{"id":38927,"date":"2019-09-21T00:00:03","date_gmt":"2019-09-21T00:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=38927"},"modified":"2019-09-21T00:00:13","modified_gmt":"2019-09-21T00:00:13","slug":"trudeau-flap-a-symptom-of-left-leaning-sensitivity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=38927","title":{"rendered":"Trudeau flap a symptom of left-leaning sensitivity"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

PORTAGE LA PRAIRIE, Manitoba<\/strong> — I have given some additional thought to a story that has threatened to swallow Canada whole. It involves Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s posing in blackface a couple decades ago.<\/p>\n

He has apologized. He sounds sincere to me. He has owned what he did, calling it wrong, insensitive and offensive.<\/p>\n

However, the story won’t go away. Trudeau is running for re-election.<\/p>\n

My take on it has crystallized a bit since I wrote an earlier blog post on this matter. I am beginning now to believe — as one of my dearest friends has posited already on social media — that Trudeau has become a victim of an oversensitive reaction of the liberal\/progressive wing of the broad political spectrum.<\/p>\n

Yes, we are now more sensitive to how blackface is perceived. It is wrong. Trudeau made a serious mistake when he went to a costume party slathered in black makeup, posing as “Aladdin.”<\/p>\n

I do believe, though, that a sincere apology ought to be enough. He has vowed to say he is sorry to political leaders of color in Canada. Trudeau is a chastened young man.<\/p>\n

The international reaction from some quarters has been fierce, too. Surprisingly — and to be honest, I am pleased to report this — a muted reaction has come from the White House where Donald “Pu*** Grabber in Chief” has said only that he is “surprised” by Trudeau’s predicament. He has made — so far — no substantial comment on the specifics of what Trudeau has admitted to doing. That’s fine, Mr. President. Do not even<\/em> go there.<\/p>\n

I hope this matter can be put away. Prime Minister Trudeau has sought to make amends. He turned a campaign rally into a town hall event in Saskatoon the other evening, fielding questions from constituents about the matter. I believe that’s an act of political courage.<\/p>\n

I’m done with this story. On to the next thing \u2026 whatever it is.<\/p>\n\n

Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

PORTAGE LA PRAIRIE, Manitoba — I have given some additional thought to a story that has threatened to swallow Canada whole. It involves Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s posing in blackface a couple decades ago. He has apologized. He sounds sincere to me. He has owned what he did, calling it wrong, insensitive and offensive. However, … Continue reading Trudeau flap a symptom of left-leaning sensitivity<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[8075,1424,7183,3808,8935],"class_list":["post-38927","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-international-news","tag-blackface","tag-donald-trump","tag-justin-trudeau","tag-racism","tag-sensitivity"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38927","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=38927"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38927\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38929,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38927\/revisions\/38929"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=38927"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=38927"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=38927"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}