Justin Trudeau definitely means well…
Last week, during a Q&A at MacEwan University, a young woman asked the Canadian Prime Minister about the country’s restrictions on volunteering with religious organizations.
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She said:
“So, that’s why we came here today to ask you to also look into the policies that religious charitable organizations have in our legislation so that it can also be changed because maternal love is the love that’s going to change the future of mankind├óΓé¼ΓÇ¥”
When the lady said “mankind,” Trudeau interrupted her and said she should use the word “peoplekind” instead. He quipped:
“We like to say ‘peoplekind,’ not necessarily ‘mankind,’ because it’s more inclusive.”‘
You can watch the awkward exchange (below):
When the clip went viral, Twitter users SLAMMED the politician for mansplaining the young woman, and for his “stupid” word suggestion.
The big thing about Trudeau’s #peoplekind comment is that it’s not a word. It’s not in any dictionary. The man is so painfully politically correct he literally invented a new word just to chew out some woman. But I guess it was also her fault for asking him a question.
— J.J. McCullough (@JJ_McCullough) February 6, 2018
Always reluctant to call a Canadian Prime Minister stupid. Will just say #Trudeau’s insistence that Cdns use the term #peoplekind is daft.
— Charles Adler (@charlesadler) February 6, 2018
Urban Dictionary quick to be updated in the wake of Justin Trudeau’s mansplaining, manterruption, #peoplekind gaffe. pic.twitter.com/8HTy7nMAmx
— Andrew Lawton (@AndrewLawton) February 6, 2018
Trudeau sounds exactly like a first-year women’s studies major who just walked out of his first ever seminar #peoplekind
— Mido (@midoanth90) February 5, 2018
In the age of #peoplekind which has been ushered in by our feminist PM, Justin Trudeau:
Woman = Wopeople
Menopause = Peoplepause
Manicure = Peoplecure
Menstruate = Peoplestruate
Get it right, bigots.
— Danielle (@HerbMajesty) February 6, 2018
I can only assume that Justin Trudeau, when exhausted, lets out a breathy “Oh, people.” #peoplekind
— Andrew Lawton (@AndrewLawton) February 5, 2018
Breaking: Manitoba has changed their name to Peopletoba to prove they’re not sexist.#Peoplekind #CDNPoli #MBPoli pic.twitter.com/3tYadVmh76
├óΓé¼ΓÇ¥ Alberta Can’t Wait (@albertacantwait) February 6, 2018
Last week, according to CNN, Canada’s Senate passed a bill making the country’s national anthem gender-neutral, so instead of saying, “in all thy sons command,” it is now “in all of us command.”
Last month, Trudeau tweeted support for the bill, saying it was “another positive step towards gender equality.”
[Image via Dennis Van Tine/Future Image/WENN.]
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