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Originally Posted by lio45
Those still say a lot about the individual.
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Do you honestly believe that? Does anyone honestly believe this from their core? Do you really think one bad offensive joke can totally and completely define a person to the extent that you are assuming in this sentence?
I have said plenty of bad jokes that could be construed as offensive in my time. If I were part of this younger generation, a few of them might even be documented online. I think it's hard for some people in older generations (myself included in that demographic) to understand the role and nature of social media these days. It is a platform for communicating in a very casual way among friends. It is equivalent to hanging out and joking around with friends in the coffee shop or bar or arcades of yesteryear. It's also important to note that the latest comment she made was made privately not meant to be public among a friends only feed. Can you think of any offensive jokes or bad jokes or jokes that could be taken in isolation to completely define and represent your character you might have said among friends privately in your past? Do you think there are actually individuals that exist that are qualified to run and serve in public office that DON'T have these kinds of things in their past? I think you may be able to count them on one hand in the entire country if so.
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The NPD when they accepted her were a tiny ragtag organization that couldn't hope to form the opposition
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This is just pure hog wash. There is this constant narrative around the NDP party when it applies to every single party in existence. The PCs and the WR also were stretched thin to find representatives in every riding, and historically it has been extremely easy to pick apart and dismantle these individuals based on comments, especially comments made AFTER the individuals in question were elected.
Look at your own situation in Quebec. How much scrutiny is really applied to each party that has individuals in every riding? Do you honestly think that only the NDP has the problem of running less than ideal candidates in some ridings?
Again, this isn't a particular party problem, this is a consequence of the party system period. It affects everyone, every party.
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When a bunch of noobs who had absolutely no chance to possibly get elected
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Who again defines the qualifications required to be a "non noob"? PC's ran a bunch of candidates in ridings and their only experience was "small business owner". Zero information about the business, zero context for experience, they could have been selling stamps on ebay out of their car losing thousands of dollars a day and destitute due to a gambling addiction. These same people that people assume because they run under the PC party they must have financial experience. Who is vetting any of these candidates?
What matters is her performance after she has been elected and fully enters the role as a public representative. All this other discourse and narrative and dialog regarding things that happened since she was 19 years old is a National Enquirer style gossipy small minded distraction.