@HeerJeet I can see the impending horror of reducing Barry in order to compare him to Ford.
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2. When the Ford scandal first broke, there were superficial comparisons with Barry (they both smoked crack) but nothing deeper.
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3. The more useful point of comparison is to think about populist anger and under-served populations.
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@kinsellawarren I do think left-populism is superior to right-populism: Tommy Douglas over Bible Bill, any day of the week. -
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@HeerJeet He didn't just seem to. He did. http://ww2.nationalpost.com/m/wp/blog.html?b=news.nationalpost.com/2012/03/14/tommy-douglas … -
@kinsellawarren @WorkingCollar The only major group that opposed eugenics was the Catholic church (to its great credit, I'll add).
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@AlexisDeToronto Well, he was under police investigation. But, yes, Ford has gotten off easy. Very stark difference with Barry.
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