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Originally Posted by transplant99
As we both know...there are none.
My entire point is why there are such double standards in this stuff. 99% of the population who heard the Peters story fully expected him to be out of a job at the end of it...for a variety of reasons it was the right thing to do and only logical conclusion.
Why should we not expect that from the party leading the country too? Why are they very much allowed to get away with condoning racist pasts by their collective inaction? Why are private companies held to a higher standard than our elected representatives who set policy for all this kind of stuff?
In short...why is some past racism forgiven and other is not?
Its part of the discussion moving forward that has to be addressed IMO, if there is to be any real headway made in the whole topic.
Just my thoughts on it is all.
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First of all, you can expect what you like from the Liberal Party, no one is stopping you.
Second, Trudeau apologized in what I thought was a pretty sincere way, and his actions weren't directly aimed at a minority youth in the first place, unlike Peters.
Third, Trudeau could point to his other history re minorities and say "see, this is the bulk of who I am". Maybe some people accepted that.
Fourth, in an election, people vote for the party who they want to govern, based on a whole lot of considerations. They don't need to vote for one guy and based on one thing.
You think the Liberals should have turfed Trudeau over that, and that they don't deserve your vote on that issue (even if you support every other platform position)? That's your prerogative. Or you might vote for the party without forgiving Trudeau for that act. No one outside of one riding in Quebec was giving the option of voting for Trudeau in the general election. And even within the party was there a possibility of a leadership convention between the scandal and now?