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But some of you conservatives need to grow up.
CTV News reports, “An Ontario brewery that hosted Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says it’s been inundated with hundreds of hateful messages since then.”
Trudeau visited the Brewer’s Pantry in Bowmanville, Ont. to show support for Robert Rock, the Liberal Party candidate for the Durham federal by-election.
Brewer’s Pantry posted on social media Friday: “I am not political. I am not a politician. I do not have thick skin. These are comments about my business that I am passionate about, and very proud of. Your comments and abusive phone calls hurt me.”
One user wrote on Facebook: “Small business owners in Bowmanville will not forget your stance. You are not one of us.”
To that person, I would say you don’t represent the entire business community. Don’t think so highly of yourself that you assume your hateful nature is that of everyone else.
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Some of your fellow businesspeople are Liberals. Get over it.
You don’t have to like Trudeau – I certainly don’t – but if you are actually a business person I am surprised to learn you can survive if you will only do business with those with whom you agree.
And a note especially to those people who post such messages anonymously.
Man up. Don’t be a coward.
I like to think that one of the differences, as a generalization, between conservatives and liberals is that conservatives prefer to operate with the facts and liberals are overly emotional.
Too many liberal policies come from an emotional reaction, in my view.
But in this case, when conservatives start acting like spoiled four-year-olds, it is embarrassing to the team.
For those of you writing that the business should have declined the opportunity to host the political event, put your money where your big mouth is and offer to compensate monetarily any operator that turns down Liberal business.
But I also have a message for liberals.
Those of you who wrote that the attacks on the business show the “gang mentality” of the party that Pierre Poilievre is building, to quote one online fool, stop and take a look at your own team.
Liberals have never been shy about airing their hateful rhetoric. If you don’t see that you are just not looking – or trying.
I am a conservative telling people claiming to be conservative that there is a mile of difference between disagreeing with or even attacking policy and partisan political action; the deliberate attempt to damage the business of a person who merely opened his doors to everyone.
The reality is that he would also welcome you.
Durhamregion.com quotes owner Chris Aucoin: “Not one of these keyboard warriors, or whatever you call them, has come into my store and said, ‘Chris, you’re an ass—-,’ nobody has come in and said that. If somebody came in and said they disagreed with what I did, I’d say, ‘Yeah sure, you want a beer?’”
Would you be gracious enough to accept it?
I thought conservatives believed in personal responsibility.
As I said, some of you conservatives need to show some personal control and responsibility. Grow up.
Stop acting like liberals.
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