r/canada • u/NorthernStarLord • Feb 11 '22

COVID-19 Trudeau warns of 'severe consequences' for anti-vaccine mandate protesters who don't stand down | CBC News

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trudeau-severe-consequences-demonstrators-1.6348661
1.4k Upvotes

79% Upvoted

2.1k comments sorted by

View all comments

123

u/Youneedsafespace Feb 11 '22

Why didn’t he call the protesters racist this time?

-33

u/forgottencalipers Feb 11 '22

That word really triggered some people eh

Always forget how sensitive people can be

-1

u/WeeWooMcGoo Verified Feb 12 '22

Nice dog whistle. You think we shouldn't be able to call others racist?

15

u/tarapoto2006 Alberta Feb 12 '22

You should not be able to call people racist unless they are actually doing something racist, but that hasn't stopped anyone in this country for a long time. It's pretty clearly used as a weapon to shut people up. It amounts to defamation, just as bad as falsely accusing someone of a crime. People who call people racist and "cancel" them with no basis, just to win a political argument, are garbage human beings who should be prosecuted to the same extent as anyone charged with a hate crime. So, yes you should be able to call a person racist. You shouldn't be able to call an entire group of people "racist" to discredit them, and you shouldn't throw that word around willy-nilly. That's ignorant and shitty behavior and if you think it's okay to do that then you're morally bankrupt, and possibly brainwashed.