Mainstream Media Has Overt Contempt for Social Conservatives
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Summary
The Stinkin' Albatross around Andrew Scheer's neck a term coined by Peter McKay to describe the number of social conservatives in the Conservative Party of Canada. This week, we're talking about the stinking albatross, and why it's a real thing.
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I want to talk about what Peter McKay called the stinking albatross around Andrew Scheer's neck,
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which is social conservatives in the Conservative Party of Canada.
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This rhetoric was echoed by Conrad Yakabuski in a Globe and Mail column in which he says
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that like clockwork, the Tory stalking species known as the stinking albatross returns to Canada each election season
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after wintering in warmer climes where the culture wars occur year-round.
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He is taking aim at Cathy Wagenthal, a Conservative MP,
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who introduced a private member's bill that would ban sex-selective abortion,
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which is basically abortion that is decided for the sole basis of someone not wanting to deliver a child of a particular gender,
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almost exclusively because people do not want daughters for various cultural reasons,
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all of which are rooted in a very misogynistic view that females are less worthy of living than males.
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And by the way, Cathy Wagenthal has always been a very reliable pro-life member of Parliament.
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And her voters in her riding have rewarded her by re-electing her time and time again.
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And she's decided that she wants to take aim at this problem, which we know is happening.
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There's not a lot of research on it, but it does very much occur.
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slightly concerned with sex-selective abortion restrictions for two reasons.
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The chief among them is that it tends to mask the problem.
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If you believe that abortion is wrong because it takes a life,
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it shouldn't matter what the motivation is for it.
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The reason I say that is because a bill like this makes it seem as though
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the intent is the problem more than the actual outcome.
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And this one is something I'm of two minds on, frankly.
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It almost is more of a political push towards pro-life policy than anything else.
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And the reason for that is because it may well be effective.
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There are lots of people in Canada who are pro-choice.
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But when it comes down to it, they would oppose sex-selective abortion.
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So bills like this tend to appeal to those people.
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But in a lot of ways, I almost feel that they mask...
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Again, if you feel abortion is wrong, they mask what is wrong for reasons that have nothing to do with intent.
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So it ties into the reason I already mentioned.
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But at the same time, I don't want to question Kathy Wagenthal's motive.
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But it's interesting that now, the existence of a pro-life MP in Aaron O'Toole's conservative party
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is all it takes for the mainstream media to say,
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oh, well, Aaron O'Toole's got that hidden social conservative agenda.
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The entire analysis is based on this idea that Kathy Wagenthal's bill
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is that stinking albatross around Aaron O'Toole's neck.
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And a lot of the critics of Andrew Scheer, of Aaron O'Toole, of Stephen Harper,
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They don't actually care about whether the leader is pro-life,
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whether the party will officially back any policy that's pro-life.
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They don't want pro-lifers to exist in Canada at all.
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And they don't, therefore, want any pro-life politicians to exist.
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And Aaron O'Toole, who literally said in no uncertain terms,
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I'm pro-choice, I believe in abortion rights, I've always believed in that.
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Here's when and why I started believing in that.
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Oh, well, you know, the stinking albatross is back
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even those ardently pro-choice, would agree with.
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So this is why conservatives should never play by the left's rules,
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should never play by the mainstream media's rules,
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And this is true whether you're talking about a carbon tax,
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and it's certainly true when you're talking about social policy.
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Eventually, a future conservative leader must understand
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that playing to the SOCONs is a losing strategy, period.
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but it will leave you with a stinking albatross around your neck
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of which no amount of flowery perfume can disguise the stench.
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This is the mainstream media's characterization
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is that pro-life candidates that seek the conservative leadership,
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whether we're talking about Leslie Lewis or Derek Sloan,
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they didn't say they expect it to be a socially conservative party.
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And if the liberals were authentic about representing Canadians,
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they would recognize that they preside over a country
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and again, statistics tend to be a little bit tricky on this.
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at trying to really look at genuine public opinion on this.
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And he points out that 82% of Quebecers support
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and 67% of Quebecers support legally restricting late-term abortion.
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84% of Canadians support legally restricting sex-selective abortion
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and 70% of Canadians support legally restricting late-term abortion.
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is distinct from what ordinary Canadians think and feel.
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okay, well, the conservatives still have to win over people
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by getting their message out through the mainstream media.
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even pro-lifers had no idea what he was saying.
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and the mainstream media coverage is identical.
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is the beginning of the age-old conservative dilemma
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And I'm not trying to preach to anyone right now
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But understand that the conservative movement in Canada
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and internal races like nominations and leaderships,