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    1. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 6 Mar 2014
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      9. Toronto police is kind of terrible at minority relations. That too is plays into how non-whites see the Rob Ford story.

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    2. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 6 Mar 2014
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      10. Last thought: wouldn't argue that Ford will be re-elected & his pitch will work. But important to understand what his pitch is.

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    3. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 6 Mar 2014
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      11. We also need to think about class divide within immigrant communities. Ford's pitched aimed at working class.

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    4. Patrick G. Watson He/Him‏ @pgwphd 6 Mar 2014
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      @HeerJeet what do you mean by "working class"? You're really piling on the vagaries here.

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    5. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 6 Mar 2014
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      @UWSOC101 Cab drivers versus accountants. Factory workers versus teachers. Working class isn't a bizarre concept.

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    6. Patrick G. Watson He/Him‏ @pgwphd 6 Mar 2014
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      @HeerJeet well, that depends what you take for granted, and all your talk tonight has taken a HELL of a lot for granted.

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    7. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 6 Mar 2014
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      @UWSOC101 It's based on 40 years of living in working class immigrant communities, mostly in Rexdale (heart of Ford Nation).

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    8. Patrick G. Watson He/Him‏ @pgwphd 6 Mar 2014
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      @HeerJeet so in other words your experience of the "immigrant experience" is highly personal and localized?

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    9. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 6 Mar 2014
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      @UWSOC101 All experience is highly personalized and localized. That's the nature of experience.

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    10. Patrick G. Watson He/Him‏ @pgwphd 6 Mar 2014
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      @HeerJeet and the real danger here is that groups start blaming each other for their perceived allegiances to Ford. That's when Ford wins.

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      Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 6 Mar 2014
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      @UWSOC101 No blame of immigrants in my analysis. I'm trying to explain why Ford is doing certain things (i.e. going to black churches)

      9:23 PM - 6 Mar 2014
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        1. Patrick G. Watson He/Him‏ @pgwphd 7 Mar 2014
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          @HeerJeet I know you're not saying these things explicitly (block voting) but it's either implied or easily read into your statements...

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        1. Patrick G. Watson He/Him‏ @pgwphd 7 Mar 2014
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          @HeerJeet but crucially, if you're talking about a specific demographic, why not talk to it specifically? Immigrants are from all over...

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        1. Patrick G. Watson He/Him‏ @pgwphd 7 Mar 2014
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          @HeerJeet I don't think there's much similarity between Somalis, Koreans, Brits and Turks. But there are plenty of good reasons to...

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        1. Patrick G. Watson He/Him‏ @pgwphd 7 Mar 2014
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          @HeerJeet pursue this further. I think we should engage with the issues you're talking about, just not under the guise of stopping Ford.

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