{"id":22423,"date":"2011-04-07T16:30:08","date_gmt":"2011-04-07T20:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fryeblog.blog.lib.mcmaster.ca\/?p=22423"},"modified":"2011-04-07T16:30:08","modified_gmt":"2011-04-07T20:30:08","slug":"the-spread-of-palinism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/macblog.mcmaster.ca\/fryeblog\/2011\/04\/07\/the-spread-of-palinism\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;The Spread of Palinism&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/macblog.mcmaster.ca\/fryeblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2011\/04\/awish_aslam2_110405.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-22424\" src=\"http:\/\/macblog.mcmaster.ca\/fryeblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2011\/04\/awish_aslam2_110405.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"470\" height=\"264\" srcset=\"https:\/\/macblog.mcmaster.ca\/fryeblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2011\/04\/awish_aslam2_110405.jpg 470w, https:\/\/macblog.mcmaster.ca\/fryeblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2011\/04\/awish_aslam2_110405-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 470px) 100vw, 470px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Political Science student Awish Aslam, ejected from a Harper rally by Conservative <a href=\"http:\/\/www.urbandictionary.com\/define.php?term=facebook%20creeper\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook creepers<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Andrew Sullivan <a href=\"http:\/\/andrewsullivan.thedailybeast.com\/2011\/04\/the-spread-of-palinism.html\" target=\"_blank\">takes note<\/a> that Palinism has spread to Canada via the Harper regime.\u00a0 It&#8217;s a disturbing development. Using the RCMP (!!) to eject people from a Harper rally because Conservative operatives discovered they had posted pictures of themselves with Michael Ignatieff on Facebook is unacceptable on all levels.\u00a0 It means, in the first place, that citizens are being spied upon and vetted for political purposes with the assistance of our national police force, which is horrifying.\u00a0 It means also that those who do not make the cut are not (using Harper&#8217;s term) &#8220;real Canadians.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Harper needs to be taught that even though a sizable majority of Canadians have never voted for him, he is nevertheless prime minister to all Canadians and is answerable to every single one of them.\u00a0 He also needs to be reminded that he&#8217;s not the boss of us.\u00a0 He&#8217;s our servant.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Political Science student Awish Aslam, ejected from a Harper rally by Conservative Facebook creepers Andrew Sullivan takes note that Palinism has spread to Canada via the Harper regime.\u00a0 It&#8217;s a disturbing development. 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