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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/24920069

"These are not 'drug dens,' they are health centres," said Philpott, now the dean of health sciences at Queen's University, in a post on X.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 months ago

I suspect that Poilievre believes his supporters are more likely than average to cling to the outmoded belief that addiction is a moral failing rather than a medical issue, so it's to his benefit to demonize any and all services directed at harm reduction. (In other words, I am disgusted but not at all surprised.)

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago (1 children)

It's wild how conservatives constantly have the worst takes on absolutely everything. It'd be funny if I weren't so worried. How they always end up having whichever opinion is furthest away from scientific consensus and/or human decency is actually absurd. You'd think they'd at least occasionally end up having a few reasonable, well thought-out views.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

Reading psych studies on people who have authoritarian beliefs is eye opening. Here's a study (pdf) that found authoritarians will seek out media that confirms their biases when scared. The "when scared" is important. Participants that weren't scared showed no difference to non-authoritarians. The authors suggested that authoritarians will seek out confirmation of their beliefs as a mechanism of dealing with fear.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

What a fucking asshole he is. Just a chip off the ol' Harper block.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Of course, he's all about freedom. /s

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (2 children)

You're free to do anything that can be taxed.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

But conservatives hate taxes right?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

Which is funny because legalized weed can be taxed but something tells me he's against that too.

Gotta find easy scapegoats somewhere

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

What a waste of skin, hope he dies in a car accident

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

If he becomes prime minister he is going to have people killed on his watch.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

There will be camps. They're already coming for the trans kids.

[–] sailingbythelee 0 points 3 months ago

Simply put: he's an asshole-alo-alo-alo-alo.