Mike

I feel for the people who have lost their jobs & maybe their career, but I want to make out a point.  SNN & Sun Media have long espoused the merits of raw capitalism. Those who complained about the system were labeled the "loonie left" and beaten down & even attacked by SNN.  So it's not hard to see why people cheered at the end. It's the same reason they cheer when some well known business bully or arrogant athlete goes #tangodown.  

SNN made a habit of attacking people solely because they were supporters of things they didn't like (say wind power or Justin Trudeau).  Well when you do that you WILL get your ass handed back to you.  To expect anything different demonstrates you simply don't understand the game.  SNN & it's supporters seemed willing to get out there, gloves swinging but now seem shocked people could be so cruel mocking the end of their jobs.  Clearly they don't get it.  

 

@ Irvine

You are right about SNN, but may we call it heavy handed, instead of bullying?   You are also right about raw capitalism, so it is fitting that they were hoist on their own petard.  It`s a cliche, but nonetheless true -- Karma is a bitch.  The point I was trying to make was to those who were wringing their hands and rending their garments over Charlie Hebdo just a few weeks ago: free speech is absolute. It isn`t a Chinese food menu. You can`t pick 1 from Column A and 1 from Column B.  It`s all or nothing.  Personally, I find Charlie Hebdo cartoons highly offensive because they poke people in the eye just to poke people in the eye.   They are peurile and pointless.  But they have a right to be offensive and, I submit, so did SunNews.  

@Bucky.  Alberta isn't as polarized as you think.  The Wildrose Party discovered that in the last election (no major city MLA's).  Prentice also learned that with the whole Gay-Straight Alliance thing finally backing off on the whole thing.  The old rednecks are, to be blunt, dying off. 

@Mike.  Free Speech is absolute & as ugly as it can get I'm OK with that.  But SNN used the guise of free speech (sometimes) as a way to attack others.  I do agree about Charlie Hebdo.  The problem with being a dickhead just to be a dickhead is that it starts an escalation which, more and more, is spiraling into violence.  That's NOT OK BUT..I have to argue that it's not unexpected.  The big question is why people have become so polarized.