Hoist by their own petards once again
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Why is it always the uber liberals?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-49758613
Hoist by their own petards once again
Because only the right are the only evil .
This is 20 years ago isn't It.
Imagine rolling back everyone's silly actions and behaviors you'd be shocked about yourself I'm sure, especially in those worlds of fancy dress ,parties stags etc , we much more educated now .
If its against the decent thoughts of say dressing up like that or a Nazi , is it not equally bad hosting bloated blimps of Trump,isn't an insult an insult ?
No, I wouldn't be shocked at stuff I've done and I'm not convinced that it's a matter of education which supresses humour. I'd say that it's more intolerance and dictatorial attitudes.
Of course I remember when every fancy dress party contained at least one Hitler and several people blacked up in one way or another, and I'm certain that none of the people who did that intended any insult to anyone.
I always find it strange that the generation who fought the war, including Jewish people , ( Mel Brooks for example) , used to dress up as Hitler and make jokes about Nazis but a load of wimpy kids who've never fought for anything or suffered any hardships are dreadfully offended by it all.
Much as I think Trudeau Jnr. is a first rate Twat , I don't suppose for a moment that he meant , or caused , any harm on that occasion, but of course he's got to tear his hair and apologise because it's one of the things he and his kind have designated as very wicked.
We live in very intolerant times, and since such periods historically never last very long, I wonder when people will refuse to be pushed around like this by politically twisted nut cases and virtue signallers.
Interesting tweet by leader of the Canadian Green saying he should apologise (he has) and undergo a learning programme (his cabinet 15+ years later is, whether accurate or not, reported as being diverse) which arguably has already been done.
Everyone is capable of being offended and is capable of causing offence. It's about being able to apologise, learning, rebuilding trust and starting to do the right thing. I'm not sure that will be enough to save him but his words since becoming political leader will hopefully be foundations for whoever replaces him (left-wing or right-wing) and Canada continues to be a progressive country.
They always do. Case in point Trotsky.
The left wing mindset is very akin to the colonial one in fact. They believe that they know what is best for other people and therefore feel perfectly justified in withdrawing freedoms from them " in their own interests".
If anyone objects to their tyrany ,they regard them as either stupid or wicked - what else could cause them to dissent from the tyrant's idea of how the world should be ?
At a time when the rates of terrorism from the far right are rocketing through the roof the outcry over this is risible.
That's complete bollocks. How did I miss these right wing terrorist attacks ? I can think of groups who are a bit prone to terrorism, but I expect you'd deny that.
How stupid do you think people are that they'd willingly embrace the censorship of humour or free speech in case you call them terrorists ? Thanks for confirming the colonialist / socialist dogma that objections to your intolerant philosophy is wicked.
Would you know a terrorist from a banjo, by the way ? Have you ever dealt with terrorism or experienced any kind of war or violence ?
Let's be honest the Liberal Left political correctness world is simply fed via the internet, and it's such an easy platform to produce quick shock and horror stories like this .
It was 20 years ago for God sake it's just nasty politics at work.
I worked in a socialist type environment all my life and as RB points out nearly every fancy dress type event produced a Hitler some of whom were really decent folk with a strong sense if inclusiveness, not right wing militia .
These new parties are just trolling the internet for any chance to expose any event or stupid mistake drawn from simple youthfillness naivety.
What a sad trolling world we are in , and it does seem to be gathering favour amongst the Liberal, Left ,Green political world
Dressing up as an Arabian Prince at a fancy dress party 20 yrs ago, makes him racist.
Absolute bollux!
He shouldn’t even be apologising. He’s nothing to apologise for. The voters in Canada will see through this below the belt smear campaign.
Desperate tactics by his opponents.
"Oh, the web we weave when we call everyone racist..."
— Dave Rubin (@RubinReport) September 20, 2019
My full appearance with @tuckercarlson tonight... pic.twitter.com/9Bc6pwK2GE
It was that well-known extreme far right neo-nazi Trump loving publication called Time Magazine!
https://time.com/5680759/justin-trud...ownface-photo/
He dressed as ****ing Aladdin for ffs.
He’s hardly dressed up as a minstrel singing ‘Mammy’
This one is tougher for you, but I reckon you'll be able to start blaming Jeremy Corbyn for it in a post or two's time.
I've not been to many fancy dress parties in my life, but there's never been anyone dressed as Hitler, or a Nazi, or blacked/browned up at the ones I have been to. That said, I tend to agree that people are going well over the top with this and I can't help thinking that as someone whose natural political enemies would be on the right, this is probably driven by a feeling of hypocrisy against Trudeau because, rightly or wrongly, it is felt that he would be joining in with the condemnation if it was someone else who had been involved.
I must say mind that most, if not all, of those who have contributed to this thread are of an age whereby they can remember a BBC television programme, which went out at a peak time, that consisted of men who had been blacked up singing songs. I used to ask myself what is the point of the Black and White Minstrel Show and hardly ever watched it, but it was all part of a culture around in the 60s to 80s which shaped the type of people we became.
In light of that, it's hardly a surprise that us of a certain age react like we do to stories like this, but we have to face the fact that there are a substantial number out there who have not been brought up during an age where mocking minorities, sexist and/or racist behaviour etc. was commonplace and they find the thinking behind something like the Black and White Minstrel Show offensive - who's to say that it is not those who are, say, under 30 who have got this right and us who have got it wrong?
I think there is a possibility that it could have been an inside job. He previously dumped on his former justice minister who had refused to tip the scales in a large government corruption case. I made a thread about it a few months ago, and I predicted that this matter could result in his downfall. The ex-minister has an indigenous background, so the irony of his cultural appropriation wouldnt be lost on Justin.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...ybould-resigns
As it turns out, a line I'd heard from politicians on the left and right along the lines of the enemies they were most concerned about were in their own party did occur to me as I typed about Trudeau's natural enemies being on the right, so I wouldn't say that what you suggest is impossible by any means.
Video footage has emerged showing @JustinTrudeau in blackface as the Canadian prime minister said "layers of privilege" meant he did not realise it was racist.
— Sky News (@SkyNews) September 20, 2019
Read US correspondent @WalkerSkyNews's full #analysis piece here: https://t.co/aALIti3o2w pic.twitter.com/XRYYdxfK40
I don't think he will survive the memes, and some people are even suggesting that he's got a large fake penis stuffed down his pants.
Being of that "certain age" myself, I well remember the Black & White Minstrel Show. Like you I hardly ever watched it unless my grandmother had it on the TV when I called there. She loved the programme because it always consisted of those gentle sing-along type songs which she enjoyed very much. The fact that the blokes were blacked up was irrelevant to her and to imagine that she was some kind of extreme right wing Neo-Nazi type is simply laughable!