tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7180592942896724433.post148459843192662218..comments2023-12-13T05:02:37.426-05:00Comments on Pushed to the Left and Loving It: The Canadian Manifesto: 2. "Signaling" For Good and EvilEmily Deehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08354341672810615468noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7180592942896724433.post-70419644361818736122011-08-21T13:43:44.729-04:002011-08-21T13:43:44.729-04:00Another excellent post. Some of us like to refer t...Another excellent post. Some of us like to refer to these "signals" as dog whistles to the conservative Christian base. Look at the language around promoting income splitting and you see the signals and winks. Same with "choice in child rearing" that ushered Harper's solution to universal childcare.Beijing Yorkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05579118045254845839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7180592942896724433.post-51668885262943803102011-08-21T12:18:27.838-04:002011-08-21T12:18:27.838-04:00I refer you to the infamous video of Stephen Harpe...I refer you to the infamous video of Stephen Harper at Rob Ford's BBQ, where they both joked rather ledenly about being fishermen and how Rob caught the big fish. What was that all about, people asked. Fishers of men. ( http://redtory.wordpress.com/2011/08/06/harper-ford-bbq-footage/ ) Then later, Hazel McCallion gave Ford the "big fish" she caught in the derby off Port Credit. Wink wink?<br />Even Bob Rae got in the action, giving a salmon to retiring Liberal Shawn Murphy a big fish: http://www.theguardian.pe.ca/News/Local/2011-08-17/article-2711577/Liberals-give-Shawn-Murphy-a-retirement-sendoff/1<br />Am I paranoid? Probably, but some of this winking is going on in front of us and we're oblivious.Scannerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03514966528672897658noreply@blogger.com