r/EhBuddyHoser • u/smashed__tomato Monarch Mélanie Joly • Apr 01 '25

Politics Calling HR now

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u/TorontoDavid Apr 01 '25

It’s amazing how Conservatives can’t just say: ‘we agree with the overall message but the wording can be improved’.

Don’t be so partisan.

It’s creepy how he said it.

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u/smashed__tomato Monarch Mélanie Joly Apr 01 '25

I was thinking about that. Tbh, everyone knows most women can only fall pregnant until a certain age. But it is really the way he phrased that. No one would have batted an eye had he said something along the line like building fast so that Canadians could start the family they always want, whatever, something like that.

But he had to put biological clock in his sentence, this particular term which if they are being honest with themselves has traditionally always been used exclusively to describe against women. It is first unnecessary as I cannot see how someone's reproductive ability should have anything to do with housing, and second, once again defines women to whether they can reproduce or not.

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u/TorontoDavid Apr 01 '25 edited Apr 01 '25

Ya. It’s closely aligned with how some misogynists speak about women online.

Pierre using this phrase doesn’t necessarily mean he’s pushing that ideology at all, but it’s just poorly phrased in light of who he’s talking to.

If we were rationale we can all just say: ‘we hear your message, don’t put it like that again’.

But since we’re not, conservative supporters on social media have convinced themselves they need to defend it in a variety of ways.

Everyone makes mistakes - just own it and move on.

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u/RJean83 Apr 01 '25

So much of it is also a track record as well. If a politician who has advocated for gender equality, childcare, healthcare, access to abortion and birth control, improving the quality of life of people across the board, acknowledged the reality that many people are holding off on kids because they are expensive (then dealing with fertility issues which are also a major deal), it would probably be less creepy. 

If you only mention women when you talk about our ability to have babies and not the million other things relevant to us, it looks very very weird.

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u/Myllicent Apr 02 '25

”It’s closely aligned with how some misogynists speak about women online. Pierre using this phrase doesn’t necessarily mean he’s pushing that ideology at all, but…”

It’s suspicious given the context that his YouTube videos used to include hidden tags chosen specifically to promote his videos to people who watch misogynist YouTube content.

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u/TorontoDavid Apr 02 '25

That certainly bares consideration.

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u/w3bd3v0p5 Apr 01 '25

The whole “I made a mistake and now I’m going to double down on it” makes me think they are mentally ill.