Canada's Conservative Majority. UPDATED

As the reader can imagine, I am overjoyed at the return of the CPC to government with a majority of seats.

Other are less so, however. Exhibit A is my favourite bunch of mad Marxists, those folks at Rabble.ca

One article has the dazzlingly stupid headline:

"After the election: Time for Democratic Action"

The author (the "president", no less, of Rabble.ca) declares that,

"Canada has fallen into the hands of Harper majority government. It is hard to imagine a worse outcome for the 2011 election, over-shadowing the magnificent victory of the NDP in Quebec where 59 New Democrats were elected (out of a total of 75)."

Oh how terrible! People voted and got the government they wanted! Left wing contempt for ordinary voters still knows no bounds, clearly.

More scaremongering comes from another rabbler, whose article "Raise a Little Hell" tells us:

I am filled with fear by what a Conservative majority will mean for the issues I care about. The hopes of passing legislation on a tanker ban, on close containment fish farms, on trans* rights, and on climate change have been dashed. Instead we are faced with an uncertain future for national icons like the CBC, our public health-care system, and for the status of women.

It's always worth gloating at moments like these, but also sitting back and surveying the ignorance on display.

Judy Rebick says:

True an NDP opposition is a major improvement over a Liberal opposition but a majority government that barely listened to the Opposition when it was in the minority will ignore the Opposition in majority.

Yes, the party that bent over backwards to gain the support of the opposition, and got a stab in the back for its troubles, is now free to tell them to take a hike. And yet, in victory, Harper still found the resolve and the goodwill to offer the olive branch to his losing opponents - or at least their voters. Would the NDP have done the same?

Apparently,

"Jack Layton and much of his caucus are strong feminists."

In the light of revelations about Mr.Layton's choice of massage parlour, it may be true that he believes women should have a stronger hand in government.

And the Babblers (i.e. the various sociopathic loons who hang around on Rabble.ca's discussion forum)?

The only one I'm going to comment on is this one:

"and remember the cons only got 40% of 61 % of votes"

Which is, for a Leftie, unusually true, except that it can be argued, imho, that to not vote is always to vote with the majority. That 40% is a 79% - sorry, but if you don't vote, you cast yours in silence.

Here are some of their "thoughts":

"A culture of resistance is now what is needed."

"ashamed of my country."

"I'm so disgusted with my neighbours right now..."

"Serious subversion is called for. Sneaky and smart. Switchgrass roots."

"I'm ashamed of my province"

"armed demonstrations might be the way to go."

"Waiting til 2015 to vote the Tories out of office is a recipe for demoralization and defeat. We need to start mobilizing resolute opposition in the streets, in workplaces, on campuses -- not rely on the NDP in the House of Commons with their "leave it to us" stance.

To fight the Tories, we need a left that sees collective action in struggle as essential and doesn't reduce politics to elections."

*UPDATE*

Murray Dobbin's malicious rant borders on the libellous:

It remains to be seen whether or not Harper actually wants to stay around for another election to win it (and therefore not go too far in a first term), and solidify the dominance of his party as the new "natural governing party." Or whether, as his personality disorder would suggest, he will in a spirit of vengeance against the country he detests, dismantle as much of the post-war social contract he can in four years of virtually absolute power.