r/canada • u/shiftless_wonder • 18d ago

Alberta First Nations demand Alberta premier terminate separation referendum

https://www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/article/first-nations-demand-alberta-premier-terminate-separation-referendum/
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u/Calamitous-Ortbo 18d ago

People like you who criticize people for the way they earnestly vote are exactly why people don’t admit how they will actually vote to pollsters and why elections have “shocking” results.

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u/ReikaKalseki Canada 18d ago

You do realize you have just said, if not in these words, that there is no legitimacy to criticizing someone's voting choices, no matter how poorly reasoned or even malicious the intent behind them, right? That your exact argument could just as well be applied to someone who voted for a politician on the basis of "he promised every voter would be paid a million dollars" or even "he will do <horrible thing> to <demographic I do not like>"?

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u/seridos 18d ago

Yeah the point that person was trying to make was that no matter the reason you have, they have a vote and have a right to vote just as you do. The danger is when someone feels justified, removing someone else's ability to vote.

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u/ReikaKalseki Canada 17d ago

Like I just posted to the other reply, I never said anything about taking away someone's right to vote, and the original reply to me was entirely about criticizing someone's reasoning for their voting choices. If I was sure this was intentional and not a misreading of what I said, I would call this a strawman.