talking points that piss you off

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Most of what is on conservative.ca would be a good place to start. In particular:
"family values"
"moral values"
"religious [whatever]"
"job creation"/"create jobs"
"entrepreneurship"
"small businesses"
"tax grabs!"/"low taxes!"
"strong defense"

And, of course, as a public servant: New Public Management.

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South Africa is a better country now than in 1994

Dear God.

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I see that TJ has returned with this old stupid "only real hard sciences are good/useful/worthwhile" argument

I would like to thank him for including this argument in this thread, because it is a talking point which pisses me a whole lot.

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While going through some complaints at work today, I fell across something which made me facepalm:

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"I am very concerned by the recent decision of the federal government to abandon the complete version of the census forms. Is this another means of hiding the perverse effect of the open doors immigration policy on the linguistic vitality of Francophone communities across the country? We fear that it is"

Dear Lord. TEH IMMIGRANTSZ ARE DESTROYING TEH COUNTRY AND TEH ZOMGZ FRENCH LINGUAGE!111

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I would join in this argument, but considering who we're arguing against, I think I prefer to ram my head into the wall.

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Obviously this thread is a disaster, but with regards to France it should be pointed out that a certain disconnect between rhetoric and reality is a traditional (the most traditional?) feature of political language there. In any case, the existence of a formerly viable hard left political tradition does not make the entire country so inclined...

Don't destroy their fantasies with your facts!

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Could we just lock this thread? This has turned into a total and utter disaster and train wreck, courtesy of our latest stupid troll.