Quit picking on the Shiny Pony

waldo

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Smarmy and condescending, that's proving to be very typical of you. :roll:

my apologies! Having now just read you're a 'lady', I'll try to be more cognizant of your sensitivities. Again..... I kid, I kid! In any case, the audience for, 'da ladies man's night for da ladies', was quite diverse in makeup and political leanings (of course, the majority were from the natural governing party)... mostly positive comments all around from attendees - go figure.
 

darkbeaver

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my apologies! Having now just read you're a 'lady', I'll try to be more cognizant of your sensitivities. Again..... I kid, I kid! In any case, the audience for da ladies night was quite diverse in makeup and political leanings (of course, the majority were from the natural governing party)... mostly positive comments all around from attendees - go figure.

I enjoy your posts you have a pleasent righting style that reminds me of Voltaire.
 

SLM

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my apologies! Having now just read you're a 'lady', I'll try to be more cognizant of your sensitivities. Again..... I kid, I kid! In any case, the audience for, 'da ladies man's night for da ladies', was quite diverse in makeup and political leanings (of course, the majority were from the natural governing party)... mostly positive comments all around from attendees - go figure.

Justin Trudeau does ladies’ night - The Globe and Mail

It went downhill from there. During the event, Mr. Trudeau was asked which nation’s administration, besides Canada’s, he admires most. “Not the fluffy questions some were expecting!” exclaimed Amanda Alvaro, the host. Justin’s response to this brain-buster showed why he can’t be trusted to go around unplugged.
“You know, there’s a level of admiration I actually have for China,” he said. He went on to observe that dictatorships are able to do things faster than democracies, like going green and investing in solar panels. Sensing that he was neck-deep in the swamp, he tried to recover, but it was too late. Everybody pounced on him – Conservatives, New Democrats, Tibetans. Right-wing pundits posted photos of smog-choked Chinese cities, where people die of air pollution by the thousands. An Asian-Canadian coalition formed to fight Chinese oppression held a press conference that was covered by the CBC. They demanded an apology and a meeting to describe their personal experiences of persecution. “Can I use the word ‘foolish’?” said one.
Oh yes, a roaring success. :roll:

I like long walks on the beach and holding hands.

You know, he's not good enough for you.
 

waldo

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Oh yes, a roaring success. :roll:

oh snap! Margaret Wente!!! She's a peach... from one of the event organizers, for the event designed BY women, FOR women:

The evite circulated for a month with nothing but positive response. And then, a tweet went out from a female Conservative Minister (Michelle Rempel) accusing our event of being ‘patronizing’.


More tweets followed accusing our event of being sexist and offensive. Suddenly, our event was dubbed “Ladies Night” and “ladies” had somehow become a dirty word. Women used our hashtag (#askjustin) to mockingly ask Justin Trudeau such questions as: “My mascara is clumping, what should I do?”


A polemic developed that characterized the event – an event that was designed FOR women, BY women – as a gathering of giggly school girls gushing over Justin’s looks. References to pastel colours, pink cosmos and Sex-in-the-City abounded.


One particularly disturbing and high profile Op-Ed offered a storyline wherein the event was portrayed as a one-night stand from which women would wake up feeling used.

I and my co-organizers defended the event in the media. Ironically and sadly, the federal minister (Michelle Rempel) who started the firestorm of criticism refused a televised debate. She opted instead to be interviewed separately, so she could safely deliver her partisan talking points in a controlled environment. Instead of debating other women publicly, she opted not to give the women on our committee the opportunity to respond one-on-one.
 

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