I
came across a new blogger this morning.
Her name is Krysta Meekins, and she is from the Yukon. Like many of us here in BC, she too has
had reason to question her political leanings; her first blog post takes us
on that journey:
Until recently, I was inhibited from expression
by an executive position in a political party that was increasingly out of step
with my own belief-set. No longer fettered by centrist affiliation and holding
no responsible paid or executive position, this is the opportunity I have been
seeking to begin expressing my random political thoughts.
How did I arrive here?
I joined the Liberal Party at age 14, yet after
many years of Liberal membership and varying degrees of involvement, I finally
made the great leap. It was not a decision to be made lightly, but was a long
time coming for a “Liberal” partisan who could be best described as
pale-conservative in philosophy.
As I found myself inappropriately endorsing and
retweeting the Yukon Party Ministers and vocally defending the Premier against
criticisms on twitter and elsewhere, it became apparent that I was faced with
some serious cognitive dissonance.
The final realization happened around the time
the Yukon Party delegation was in Ottawa for Winterfest and Her Majesty Queen
Elizabeth II’s Diamond Jubilee. The culmination of patriotism and monarchist
pride that this particular image evoked in me was undeniable. I had complete
respect and trust in those four men to represent my Yukon Territory in our nation’s
capital. How could I continue to fight a government I so emphatically
supported?
On February 16th I resigned as Secretary of the
Yukon Liberal Party and bought my first Yukon Party membership. To new
beginnings!
To
new beginnings!
How many of us during
the past year or so have, like Krysta, decided it was also time for us to step
forward with a new beginning?
