Third, sovereigntist parties sometimes attract people who aren't necessarily "hard core." Bischoff embraced the BQ's "progressive" social platform as much as he did its sovereignty slant.
"Hard core" means you actually believe in separating? Wow, dude, that is totally hard core. Whoa!
Meanwhile, critics pounced on Harper for hauling out the old "separatist" label when speaking English, but reverting to the more genteel "sovereigntist" when chatting in French.
How pathetic is that? How is the term "separatist" hurtful? What kind of wuss "nationalists" are these guys?
Wait we have an explainer:
Separatist
The word was used, historically, for those favouring an independent country, but over time it has evolved, for many, into a "term of abuse, a kind of insult," says Tanguay. Some separatists opted for the term "independantiste." Eventually, they settled on the term "sovereigntist."
Sovereigntist
The term "is clunky in English but it gets the message across and doesn't have those negative overtones," Tanguay says. Indeed, its nuance is positive since "sovereignty is something like the normal state of affairs for people," he says. While it means independence, it also carries an added idea: A relationship or association" of some sort with Canada.
The term separatist has negative overtones? Why, because it holds people to an actual position? What a pathetic joke. Somehow I can't see the Irish, Croatians or Slovaks having a problem with that term. It shows how unserious the people of the Canadian province of Quebec really are about becoming an independent country.
You're free to go Quebec. Stop talking and do it. It's like a child who threatens to run away. You know they're getting one block and turning back.
Hat tip: Strack Attack
