These people are truly hopeless and helpless. I just don't think they have the reasoning skills to understand how things work. Not one of them even knew what the population of Toronto was. I asked a few simple questions about Toronto, that the average person should know but not a single one of them knew simple things like who was the first mayor of the Megga-City or who was the last mayor of Scarborough, North York or Etobicoke. Nobody could name the 5 cities/boroughs that used to make up Metropolitan Toronto. (before amalgamation) Not one person I spoke to could answer any question I asked them, yet they said they now more about Toronto than I did. lol People kept saying things like "you don't know what you're talking about " or "You don't understand how Toronto is". Almost all these people were not born in Toronto, yet they are telling me I don't know what's really happening in my own city.
If you point out they're wrong, you are in for a fight. I'm lucky I didn't get my ass kicked because a few times I felt things might go that way. Thank god the police were close by.
Do be careful, I've seen what someone like the Fords can do when they have more powers, and it's seriously ugly.
With that out of the way, while I understand what you're trying to do. You're probably not going to get much progress. I think one reason why Ford can get cred with people like this, is that he makes virtue out of ignorance. He doesn't know or understand a lot of things, he doesn't care about a lot of things, and that's ok, because look at me, I'm the mayor!
But Rofo does care, about your potholes. And Rofo will never belittle you for your willful ignorance. He respects the taxpayers. Emphasis on -Respect-. Even if Rofo calls you racist slurs behind your back, or to your face when you're driving a taxi, or when he's drunk and high, or pissed off, or consistently vote against your interests during council meeting. That's if he shows up at all, and not late and high or hungover. But that just makes him the bad boy cool gangster mayor, that everyone wishes they could be, amirite?
Seriously be careful out there, some of these people are similar to Rofo thinking wise. They can be very temperamental, they might interpret you being 'right' as a disrespect against them, and a dis' can be seen as fighting words. Many of them don't have much beyond a misplaced pride. Rofo puts on the retail politician charm when he shows up in person, and for a lot of them that's more care and respect they've seen in a long while. I'm certainly not excusing their appalling behaviors, and that guy crossing a line with assault. But there's a reason why someone like Ford can find traction among them.
Voting the Fords out of office will get rid of a couple of rotten Red Apples that has overstayed their welcome. But the root of the problem is still there. I doubt we will ever truly eliminate it, but it might be possible to reduce it. Hopefully to a point where Fofam's demagoguery is truly fringe and few.
Now who do I have to choke to get a free burger around here?
