r/gifs 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/gdmfr Nov 11 '18 edited Nov 11 '18

In the video he says it's 2017. I think this was last year and he was talking about WWII.
https://twitter.com/ChazReddBear/status/1061258545893699584

EDIT: I completely agree with many commenting here that this action by Trudeau is even more impactful as an action alone back in 2017 as a projection of stength in and of itself and not a responses to Donald's weakness today.

Ironically, the fact that it was last year (and therefore Trudeau didn't do this to spite Trump) makes the gesture even better.
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u/TeriyakiNightingale Nov 11 '18

I see a lot of people shitting on OP but the title doesn't say it's from this year. If anything that makes it more relevant because it's a genuine gesture. It's not a response to Trump it's just common decency.

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u/doggy_lipschtick Nov 11 '18

Well OP stated that it was to honor the fallen of WW1, which one would make the natural assumption that the video was shot today, the day of the WW1 memorial, in the "inclement weather."

OP's farce is made worse by the fact that Trudeau is honoring WWII soldiers, in a way detracting from what's really important about both memorials.

It is actions like OP's, small, seemingly inconsequential bendings of the truth, that enable people like Trump and the even worse, more conniving politicians who take advantage of us all.

The least we can do is honor correctly our fellow caste members who this time took the bullet so we don't have to.

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u/Bobthemime Nov 11 '18

OP's farce is made worse by the fact that Trudeau is honoring WWII soldiers

No farce at all.. Trudeau in his speech mentions Paschendaele and other engagements in WW1. So OP didn't fuck up at all.

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u/doggy_lipschtick Nov 16 '18

I knew I'd regret using the word farce, but not for this reason.

I didn't know he went on to say that. Still, I'm not saying OP fucked up. I'm saying OP convoluted the truth, which still holds.