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Justin Trudeau wore.... Brown face!

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PJFrylar said:
Oh hey, it's @SlowSpyder. Either that or a pair of NPCs regurgitating their garbage sources of "news" like Breitbart.
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Leftist hero gets caught doing something that can be considered racist. You call out Breitbart and me in a thread I haven't even been in while ignoring your leftist hero in brown face. Sounds about right.
 
SlowSpyder said:
Leftist hero gets caught doing something that can be considered racist. You call out Breitbart and me in a thread I haven't even been in while ignoring your leftist hero in brown face. Sounds about right.
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I couldn't give 2 fucks about Trudeau. What he did was wrong. Care to go back to the other thread and address how much you care about truth despite Trump being a compulsive liar?
 
WelshBloke said:
Any particular reason? I'm not particularly a fan of his but he's clearly in fancy dress as Aladdin or something, I'm not seeing what's so onerous.
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Resigning seems a bit extreme, and is clearly not going to happen (I don't care either way because I don't much like him anyway) but I slightly disagree about the onerousness. As a politician he ought to have known better - blackingup (or browning up) for almost any reason is a bad idea. And 2001 is not very long ago, most people wised-up about that at least by the '80s. Seems a bit dim of him, frankly.

Plus apparently he's up against a party led by a guy of Indian (South Asian, to Americans) descent, which makes it all the more embarrassing.
 
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PJFrylar said:
I couldn't give 2 fucks about Trudeau. What he did was wrong. Care to go back to the other thread and address how much you care about truth despite Trump being a compulsive liar?
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Black/brown face isn't inherently racist in my opinion. Also, I don't see Trump as a liar. Seems I understand what his policy goals are and what he's trying to achieve and see him working towards that. Not sure why lefties can't understand it and hang on every figure of speech.
 
SlowSpyder said:
Black/brown face isn't inherently racist in my opinion. Also, I don't see Trump as a liar. Seems I understand what his policy goals are and what he's trying to achieve and see him working towards that. Not sure why lefties can't understand it and hang on every figure of speech.
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If you don't see Trump as a liar, then you are blind. Maybe someday Breitbart will run an article about it and you will see. Hope that helps. Nimrod.
 
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SlowSpyder said:
Black/brown face isn't inherently racist in my opinion. Also, I don't see Trump as a liar. Seems I understand what his policy goals are and what he's trying to achieve and see him working towards that. Not sure why lefties can't understand it and hang on every figure of speech.
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Haha, slow thinks others are as emotionally charged as he is. Trump has been a known bullshit artist and pathological liar for decades. Your feels tho.
 
imported_tajmahal said:
It doesn't matter at all. There are different rules for those on the left that apply. Got any pics of a Republican or a moderate wearing it though ?
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There are different rules, but the rules are strict for those on the left and there are no rules for those on the right. What you perceive to be the difference is actually the difference in how the subject of the scandal responds. Notice he immediately admits it was wrong to do and gives a sincere apology. That is all people are asking for in a situation like this, and I expect most people to move on and forget it now. Someone on the right would instead whine about how it was a different time and how they are the real victim and that just pisses people off more.
 
SlowSpyder said:
Leftist hero gets caught doing something that can be considered racist. You call out Breitbart and me in a thread I haven't even been in while ignoring your leftist hero in brown face. Sounds about right.
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Trudeau is certainly no "leftist" you twit. For the most part pretty much centre-left (small l) liberal. Good grief, the man bought a pipeline in order to see that it got built. SNC Lavalin is about his efforts to protect one of Canada's largest corporations. "Leftist"?! Go pull the other one.

You're a fucking idiot who knows shit about Canada, it's politics or it's political parties.

Go chase a squirrel.
 
dank69 said:
There are different rules, but the rules are strict for those on the left and there are no rules for those on the right. What you perceive to be the difference is actually the difference in how the subject of the scandal responds. Notice he immediately admits it was wrong to do and gives a sincere apology. That is all people are asking for in a situation like this, and I expect most people to move on and forget it now. Someone on the right would instead whine about how it was a different time and how they are the real victim and that just pisses people off more.
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Who writes these rules, and why do they exist at all? They serve no purpose. For some of us, the greater concern is that there are political operatives now dumpster diving looking for stuff like this that is in no way a reflection of a politician like Trudeau’s character.

For many, the idea that he has to apologize for Halloween costume cultural appropriation and insensitivity is woke hysterics.

When I was in junior high and college aged, dressing like a bum or in drag or as a native american was fairly common, and a good number of costumes relied on cultural stereotypes.

It’s absurd that Trudeau, as a Canadien, should have to apologize for an American taboo.
 
I would draw a distinction dressing as a known accepted fictional character as opposed to dressing up in a fashion that belittles people of color, aka ghetto parties.

Years ago I dressed up as a mime. My face was painted white but was not "whiteface"

Context folks. Why is that such a difficult concept??
 
How are we going to have any politicians 20 years from now? Cell cameras are everywhere and in the age of outrage culture and skinning someone alive for something dumb they did decades ago there won’t be anyone left. Might be a good thing honestly
 
Starbuck1975 said:
Who writes these rules, and why do they exist at all? They serve no purpose. For some of us, the greater concern is that there are political operatives now dumpster diving looking for stuff like this that is in no way a reflection of a politician like Trudeau’s character.

For many, the idea that he has to apologize for Halloween costume cultural appropriation and insensitivity is woke hysterics.

When I was in junior high and college aged, dressing like a bum or in drag or as a native american was fairly common, and a good number of costumes relied on cultural stereotypes.

It’s absurd that Trudeau, as a Canadien, should have to apologize for an American taboo.
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I don't really disagree. The idea that his costume at that time should be viewed offensively now seems like a stretch. There doesn't seem to be anything malicious about it. If he had an actual blackface costume with the intent of making fun of minorities, yeah I could see some outrage about something like that, and even understand calls for resignation even if he apologized. For this situation, while I agree the idea of it being offensive in any way is absurd to me, it isn't hard to just apologize and move on.

As for who writes the rules, the voters do, as they should. This is why I said conservative politicians are held to a much lower standard than liberals. For liberals, if you wear a tan suit, it will be such a big deal that people will remember the scandal years later. For conservatives, preying on 15yo girls at the local mall won't stop 650,000 people from voting for you.
 
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