Canada: Does elbowgate hysteria undermine feminism?

Submitted by Mastodon on Fri, 2016-05-20 21:25

Article here. Excerpt:

'The memes have circulated social media, the hashtags have emerged, and the Internet has had its say.

But as the dust settles over the infamous 'elbowgate' incident — during which Prime Minister Justin Trudeau accidentally elbowed NDP MP Ruth Ellen Brosseau as he took Conservative Party whip Gordon Brown by the arm in the House of Commons on Wednesday — a very real political debate has emerged between Canada's three major parties.

The altercation was provoked by a government motion to limit debate on Bill C-14 on assisted dying. NDP MPs deliberately blocked Brown from moving forward to proceed with the vote, prompting an impatient Trudeau to walk across the aisle and guide the Tory through the gaggle of New Democrats that were trying to delay proceedings.

By the time the dust settled, NDP MP Niki Ashton characterized the elbowing as "the furthest thing from a feminist act," and reason for any woman who sits in the Commons to feel "unsafe and deeply troubled."'

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Justin Trudeau Accidentally Elbows Female Politician, All Hell Breaks Loose

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... how a man's capitulation to feminists is rewarded. When are male feminists going to get that they are being used as useful idiots for whom female feminists have neither loyalty to nor respect for? They are nothing but dupes.

Probably Trudeau will continue apologizing over and over, but it'll never be enough. His sin is his maleness for which he will always be considered guilty by "accepted feminists," i.e., the female ones.

Had Justin been a woman, his bulldozing through a group of men like that would not have been ignored as happened in this case, but it would've been applauded. As for the elbowing, it would've been quickly forgiven, being that the elbowee was female. Had she been male, that too would have been praised.

Trudeau is a feminist-placating sycophant. We'll see how he continues to fare.

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Submitted by Matt on Fri, 2016-05-20 23:48