Justin Trudeau. I think he may have overstepped this time though. Trudeau is popular, especially amongst the young. And the pictures Harper's nasty little team of bullies chose to use were of him stripping down to his undershirt (oh, woohoo) for a charitable cause. A little bit of fun for charity, and Harper thinks he can make that look bad. I mean, maybe he can. That depends on Canadians.
The next attack came after the tragic bombings at the Boston Marathon. In an interview, Trudeau said he thought we should get at the root cause of this violence. Harper saw this as an opportunity to politicize the tragedy by criticizing Trudeau's thinking, saying that such attacks should simply be condemned.
Ok yeah... that's been working. {/sarcasm}
Terrorism: condemnation, terrorism: condemnation, terrorism: condemnation. Does anyone else see a repetitive trend here? Trudeau is right... we need to find out how these young people are being turned to terrorism and we need to put a stop to it.
Some would-be terrorists were stopped here in Canada shortly after by virtue of a tip from the Muslim community about some young people who seemed to be involved in terror activities. Tragedy averted. It's more coooperation, detective work, and preemptive strikes like this that needs to repeated, instead of just more terror. And more condemnation.
We need to know what's happening to these young people, how the terrorists are getting at them and convincing them to participate. We DO need to look at the root causes of these attacks. Condemnation is NOT enough.
Ah, but Harper doesn't care. To him, it's just an opportunity to bully an opponent. I don't understand how this guy got a majority government, but I sure hope Canadians don't fall for his BS again. And this time, I hope the young people get out and VOTE. When the time comes, do not miss the opportunity.
Let your voice be heard!
