Here's the problem: everyone assumes that the rest of the country thinks along the same lines as they and their circle of friends do.  It's really really hard to break outside of that and understand the ways that different groups see the world.  People who are a bit older and have lived and worked in many more parts of the country have a slightly easier time doing it as a result of their life experience, but probably not all of them are equally good at appreciating it either.

For myself, I probably should have known better than to raise the Dana issue all over again here, but some volunteer work I did for the convention got stepped all over and all my time wasted because of what Dana did there.  I don't expect an apology, but just wanted to point out that it rarely occurs to the prima donas the impact their actions have on so many others (also notably including the mover of the drug law reform motion in our riding).