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[-] Subscript5676@piefed.ca 28 points 2 weeks ago

Fuck those MPs. Grow the fuck up. You get thrown an uncomfortable dilemma and instead of handling and considering it, you would, instead get mad at the person who raised the dilemma, and engage in essentially classroom bullying?

MP Dawson, you aren't betraying the Cons if you leave them. They don't care about you or your morals, and there's no trust and / or honour between yourselves. Cutting such a relationship does not constitute betrayal; what is there for you to betray?

[-] Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca 17 points 2 weeks ago

He did it purely as a PR stunt.

[-] Subscript5676@piefed.ca 16 points 2 weeks ago

PR stunt or not, it sure did bring up the ugly sides of the Cons. Not that we didn't already have enough evidence of that.

[-] Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 weeks ago

Which makes it even better.

[-] GreenBeard@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 weeks ago

When you have no values to speak of, someone showing theirs is a threat.

[-] excursion22@piefed.ca 4 points 2 weeks ago

I don't really watch parliamentary or legislative sessions, but the occasional one I do see often looks like a middle school debate with a substitute teacher trying to wrangle students into some kind of order. Many of these MPs and MLAs act like children every day. It shouldn't surprising in this case either.

[-] Subscript5676@piefed.ca 4 points 2 weeks ago

Not surprising, but still worth calling them out for it, and worth reminding people what sort of people are we putting into parliament and making decisions for us all. This sort of behaviour should never be normalized or accepted as normal.

[-] excursion22@piefed.ca 3 points 1 week ago

Definitely agreed.

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