A scary mix of nationalism and… market research?!

Just finished an online survey on what makes me angry (don’t ask, I got paid a dollar for my time/labour – the online proletariat?) and I thought one of the questions was interesting. It asked me which of a list of types of people who made me angry, some of which were kind of stupid (“people who wear flip-flops in the winter”) and some kind of hit home (“people who take their children to restaurants frequented by adults”.. uh, whoops).

However, there were some (about a quarter of the list) that was kind of… worrisome. Examples:

“people who request change on the street (panhandlers)”

“people who don’t know the words to ‘Oh Canada’”

“people who complain too much (about their job, their family, etc.)”

“people who can’t speak English well”

Seemed kind of, well, knee-jerk conservative nationalist to me. I’d hate to see how many Canadians actually agreed with those answers.

Not another blog with just one post…

Well, folks, seeing as how no one will likely read this particular post, the actual usefulness of writing it is debatable. However, every great work of art has to start somewhere – can a blog actually be a work of art? I’ll leave that to the PoMo’s to decide.

My interests? Glad you asked! Politics, firstly, and the left-wing variety (hence the name of the blog). Other stuff, as well (music, parenting, reading, and other exciting things) but those are less directly relevant to this blog, so too bad for those of you who end up reading this tripe and wanted to read countless posts on those topics. They will, of course, make an entrance (assuming I make it past post #1), but usually with a political bent. I’ll admit, I’m a one-trick-pony. Welcome!