Sunday column today RT @TorontoStar: "Has Rob Ford repealed the laws of logic?" http://on.thestar.com/1nZeQow #topolipic.twitter.com/wgGA2PaAbC
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Sunday column today RT @TorontoStar: "Has Rob Ford repealed the laws of logic?" http://on.thestar.com/1nZeQow #topolipic.twitter.com/wgGA2PaAbC
@thekeenanwire Did you read Desmond's Ford Fest bit this week? I just still don't get it.
@balkissoon I did read it. I kind of get it, sort of? Though the strength of the devotion seems very disproportionate to me.
@thekeenanwire @balkissoon Save for, I dunno, family and friends (and pets), I'm not sure anyone should love anything that much.
@goldsbie @thekeenanwire @balkissoon Intensity of devotion of Ford Nation is great riddle of this story. I have a few theories but not sure.
@HeerJeet @goldsbie @thekeenanwire Once you sign on, you lose face if you back down, maybe?
@balkissoon @goldsbie @thekeenanwire That's part of it. But more deeply, alienated people see Ford as an avatar of their own struggles.
@HeerJeet @goldsbie @thekeenanwire but do they believe they are qualified - are they even desiring of - the job of mayor?
@balkissoon @goldsbie @thekeenanwire Desmond's fine article makes clear, that's not an issue for people who are deeply alienated from system
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