The politics of hyperbole - when the law isn't on your side, envoke all that is holy


When the Government of Canada, through the elected Liberal government, accused former Prime Minister B. Mulroney of being a criminal, he sued successfully and was awarded millions of dollars in compensation.

Now, the Conservatives won't come straight out and accuse our elected opposition of treason, since they would be successfully sued. Instead, sloganeering is the new smear, since they are afraid to speak their minds clearly and commit slander and libel.

The talking points, to confuse and trick Canadians;

- The Liberal-Separatist Coalition — An Axis of Evil
- Layton-Dion: Guilty of Treason
- support the government that the Liberals and NDP are trying to steal
- unholy alliance
- Anyone who takes your rights away is evil
- a coalition of Liberals, New Democrats and the Bloc Quebecois (Bloc are not in the coalition)
- The socialist NDP running the economy
- Bloc Quebecois having a veto over all policies while they continue to destroy Canada
- any coalition will be an illegitimate regime without any mandate to govern
- Dion and Jack Layton have sold out their principles
- to get the weak, unstable and disoriented federal government

All of the above is spouted while taking every step possible to silence the House of Commons, where our Federal elected representatives sit; discussing and voting on legislation and policy matters concerning the nation.

Well, except when they are sent home early because of confidence votes. A vote that the Conservatives would lose.

Now, I can understand why the Conservatives and their supporters would need to rely on hyperbole; religious and otherwise. When you are trying to convince people that a minority of MPs MUST rule over the majority, against their will, you need hyperbole. When you are trying to deny democracy to the majority, you need hyperbole.

When you enlist the help of armed Canadians to 'refuse to recognize this proposed power grab as a bona fide government,' when it would be constitutional and democratic, in 'no uncertain terms' against a 'unholy alliance,' you wonder if/when the government is brought down if the resulting violence would really be unforeseen and unfermented.

The majority of Canadians, the ones who currently have their democracy delayed, are the ones who should be outraged. Our voices have been silenced so that others can have our say. For every conservative vote to have its voice, two other votes must be silenced.

When a government empowers a divided class system, let’s say Conservative vs. the rest, against the will of the people there is a special name for that type of government. If the government is defeated in January, and after every legal avenue is exhausted, if the Conservatives continue to try to stay in power against the will of the majority of Canadians and their Parliament, we will have entered Fascism if they are successful. And that would be no hyperbole.

But I doubt it will ever come to that.