On thuggery

Without belabouring the point, now might be a great time for a reminder that since the Cons took power, there's been exactly one case of politically-motivated vandalism in Canada which wasn't immediately condemned by all parties. That of course took place in December 2008, when a Con MP declared in response to the firebombing of one of NDP MP Nathan Cullen's signs that Cullen "had it coming". And there's been no indication that the Cons have ever made the slightest effort to ensure that either the MP involved or the thugs who they supported faced any justice for their actions.

So as in so many other cases (such as years of criticism of the "Liberal culture of entitlement" where their only objection in practice seems to have been the "Liberal" part), the Cons' real beef with anarchist vandals seems to be that their destruction isn't dedicated to the greater glory of Stephen Harper and his party.