Some people have marveled at what they’ve characterized as my insensitivity in wearing the costume I wore on Purim. My initial reaction in learning of this was one of shock because my intention was never to hurt or make fun of anyone. Those who know me—in politics and in my personal life—already know this. But others who don’t know me have expressed hurt and outrage, so I am writing to address that once and for all. Unintentional as they were, I recognize now that the connotations of my Purim costume were deeply offensive to many.
The question that is on the tip of everyone’s tongue is why did he even do this in the first place? There are like a bazillion different costume choices that could have been made, Mr. Hikind (who is a freaking politician!) had to go with the one that offends the maximum number of people.
Destrore: #8 leftynyc Yes, it seems that we should call conservatives what they are - be they Democrat or Republican - conservatives tend to be bigots. We have a 2 party system so we get all kinds in the parties based on the overall party registration of a district. That's why my problem is not so much with Republicans but with "conservatives".
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When Con­ser­v­a­tives un­der Stephen Harper took of­fice in 2006, I was dis­ap­pointed at how much they re­sem­bled their pre­de­ces­sors when it came to their pen­chant for in­creas­ing the size of gov­ern­ment. More: Russ Campbell's Blog: Fiscal Conservatism Seems Alive and Well in Ottawa: 8,900 Public Service Jobs to Be Cut
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re: #8 leftynyc Yes, it seems that we should call conservatives what they are - be they Democrat or Republican - conservatives tend to be bigots. We have a 2 party system so we get all kinds in the parties based on the overall party registration of a district. That's why my problem is not so much with Republicans but with "conservatives".
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