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CBC Facebook Contest turning Conventional Wisdom on its head
by Neal Ford
nealnews.blogspot.com
The mainstream media in Canada has, for some time now, painted a picture-no- a caricature of the the Pro-life movement and social conservatives in general as nothing but a cranky minority of caucasian, gray haired fundamentalist Christians. In Canada this perception has been so succesfully promoted, that most political parties will not even countenance any public talk of ending abortion, let alone to take action against it.
However, the CBC has inadvertently shown the truth to be otherwise with the Great Canadian Wish List Contest on Facebook. Members of Facebook, an Internet networking website were asked to weigh in about what they would really like to see come about in Canada, with the winning wish being covered in a feature story on the CBC. It was probably intended to produce a result that would to a nice, safe, warm and fuzzy puff piece about the environment or some other cause the media says is trendy, but what they got was something else entirely: At the time of this writing the #1 wish of Canadians on Facebook is the wish to end abortion in Canada, leading the “Poor Choicers” by a very healthy margin. And trailing just behind the Poor Choicers, are the wishes for a spiritual revival in Canada, and a restoration of the traditional definition of marriage.
Facebook, at this stage in its evolution, is primarily the domain of the under 35 crowd, though there is starting to be some growth among those who are- uh- shall we say, over 35…
That statistic defies conventional wisdom which has it that young people are overwhelmingly in favour of so-called “progressive” values.
Could it be that the younger generation is rebelling against what some perceive to be a lack of value placed on their persons and generation by the liberal baby boomer “Me” generation?
This contest is also showing people what can be accomplished by voting for something. We have seen a drop in voter participation in Canadian elections, and especially low turnout among younger voters, despite aggressive left wing attempts to “Rock the Vote”. Now, if the political establishment would start LISTENING, instead of telling people what they THINK they want to hear, perhaps more younger people would vote?
Enough of the phoniness and snake oil of political correctness!
I so strongly believe that this contest has the potential to put the abortion debate back on the table again, and restore the place of traditionalists and social conservatives in the public square that I am urging all Canadians who are disturbed about our society’s drift into the abyss of moral relativism to get on board with this contest. While winning this contest does not achieve our end goal, it does at least offer us a chance to get back in the game, and win our first victory in a long time. We will have a real opportunity to taste a small victory which will hopefully motivate us and steel us for the next battle where we will face much tougher opposition. We need every vote we can get to win by a decisive margin. Anything less than a landslide will result in the CBC saying that Canadians are “deeply divided” on the matter. Furthermore, if the other two social conservative issues are bumped up a bit more, the poor choicers might end up in third or fourth place.
To get involved with the Great Canadian Wish List, and vote for “Abolish Abortion”, visit Big Blue Wave (bluewavecanada.blogspot.com) where step by step instructions for registering on Facebook and participating in this contest are posted.
by Neal Ford
nealnews.blogspot.com
The mainstream media in Canada has, for some time now, painted a picture-no- a caricature of the the Pro-life movement and social conservatives in general as nothing but a cranky minority of caucasian, gray haired fundamentalist Christians. In Canada this perception has been so succesfully promoted, that most political parties will not even countenance any public talk of ending abortion, let alone to take action against it.
However, the CBC has inadvertently shown the truth to be otherwise with the Great Canadian Wish List Contest on Facebook. Members of Facebook, an Internet networking website were asked to weigh in about what they would really like to see come about in Canada, with the winning wish being covered in a feature story on the CBC. It was probably intended to produce a result that would to a nice, safe, warm and fuzzy puff piece about the environment or some other cause the media says is trendy, but what they got was something else entirely: At the time of this writing the #1 wish of Canadians on Facebook is the wish to end abortion in Canada, leading the “Poor Choicers” by a very healthy margin. And trailing just behind the Poor Choicers, are the wishes for a spiritual revival in Canada, and a restoration of the traditional definition of marriage.
Facebook, at this stage in its evolution, is primarily the domain of the under 35 crowd, though there is starting to be some growth among those who are- uh- shall we say, over 35…
That statistic defies conventional wisdom which has it that young people are overwhelmingly in favour of so-called “progressive” values.
Could it be that the younger generation is rebelling against what some perceive to be a lack of value placed on their persons and generation by the liberal baby boomer “Me” generation?
This contest is also showing people what can be accomplished by voting for something. We have seen a drop in voter participation in Canadian elections, and especially low turnout among younger voters, despite aggressive left wing attempts to “Rock the Vote”. Now, if the political establishment would start LISTENING, instead of telling people what they THINK they want to hear, perhaps more younger people would vote?
Enough of the phoniness and snake oil of political correctness!
I so strongly believe that this contest has the potential to put the abortion debate back on the table again, and restore the place of traditionalists and social conservatives in the public square that I am urging all Canadians who are disturbed about our society’s drift into the abyss of moral relativism to get on board with this contest. While winning this contest does not achieve our end goal, it does at least offer us a chance to get back in the game, and win our first victory in a long time. We will have a real opportunity to taste a small victory which will hopefully motivate us and steel us for the next battle where we will face much tougher opposition. We need every vote we can get to win by a decisive margin. Anything less than a landslide will result in the CBC saying that Canadians are “deeply divided” on the matter. Furthermore, if the other two social conservative issues are bumped up a bit more, the poor choicers might end up in third or fourth place.
To get involved with the Great Canadian Wish List, and vote for “Abolish Abortion”, visit Big Blue Wave (bluewavecanada.blogspot.com) where step by step instructions for registering on Facebook and participating in this contest are posted.