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If official authorities in any country are able to voice concerns about a controversial subject, that's a good thing. In Canada, they would lose their jobs imm
by jariel 6y ago
If official authorities in any country are able to voice concerns about a controversial subject, that's a good thing.
In Canada, they would lose their jobs immediately.
I'm not sure who is right in all of this, but I do think that rational discussion ought to be had among the plebes and bureaucracy, and the problem with the more authoritarian woke is that they will destroy anyone who does not agree.
I think one simple, ugly, but useful tactic is to refer to these policies as racist - because in a way they are.
'Racism' is the weaponized term that the crowd will use to try to destroy everything they don't like.
But since their acts are almost entirely racially based, the argument is easily made the term 'racist' applies. Even though they generally would not agree.
Because the shoe fits: making boards or any group hyper-representative based on race is basically racist, so use the word.
- 908B64B197 6y agoDidn't Trudeau dress up in Blackface several times in the past, even well into his thirties?
- jariel 6y agoYes, but he's hyper woke, so it's 'ok'. The hypocrisy on that one is spectacular. Basically any other politician in North America would be completely destroyed and cancelled forever. Ironically, I think public reaction was appropriate - he obviously was not intending malice, it was just a bit inappropriate. But make no mistake, if that were to have happened to anyone else they would have been destroyed.
- underseacables 6y agoVirginia Democrat Governor Ralph Northam was absolved of his sins and forgiven almost immediately for blackface.
- jariel 6y agoThat's a good point, and I wonder if someone studying pop culture seriously would endeavour to actually do broad, data-driven analysis of this stuff to identify what the actual impetuses of it all are. I think that public opinion is basically irrelevant, as most people are not really offended by all of this stuff. But special interest groups, individuals with power, and institutions acting out of caution, and occasionally opportunity (i.e. how can we make money or leverage this scandal?) would be sup-groups to identify and characterize.
- raydev 6y agoTrudeau gave an uncommonly genuine apology about it. If he had dug in his heels and cried about "cancel culture" I imagine public sentiment would've been a lot different.
- jariel 6y agoSo his apologies are genuine while others are not? He's been caught several times in Blackface and when asked directly about other possible incidents he would not reply. Does that seem transparent and heartfelt? Everyone who gets caught in Blackface apologizes, and they are usually heartfelt, in the sense that in most cases, there was no malice intended. He was treated differently because he's the champion of 'one side of a narrative' - and without his figurehead, the movement would be lost as none of the political movements in Canada have any truly popular figures among them. Given that Trudeau is a champion of progressive causes, and the he, alone among politicians of all stripes was caught doing the most 'visibly offensive thing' (just Google 'Trudeau Blackface' and see the photos) - it really does exemplify the height of hypocrisy.