Liberal Star Candidate Helped Shut Down Pro-Palestine Encampment (www.readthemaple.com)

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[-] intheformbelow@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

Well, they didn't say you're not Canadian. They simply chided you on not being explicit. It's important because Trudeau hadn't been popular for more than a year, so his opinion certainly isn't that of the Liberal Party.

[-] cyborganism@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 weeks ago

He's insinuating that I'm not Canadian. And to me, that's insulting.

[-] AlolanVulpix@lemmy.ca 0 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Well, they didn’t say you’re not Canadian

But saying "a Canadian would know that" is necessarily insinuating that they are not Canadian for not knowing a fact. Which regardless of if the person did know the fact, is a ridiculous criterion to determine if someone is Canadian.

Furthermore, to suggest that Trudeau's views aren't synonymous with the Liberal party, ignores a big part of reality. That the party leaders wield incredible amounts of influence within their parties. If anything, party leaders are perhaps the physical embodiment of a party.