This isn’t a political blog, but sometimes I feel a profound obligation to use my voice, small as it is. I’ve posted about kindness many times here, …

Vote for Kindness

I am Canadian living in Canada and therefore don’t have a stake in the U.S. election nor do I blog about politics, but this post seriously resonated with me. Please click the link above to read the entire piece.

In our present Parliament we have an opposition – I hesitate to use the word “leader” since he’s nothing of the sort – “head” who has been employing and inciting harassment, intimidation, invective, personal attacks and name-calling as a method of trying to get ahead.

Watching a so-called “debate” in Parliament has become an exercise in tolerating unbelievably juvenile behaviour; a class of 12-year-olds is more mature. As important national issues are belittled, ignored and passed over, the crude, infantile and noxious squabbling continues unabated.

Regardless of your political stripe, this is not something we should accept or tolerate in this country. We in fact have a long history of NOT tolerating it. Kindness and respect are basic behaviours that we should require of all our politicians, no matter where they’re from, who they represent or what their platforms are. We hold the power to ensure that they do, and maybe it’s time for us to start enforcing it.

Food for thought.