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Originally Posted by Ark2
I disagree. Do you think that if it was Scheer dressing in blackface he could have handled it like Trudeau did and not be forced to resign as party leader? If a right leaning radio talk show host said the N-word in the context that Maher did, no amount of apologizing would change his fate. He would be fired. Plain and simple.
As for owning their actions, Ralph Northam either dressed up in blackface or as a hooded Klansman (take your pick), denied it, and kept his job as governor of Virginia.
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The first part is pure speculation, so we're not going to go there.
However, I will say that Conservative party members have said and held pretty backwards and demeaning things about homosexuals and the LGBTQ movement, but a quick check on folks like Mark Smith from Drayton Valley/Devon says he still has his job.
Education Minister Adriana LaGrange, in a previous role, compared modern abortion to the Holocaust. Again, quick check shows no apology, and she's still Education Minister.
This can't be a flat comparison because not every two situations are the same in many varying respects, which is kind of the whole point. However, those comments and actions are offensive, but 'cancel' or 'outrage' culture seems to have left them quite unaffected.
So I reject your assertion that it is as simple as left/right leanings, and my brain starts to break every time someone makes a comparison between two situations so easily without really thinking it through and understanding nuances of context, time, environment, and a full breadth of actions.
We can stop this silly divide before it even starts with just an ounce of thoughtfulness.