Justin Trudeau Regrets ‘Peoplekind’: ‘I Made a Dumb Joke’
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Justin Trudeau Regrets ‘Peoplekind’: ‘I Made a Dumb Joke’
The unidentified woman complimented him for recognizing the "ability and power
that women actually possess." Then she said, "Maternal love is the love that’s going to change the future of mankind." The prime minister interrupted her: "We like to say ‘peoplekind,’ not necessarily ‘mankind.’ It’s more inclusive." The crowd cheered, footage shows.
The American political commentator Ben Shapiro lobbed insults like "idiotic"
and "sycophantic." The Australian conservative commentator Rita Panahi said Mr. Trudeau’s use of "peoplekind" was an attempt to "appease those desperate to find offense where none exists." Christina Sommers, the author of "Who Stole Feminism?" and a resident scholar at American Enterprise Institute, posted on Twitter: "Dear @JustinTrudeau Using the word "mankind" is fine.
And he appeared to have done it again recently when he told a woman she should use "peoplekind" instead of "mankind." But on Wednesday, days after video footage of the exchange spurred accusations of sexism, Mr. Trudeau told reporters
that he had made "a dumb joke." "You all know that I don’t necessarily have the best of track records on jokes." What was all the fuss about?
A Washington correspondent for The Toronto Star, Daniel Dale, said
that the "pile-on" about "peoplekind" was misleading: Mr. Trudeau had merely been "lightly ribbing a woman who was rambling about the power of women." Indeed, the woman herself laughed at the time.
He was lightly ribbing a woman who was rambling about the power of women, "God the Mother," and how the world needs womanly love.
Brown wrote that After watching the extra three minutes around the clip in question, it seems like this is less a snuff film of ‘common
sense’ than it is the prime minister doing a reasonably good job of handling an intensely religious Christian-adjacent heretic,
7, 2018
LONDON — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada is known for pushing boundaries on how politicians deal with gender and the language surrounding it.
The unidentified woman complimented him for recognizing the "ability and power
that women actually possess." Then she said, "Maternal love is the love that’s going to change the future of mankind." The prime minister interrupted her: "We like to say ‘peoplekind,’ not necessarily ‘mankind.’ It’s more inclusive." The crowd cheered, footage shows.
The American political commentator Ben Shapiro lobbed insults like "idiotic"
and "sycophantic." The Australian conservative commentator Rita Panahi said Mr. Trudeau’s use of "peoplekind" was an attempt to "appease those desperate to find offense where none exists." Christina Sommers, the author of "Who Stole Feminism?" and a resident scholar at American Enterprise Institute, posted on Twitter: "Dear @JustinTrudeau Using the word "mankind" is fine.
And he appeared to have done it again recently when he told a woman she should use "peoplekind" instead of "mankind." But on Wednesday, days after video footage of the exchange spurred accusations of sexism, Mr. Trudeau told reporters
that he had made "a dumb joke." "You all know that I don’t necessarily have the best of track records on jokes." What was all the fuss about?
A Washington correspondent for The Toronto Star, Daniel Dale, said
that the "pile-on" about "peoplekind" was misleading: Mr. Trudeau had merely been "lightly ribbing a woman who was rambling about the power of women." Indeed, the woman herself laughed at the time.
He was lightly ribbing a woman who was rambling about the power of women, "God the Mother," and how the world needs womanly love.
Brown wrote that After watching the extra three minutes around the clip in question, it seems like this is less a snuff film of ‘common
sense’ than it is the prime minister doing a reasonably good job of handling an intensely religious Christian-adjacent heretic,
7, 2018
LONDON — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada is known for pushing boundaries on how politicians deal with gender and the language surrounding it.