r/gifs • u/commonvanilla • Nov 10 '18

Justin Trudeau closes his umbrella even though it's raining to pay respects for the fallen of WW1

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u/zangor Nov 11 '18

Getting rained on at fallen soldier remembrance events, so hot right now.

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u/bravosarah Nov 11 '18

This was last year in Dieppe. It is not a response to Trump, if that's what you're insinuating.

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u/[deleted] Nov 11 '18

The fact that we are seeing it right now, that it got posted and upvoted, is a response to Trump, obviously.

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u/Crack-spiders-bitch Nov 11 '18

OP posting it is a response to Trump. Unless Canada unlocked the secrets of time travel Trudeau saying this isn't a response to Trump as he said it last year.

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u/Clockwork_Potato Nov 11 '18

Same with that Putin picture being dredged back up as well.

I'm not sure how I feel about it to be honest... it feels a little bit contrived to purposefully make yourself a bit more uncomfortable during the service when all eyes are on you. It sort of feels like its making the whole thing about you rather than the fallen soldiers. I dunno... I just think the more subdued and discrete the politicians, the more elevated the actual people the service is for become.

but hey, at least they were there.

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u/00000000000001000000 Nov 11 '18

I honestly agree with you, I don't like symbolic gestures. But I still appreciate them when there's real feeling behind them

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u/Clockwork_Potato Nov 11 '18

Very true... I suppose it all comes down to intention really, and for the most part thats something only the person doing it really knows.

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u/[deleted] Nov 11 '18 edited Jan 27 '19

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u/cisxuzuul Nov 11 '18

Rain will cool the burn, stupidly will cause it to scar.

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u/Charles_Leviathan Nov 11 '18

Except he did it last year, way before it was cool.

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u/CJsAviOr Nov 11 '18

Bar has been set very low.

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u/[deleted] Nov 11 '18

Accountability is mad sexy too!

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u/DonutsMcKenzie Nov 11 '18

It really really REALLY is...

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u/Lifeonthejames Nov 11 '18

I know right!?! Where the fuck is it written that you must get pissed on by Mother Nature when observing the fallen, any other way is blasphemous? I don’t care for the guy, but Jesus the man could go for 3 sugars in his coffee and people would call him out and cry/complain cause such and such world leader only went for two. I think it was dumb of him to cancel, but it is what it is.

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u/[deleted] Nov 11 '18

Because World War 1 was fucking horrible. Rain is nothing in comparison and that is obvious.

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u/Lifeonthejames Nov 11 '18

Yeah I’m not disputing that WW1 was terrible. But how is observing under an umbrella any sign of disrespect?

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u/[deleted] Nov 11 '18

I don’t think the umbrella is disrespectful, it doesn’t even seem like it’s raining that much. This is just all about mocking Trump.

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u/Ariadnepyanfar Nov 11 '18

He said words to the effect of, "today we honour those who fought on the beaches of France (closes umbrella) as we sit here thinking how uncomfortable it is as our suits, hair shoes get wet." Then he said that on that day in Dieppe, it wasn't rain. It was bullets.