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Originally Posted by PepsiFree
Conservatives in Canada: OMG why are you all not paying as much attention to the black face thing! He’s a racist!!!!!!!!! Get him!!
Also Conservatives in Canada: Wow lol Cherry said something “racist,” and now the left is attacking him, it’s no big deal! Lol!
Yeah, looks pretty ####ing stupid on your side too. Get over it.
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I'm not conservative. I've voted for all three political parties over the past 15 years. And the reason I won't let the Trudeau black face incidents go is because it was disgusting. It's also still relevant because he's still the leader of the country regardless of whether LPC won the election. He apologized so he gets to still lead the country and we should all move on...is that the logic? Is that how this country works?
For the record, I have a hard time believing that many of these people expressing disgust with Cherry are truly are truly outraged, because if they were, they would have made much noise about trudeau. Instead many of the same voices on Twitter were Trudeau apologists.
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Did Cherry articulate his gripe poorly? 100%. Was it offside? Sure. Could it be interpreted as xenophobic? Yes. And should that be noticed? Yes. And should he and Ron apologize? Sure.
But, if Cherry articulated his argument with grace...does at least some of the content have merit?
Instead of discussing the underlying issue Cherry has and whether it does actually have merit, ideological people use a tone argument to say he's xenophobic, push their overriding narrative and therefore push aside the entire basis of his rant as stupid. That bothers me a lot because it ensures the perpetuation of identity politics and outrage culture that is dividing our country.
Is this the end for Cherry? Are we using the same bar for "was blackface the end for Trudeau?" Because if we are, all you're looking for is an apology or less.