I like to say provocative things to stir up debate. This doesn't work very well in Canada, where usual response is blank silence.
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@HelenStratigos1 Ruston was a tenured professor who taught till retirement, despite work massively criticized in scholarly press.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@HeerJeet Point is, despite stereotypes, many examples exist of Canadians yelling/protesting/pushing back in face of controversial issues.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@HelenStratigos1 Well, I don't consider hate-mongering to be "controversial" -- it's closer to incitement. And has little intellectual value1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@HeerJeet Your point was Canadians are 'too polite'. (Yawn - come to Scarborough & see how polite we are!) You're fixed on Anglo stereotype.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@HeerJeet Was Bouchard polite? Rob Ford? People in a frenzy supporting Rob Ford? Random Canadians on twitter calling each other 'c*nts'? Etc1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@HelenStratigos1 That's a fair point.
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