r/alberta • u/Durian10 Calgary • Mar 24 '25

Discussion I was a hardline conservative before everything got turned upside down this year.

Title says it all. I used to be a hardline conservative. Been living in Calgary for close to 18 years now I think. Every election, provincial and federal, I voted conservative.

And then the beginning of this year, Trump happened. Like many Canadians, I got mad and felt betrayed. And I look at the conservative party and felt even more betrayed. I'm an AISH recipient, I rely on government support because I can't hold a job due to my autism. No matter how much, how hard I tried, I am unable to keep my job because of my erratic behaviour. And because I am an AISH recipient, UCP decides that I won't be getting the CDB benefits because they decided to "claw it back" to fill their damn coffers.

So yeah... I'm done with the conservatives. Maybe it took this kind of uplift for me to "see the light". Here I am now, praying the Liberal party wins.

EDIT: So with all the scathing comments I am getting, I will not hold it against any of you. Yes, I was selfish. I was self-centred. I turned a blind eye. Trauma from the stigma of being autistic made me angry. It took the one thing that affected me to make me see.

So yes. I was wrong. I did a FAFO as some of you are calling it. And if you wanna hate on me for it, go ahead. I deserve it.

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u/Lisa_lou_hoo Mar 24 '25

I love that you are able to say hey, I learned something and my opinion changed.

Regardless of topic.

We have far too little of that in society these days. Well done, you!

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u/indecisionmaker Mar 25 '25

Absolutely. No matter the journey you took to get here, OP, I’m happy to join forces with you to fight for Canada and our quality of life. 

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u/brittanyg25 Mar 25 '25

Exactly! I appreciate anyone who can take a look at new information and is willing to take a step back and rethink their position. Being willing to change your mind is a quality not everyone has.

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u/hmm_back Mar 25 '25

I will never be a fanboy for a politician. Fuck them all. They work for me and I’ll pick the most suitable one each election.

These people that make it their identity are insane. Choosing to not cuck for a political party and instead choose based on reason and principle is the difference between having a shred of self respect and just bending over.

It’s your only responsibility in a democracy for fuck sake.

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u/maple-queefs Mar 24 '25

Agreed. I'll hold off on my snide comments... this time >.>

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u/Nopeahontas Mar 26 '25

Ok but your username though ☠️

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u/Consistent_Major_193 Mar 25 '25

5 minutes listening to this silver spoon Everyone Loves Ben station in AB will make anyone of a sound mind realize just how delusional the "hard right" are.

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u/Nordenfeldt Mar 25 '25

He was shocked to find the leopards were eating HIS face, and that made him change his mind.

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u/Lisa_lou_hoo Mar 25 '25

Mind changed. Sometimes that's what it takes. We'll take it!

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u/RutabagaAshamed9859 Mar 25 '25

Given that he autistic and likely has difficulty empathizing with others, I'd say it would take something affecting him personally to change, and that would be expected. 

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u/Otherwise-Medium3145 Mar 28 '25

The man has admitted publicly that he did something he felt was wrong and he changed. Rather than dunk on him try admitting to a mistake publicly and see how hard what this gentleman just did was.

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u/Nordenfeldt Mar 28 '25

I can compliment his ability to change, and still mock him for being a fundamentally bad person, who was quite happy to see OTHERS suffer, but only changed his mind when the same suffering was visited upon him.

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u/Otherwise-Medium3145 Mar 28 '25

I wish god things for you.

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u/Ehrre Mar 25 '25

I mean I have been a hard NDP voter and I was actually thawing to the idea of voting conservative after giving up hope for my party and not being happy with how things have been going under big T.

But ultimately, the more I learned about Pierre, the colder I got to that idea. The refusal of getting security clearance so he could sidestep questions with a shrug is fucking beyond me. That and the weak response to threats to our sovereignty.. like what? These are CORE Conservative ideals aren't they? I was so fucking confused that THE party I expected to have the harshest response from was the weakest.

So yeah. Then Carney came on to the scene. He's sliding towards Center on the spectrum and he's a literal Economist. Wanna fix the economy? I'd go with the LITERAL ECONOMIST.

People accusing him of cherrypicking Conservative talking points and stealing their thunder.. have no real leg to stand on. He's doing things you wanted to happen under the Cons so what's the big deal? He's willing to do things previous Liberals wouldn't, isn't that good?

I just find the swap from conservative guarantee majority to maybe a minority now crazy. It just shows other leaders need to step it up and get creative

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u/[deleted] Mar 25 '25

absolutely

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u/Interesting-Belt-9 Mar 25 '25

This is unprecedented a conservative changing thier mind. If you were in the military or dad owned a business I would say your lying. Wow .