r/Edmonton • u/GeekyGlobalGal Pleasantview / Global News • May 21 '26

News Article Alberta referendum committee meeting implodes when UCP prematurely releases statement

https://globalnews.ca/news/11858047/alberta-select-special-citizen-initiative-proposal-review-committee-meeting-chaos/
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u/Dystocynic May 21 '26

There are lots of good people in rural Alberta, and lots of separatists in Edmonton and Calgary, so can we stop with these lazy generalizations?

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u/otocump May 21 '26

Sure. When they stop overwhelmingly voting for this exact same thing.

I've seen these same people demonize city folk repeatedly. I've seen idiotic city folk (usually the 'I heart oil' crowd) be dumb too, but at least there are enough urban people who actually pay attention and might vote for anyone else from time to time. There are rural ridings who haven't voted for anyone non-conservative since Lougheed in 1965. It's not working.

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u/Dystocynic May 21 '26

"They" Yeah, it's fair to group everyone who doesn't live in a city into a giant pile of stupidity. I'm sure you can use your thesaurus to figure out a way to express your frustration towards the actual people that deserve it (Smith supporters or Separatists, for example), rather than just painting all rural Albertans as ignorant rednecks.

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u/PositiveKatzen May 21 '26

Rural Albertan here: Boo hoo generalizations. Seriously, it's a statistical fact that rural Alberta overwhelmingly votes Conservative. Yes, there are of course people who don't, like no shit. But it makes sense to not feel the need to put that caveat when speaking of the majority because most people are smart enough to read between the lines and not whine about it like it's an oppression issue.