It didn’t take long! Even before 2018 arrived, Conservative House Leader Candice Bergen had ignored Resolution #3, that we save our grievances for serious matters. As reported by Tabatha Southey, Bergen – on December 30 – accused Prime Minister Trudeau of cruelly insulting Christians everywhere. As proof, she tweeted a picture of the PM and his brother, taken at least a year earlier, in which they are wearing sweaters with the da Vinci scene of The Last Supper, with the faces of Jesus and the apostles covered by emoji and wearing party hats. There is a Happy Birthday cake in the background, suggesting that the photo was taken on a previous Christmas Day, the birthdate of both brothers. I would suggest that Christians have many things about which to be concerned – not least the unchristian stance that some of them take with respect to Gays and immigrants – but this is not one of them. To claim, as Bergen does, that this scene of a family birthday party is harmful and intolerant to Christians is laughable in its absurdity. More than that, it raises the prospect of a very troubling development. Ugly sweater contests are commonplace and now that Bergen has singled out our Prime Minister there will inevitably be a reaction from “he who must always be first.” Having recently assured the world that his button is larger than that of the head of North Korea (if you missed this, don’t ask), Trump will almost certainly now turn his attention to winning the ugliest sweater contest. I shudder to think of the consequences!
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AuthorC. Richard Tindal, Ph.D is a retired Professor of Government. He taught for 30 years at St. Lawrence College, Kingston and was an occasional Visiting Professor at Queen's University. He has also written and consulted extensively about government. Archives
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