Between all the Alberta politics stuff, Bluesky stuff and the whole Mastodon quote tweet stuff - my timeline is looking a lot like Twitter at the moment.
Well minus the NFT scams and Elon Musk…
The level of toxicity on my timeline at present is like a shot to the balls.
Time to make use of the filters, I guess…
Be kind. Work hard at civil discourse. Give someone or something a fricken hug.
I might pass on the whole screenshot thing and keep it to a generic call out. If I personally knew people or felt comfortable reaching out - I would do so personally & privately. But I’m not at this time.
It is very rare that my timeline is like this.
Even when redacted, my community here is small and either industry or geographically based. It’s easy to figure out
I know you are trying to help but I feel screenshots and specific tattling adds to the toxicity
Outside of the occasional snarky comment on shenanigans or sharing of an article or two, I won't be posting much on the Alberta Election.
However, please watch this brief video by Barry Morishita of the Alberta Party.
His words resonate here. Though we need to get rid of Danielle Smith, there is no accountability or governing effectiveness if we ping-pong between two parties.
A minority govt with a moderate third party is progress.
I don’t really care if it’s the Alberta Party, Greens or Alberta Liberals. We need some other party to come to the table and fill in the space between Left and the Right. Some other voice…
I’m a centrist and the Alberta Party resonates with me with reasonable moderate policies between the two.
And I wouldn’t call them centre-right. They are just right to what your comfortable with.
The Alberta party isn’t running a Candidate in my riding, so I’m voting NDP.
Yes the Alberta NDP has shifted towards the centre. IMO I think it’s smart politics on their part to win disenfranchised conservatives BUT also as a result of the right going to the extreme right and everything naturally shifting with it across the spectrum.
But I don’t believe for a moment that the NDP will stay there. Historically that is not their place either provincially or federally. They will naturally shift back left… and yes the federal arm is different from the provincial.
I’m not against left leaning progressive politics. We just need to realize that the ANDP are not the silver bullet to fix Alberta.
The two party system is why Alberta is the way it is (along with toxic populism).
We need to be think ahead so we don’t see the last 8 years repeat itself. Who know what iteration of conservatism we will see next if we keep playing this game of ping-pong?!?
A third party between the two is needed. I’m leaving it there.
I think the AP is a little more fiscally conservative than the ANDP (usually)… but the UCP with their current policies have moved the bar for fiscal matters anyway
Am I the only one who thinks the Alberta NDP’s TV ad that makes the snarky comment about Notley looking good in a pair of jeans as opposed to Smith in a pantsuit - a tad cringy and backward for the status of women leaders?
The level of high school-like bitchiness in that ad is ridiculous.
Also as a Calgarian, it’s disappointing that the NDP have been silent about that horrible arena deal.
The games and lack of solid policies aren't giving me confidence to vote NDP.
I am kicking myself that I'm the one that is breaking the boundaries that I have set regarding a toxic relationship... all over a seemingly innocuous discussion on politics.