Comment 37883

By highwater (registered) | Posted February 07, 2010 at 20:41:09

In addition to the factors of primitive needs vs. higher level thinking, and people speaking in support of their own economic interests, I also think another factor is simple xenophobia - fear of outsiders and their zany ideas.

People who support this LRT business seem to some Hamiltonians to be outsiders who wish to disrupt the status quo. This status quo may appear dysfunctional and bizarre to outsiders, but to many Hamiltonians it is cozy and dependable.

Too true. I put forward some progressive ideas at a community meeting on the future of our neighbourhood park. It wasn't long before the whisper campaign started: "She's a Toronto yuppy who wants to come in here and change everything!" (I've lived here for 11 years.)

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