If you think right wingers in America are nuts, check out the Conservatives in the Canadian Senate, who think that changing one word in the lyrics to the national anthem is "trampling upon democracy."
The O Canada line in question is "true patriot love / in all thy sons command," and dates to 1914. Yep, more than 100 years ago, right before women even got the right to vote. More recently, "in all of us command" was proposed, and yesterday, after multiple readings, the Senate finally approved it.
Over the objections of the Tories, who saw Armageddon approaching.
What the hell is the matter with these people? Conservatives are crying foul on the Liberals' parliamentary tactics, but we sense a bigger grievance at work. So we have to ask: Why do right wingers, in both Canada and the US, find the concept of "us" so alarming? We're not sure we want to know the answer. We cats HISS.
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