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“What do you think of blacks marrying whites”?

“Well...   it’s the law of the land, I guess...   we don’t plan on changing it back”

I’m a racist bigot, but I will follow the law...    that’s an awesome stance.

I’m a homophobic bigot, but I will follow the law.

Not exactly PM material.

It's exactly the same stance Harper had.

No, what he thinks now matters.  I don’t want a bigot as the PM even if he doesn’t govern like a bigot.  (As if that type of personal view wouldn’t influence your governing).

Did Harper's personal anti-gay marriage stance influence his governing?

I'd much prefer a PM who was pro gay marriage in his personal views.

I don't want a religious homophobe as the PM, or a lying bully crook virtue signaler as PM, or an inept fool Sikh terrorist sympathizer, or a reality-deprived spend-o-rama socialist (May), or a separatist, or a racist hot-head.  So pick your poison.

Who says he isn't in favour of human rights? Everyone has the right to believe whatever they want as long as they don't interfere with the rights of others. I'm not a fan of abortion but that doesn't stop me from being pro choice.

You think Scheer is pro-choice and in favour of gay marriage?  Please provide a cite.

Did Harper's personal anti-gay marriage stance influence his governing?

I'd much prefer a PM who was pro gay marriage in his personal views.

You’re talking out of both sides of your mouth with respect to Scheer.   

I don't want a religious homophobe as the PM, or a lying bully crook virtue signaler as PM, or an inept fool Sikh terrorist sympathizer, or a reality-deprived spend-o-rama socialist (May), or a separatist, or a racist hot-head.  So pick your poison.

Sikh terrorist sympathizer?  That’s really stupid.  It’s an alt-right, racist talking point.  You keep showing that you’re a conspiracy theory nutjob. Stop repeating the stupid crap you read on the interwebs.

The abortion issue has been settled by the Supreme Court a very long time ago.  It would also be political suicide.

Brian Mulroney and the cons. tried to enact a new law in 1989 and after two women died from botched abortions they finally backed off and left it to a woman and her doctor.

You’re talking out of both sides of your mouth with respect to Scheer.   


Sikh terrorist sympathizer?  That’s really stupid.  It’s an alt-right, racist talking point.  You keep showing that you’re a conspiracy theory nutjob. Stop repeating the stupid crap you read on the interwebs.

Could be wrong but I think he is just trying to point out there are reasons for rejecting them all, depending on your point of view.

I don't know how I will vote yet, the debates will be important. Trouble is I might be out of the country with very limited internet access while they are in progress. Hope not.

You’re talking out of both sides of your mouth with respect to Scheer.

No I'm certainly not.  My point, which you failed to understand, is that there are major flaws in the all the party leaders.  They're all nutjobs, so pick the nut that leaves the least sour taste in your mouth.

Sikh terrorist sympathizer?  That’s really stupid.  It’s an alt-right, racist talking point.  You keep showing that you’re a conspiracy theory nutjob. Stop repeating the stupid crap you read on the interwebs.

Yes those conspiracy nuts jobs at the Globe and Mail & CBC! Yes, stop reading stupid quotes that come out of Singh's own mouth!  I'm so racist for calling a terrorist sympathizer a terrorist sympathizer! 

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-the-strange-loyalties-of-jagmeet-singh/

Globe & Mail: When the CBC’s Terry Milewski pressed him hard on his views of the 1985 Air India bombing – the worst terrorist attack in Canadian history – Mr. Singh refused to blame the bombing on Sikh extremists. “I don’t know who was responsible,” he said. Mr. Milewski was accused by some of a touch of racism for even raising the matter. No unturbanned politician would have had to endure such a grilling, the critics charged.  But Mr. Milewski was right to ask."

https://www.cbc.ca/news/opinion/jagmeet-singh-1.4576838

Jagmeet Singh keeps getting asked about Sikh extremism because he won't give an answer: Robyn Urback

Singh appears not to have grasped that distinction yet, as evidenced by his inability to clarify his position on Khalistani extremism, which is made up of radical elements of the Sikh separatist movement. Months ago, when interviewed by CBC's Terry Milewski following the NDP leadership convention, Singh failed to denounce the glorification of Talwinder Singh Parmar, for example in posters displayed outside Sikh temples and other public places. Parmar is widely seen as the mastermind behind the 1985 Air India bombing that killed 329 people.

"I don't know who was responsible, but I think we need to find out who's truly responsible," Singh said about the terrorist attack, as if some great mystery still endures.

Many characterized the line of questioning as unfair — racist, even — arguing that Singh was being asked questions about Sikh extremism simply because he is a Sikh himself.  But Singh was being asked about Sikh extremism because he has involved himself in Sikh causes, including speaking out in the Ontario legislature against the death penalty for Balwant Singh Rajoana, a member of a Sikh terrorist group that conspired to kill a Punjabi politician.

This week, the Globe and Mail reported that Singh spoke at a Sikh separatist rally in 2015 that included a large poster of extremist leader Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale. Bhindranwale was and is perceived by many as a pioneer of the Khalistan movement, but he is also seen as an unrepentant terrorist whose followers stormed public spaces (eventually, the Golden Temple) to assassinate opponents.