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Canada Election: 2019

Which party do you support in the upcoming Canadian election?

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angrysoba said:
Now there is video of Trudeau in black face from a completely separate incident.

Does anyone think he might end up resigning over this?
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We're now up to 3 times.

https://globalnews.ca/news/5922861/justin-trudeau-brownface-video/
Global News has obtained video showing Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau in blackface, the third instance of racist dress to come to light in 12 hours. The video was shot in the early 1990s, however, it’s not clear where it takes place.

Well, at least he's showing some consistency.

Who knew that the guy who complained when the government labeled female circumcision 'barbaric' and groped a female reporter might be prone to making gaffs?
 
Segnosaur said:
We're now up to 3 times.

https://globalnews.ca/news/5922861/justin-trudeau-brownface-video/
Global News has obtained video showing Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau in blackface, the third instance of racist dress to come to light in 12 hours. The video was shot in the early 1990s, however, it’s not clear where it takes place.

Well, at least he's showing some consistency.

Who knew that the guy who complained when the government labeled female circumcision 'barbaric' and groped a female reporter might be prone to making gaffs?
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Regularly dressing up in blackface isn't a gaffe. A gaffe is a momentary failure of self-control, or a situational gap in knowledge. You blurt the wrong thing, or don't know which fork to use for the soup course. You do something unintentional in the moment, that is embarrassing in the moment.

Planning to wear blackface to a costume party, executing that plan, enjoying the party, posing for photos in blackface at the party, and then years later regretting those party photos being made public, is not a gaffe. It's an attitude about the propriety of blackface, and the social backlash from having that attitude becoming public knowledge.
 
I could forgive for the first offense; getting carried away in dressing for a costume party is something that is pretty damn common.
I would put it on the level of Prince Harry's Nazi Uniform fiasco:Stupid but forgivable since there was no real malice involved.
But if it is a case of repeated offenses.....something else is at play here.
 
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dudalb said:
I could forgive for the first offense; getting carried away in dressing for a costume party is something that is pretty damn common.
I would put it on the level of Prince Harry's Nazi Uniform fiasco:Stupid but forgivable since there was no real malice involved.
But if it is a case of repeated offenses.....something else is at play here.
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Remember, Trudeau also went to India (on a sort of "working vacation") last year, where he had himself photographed wearing traditional Indian clothes while meeting politicians there. At the time he was criticized by some as overdoing it.

https://globalnews.ca/news/4037948/trudeau-family-criticized-for-indian-outfits/
 
dudalb said:
Remember, Trudeau also went to India (on a sort of "working vacation") last year, where he had himself photographed wearing traditional Indian clothes while meeting politicians there. At the time he was criticized by some as overdoing it.
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I hope you are not comparing wearing traditional clothes of a nation you are visiting with wearing blackface.
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Keep in mind that it wasn't just a case of Trudeau donning traditional Indian clothes for a quick 30 second photo-op, or wearing something at the request of the hosts. He was wearing that stuff while the Indian politicians were wearing suits and ties.

I am not saying the 2 situations have same in impact. (The blackface is a much more serious problem than his clothing choice while in India.) What I'm suggesting is that it points to a sort of tone-deafness in his dealings with others.
 
Belz... said:
How DARE he dress as someone he's not?
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Dressing up as someone he’s not is clearly not the issue. It’s the blacking up that people are having a problem with. Maybe you don’t have a problem with it but at least identify the issue correctly.
 
dudalb said:
I hope you are not comparing wearing traditional clothes of a nation you are visiting with wearing blackface.
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It was considered pretty weird. Maybe even patronizing as he swanned around in “ethnic” garb and everyone in India he met were wearing suits and ties such as he would be expected to wear if he was meeting foreign dignitaries.
 
As much as I detest Trudeau, this was about 20 odd years ago, before it got so controversial.

I think some people would have a heart attack if they went to an All Blacks test in NZ.
 
angrysoba said:
It was considered pretty weird. Maybe even patronizing as he swanned around in “ethnic” garb and everyone in India he met were wearing suits and ties such as he would be expected to wear if he was meeting foreign dignitaries.
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On second though, It was not a brilliant thing to do.
 
cullennz said:
As much as I detest Trudeau, this was about 20 odd years ago, before it got so controversial.

I think some people would have a heart attack if they went to an All Blacks test in NZ.
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If it had just been the one incident I would agree. But if it was repeated offenses that is something else.
And even 20 years ago, wearing blackface was totally unacceptable.
 
cullennz said:
As much as I detest Trudeau, this was about 20 odd years ago, before it got so controversial.

I think some people would have a heart attack if they went to an All Blacks test in NZ.
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I don’t think the All Blacks fans are pretending to be black people are they? If not, I don’t see the relevance.

In fact, even if they are I don’t see the relevance.
 
Much ado about nothing. For **** sakes, people. It was an Arabian themed costume party.

https://ca.yahoo.com/news/justin-trudeau-wore-brownface-2001-223215046.html

Over the top? Someone getting into the spirit of the moment?

Whatever. Have an in depth look at the other candidates. Singh, cavorting with terrorists. May, willing to put women's right to choose back on the table. Scheer, climate denying, misogynistic, douchebag . . .
 
Meh, whatever.

We all know Trudeau isn't a racist... not even close.

If this is what the Conservative party is throwing at Trudeau, then it's pretty damned obvious they're getting desperate at this point. Desperate because they know Ballbag Scheer sunk their boat the minute he opened his piehole and showed the world his true colours.
 
Oh man, the poor Canadians! They must be so embarrassed!
To have their Prime Minister apologize in public for something he did!
The American president would never do something as humiliating as that!!!
USA! USA! USA!



Now, I'm not black or colored and I'm not an American, but I don't really see what's the fuss with blackface. If a white person dresses up in blackface for Halloween or a black person does the opposite, no harm's done, in my opinion.
The real racists don't seem to do that, and I would actually have enjoyed to see the khaki&polo Nazis at Charlottesville dress up in blackface and grass skirts for their rally. It would be akin to the super happy fun Nazis in Boston all dressing up in drag for their straight pride parade.
I think that both groups of Nazis are mortally afraid that they might enjoy it ...
 
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