Pushback

This is nothing new, this being told that conservative values are not Canadian values. Back when I started writing here, I found myself astonished by the Liberal Party's continuous attacks on my belief system. That's partly why I started writing -- to defend myself and my way of thinking, my beliefs and values -- to explain if I could, why I believed as I did and why I believed that there wasn't just ONE right way for a Canadian to think.

Even back in 2005, conservatives were being derided as bigots and misogynists. I think the biggest difference now is that more  people are speaking up. Maybe it's because there are more places to voice your frustration, like Twitter, but it's very encouraging.

From the Canada Summer Jobs Program and its vile attestation requirement, to the *progressive* Supreme Court's discernment of non-existent *Charter values* in the TWU law school case, we are being assaulted by a libaucracy, intent on imposing conformed thought. Not three years into their mandate, they've accomplished nothing except to expose their own narrow view of the world and try to shove it down the throats of Canadians.

The absolutist mindset of the Liberals excludes a vast segment of society and marginalizes us for the sin of disagreement. That is un-Canadian.

• Diversity isn't a skin tone or a flavour.
• Equality doesn't just mean the same number of women as men in a group.
• Tolerance and respect aren't only for issues of sexuality.
• Women can believe that the rights of the unborn are valuable and need to be considered, and still believe in equality of opportunity and equal rights for women.
• It isn't racist or fear mongering or 'alt-right' to believe that our borders must be respected. People who hold such beliefs can still be compassionate towards refugees and asylum seekers.
• People of faith can live within their faith and still respect the rights of others who believe differently.
• People can care about the environment and not see the need for a punitive, useless tax.

In Justin Trudeau's Liberal Party, in his Canada, there is no room for people who hold most of the opinions I've stated above. Some of those beliefs would even exclude me from nomination in his party. None of those beliefs is diabolical or uncivil -- they shouldn't even be controversial except in the sense that they are debatable, and yet I would not be welcome at the Liberal table.

PMJT, Gerald Butts and all the others who name-call and vilify those of us who disagree better know -- we are Canadian.

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