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I wonder who decided that he is the "most divisive" Prime Minister we've ever had.  Was there a survey or something?

This seems to be a recurring theme.  The politician that "I" hate the most is clearly the "most divisive" we have ever had!

Having been raised an Albertan, by Albertan parents, I have a strong hunch that a large number of people believe that Pierre, not Justin, is the most divisive Prime Minister we've ever had.


Meanwhile in the US:  Barack Obama is accused of creating the current state of division... had nothing to do with the totally not-divisive Dubya or his totally not-divisive idea of going to war in the Middle East, and certainly the ongoing acrimony has nothing to do with Uniter in Chief Trump.  No sir. The division we see in America is because Barack Obama did not Stand With The Heroes In Blue, or something.

 -k

I don't think Trudeau Jr is any more divisive than Chretien was. I think he's a fairly shallow, progressive schoolteacher with very little life experience to justify the absolute confidence he seems to have in his wisdom.

Why do people attack him for being a teacher? I don't get it.

Lawyers have traditionally been considered scum and that's what the vast majority of politicians are. A teacher becomes prime minister and suddenly that's some sort of disgraceful profession? Why do conservatives always say it dripping with condescension?

There are a couple of reasons. First, one presumes a lawyer is someone who is more worldly, more sophisticated, and has detailed knowledge of how our laws work, and the history around creating them (and thus of government). Lawyers have a reputation of being sharks, of being determined, of being cutthroat. They're treated warily. Maybe no one much likes them but their abilities are respected. Teachers... not so much. We've all met a lot of teachers who were very nice, but nice people don't do well in politics. We've also met a lot of teachers we had little respect for, who were lazy. Personally, my most recent acquaintance with teachers came when I worked for the government and we'd get summer students every May. A number of them were either in teaching school or headed there, and without exception, they required more careful supervision. They took more time off, were intellectually lazy, and did the minimum work they could get away with.

I still clearly remember one such student announcing she'd been accepted to work in a school. I, being something of a joker, said "God help those poor children." She laughed, but I was actually serious. She was a hapless incompetent with no drive or motivation who had to be constantly watched. Why did she decide to become a teacher? Because she'd get summers off and she liked kids. Meh.

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I don't think Trudeau Jr is any more divisive than Chretien was. I think he's a fairly shallow, progressive schoolteacher with very little life experience to justify the absolute confidence he seems to have in his wisdom.

Only about 1000 times the life experience of an economist who's only real job was sorting envelopes.

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Only about 1000 times the life experience of an economist who's only real job was sorting envelopes.

Seriously? What life experience did he have? Breezing through prep school, limousine drives in Europe? A trust fund life where as soon as he graduated dad's friends found him a job?

Harper, meanwhile, was learning politics from the ground up, as an assistant to an MP, then an MP, then in various behind the scenes backroom positions before running for leader (without a name and pretty face), then dragging together two hostile parties and putting a lid on internal complaints and wingnuts. Harper was vastly experienced in politics before he headed his party into an election. The same cannot be said for Trudeau.