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[–] rabber@lemmy.ca 22 points 2 months ago

He obviously misspoke but that's hilarious

[–] AGM@lemmy.ca 16 points 2 months ago

This and referring to everyone on stage as "contestants" were both pretty funny.

[–] Daryl@lemmy.ca 13 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Wow. Just silliness. The only residual discussion after the debate is "Did he say 'gay' or 'gagged'?"

Says a lot about the importance of the debate in the overall election.

[–] el_muerte@lemm.ee 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Think I read some study several years back (probably following the Trump-Clinton one) that concluded almost everyone always perceives their "team's" candidate as having won the debate, and the number of voters swayed by a stellar performance from another candidate is negligible.

Yeah, they're pretty damn pointless...

[–] Daryl@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago

Except the news media thinks they are, so we will probably continue to have them, if not just for the entertainment value. They fill in some of the 'air time'.

[–] loomy@lemy.lol 13 points 2 months ago (2 children)

can someone explain this to me?

[–] KittyKalledKarma@slrpnk.net 33 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Canadian leadership debate tonight, guy on the right is carney, guy on the left is Pierre Polievere or PP.

Carney asked about PP's refusal to get a security clearance despite being leader of the opposition in parliament. PP was stumbling in his response.

[–] loomy@lemy.lol 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

ok but why would he be gay for getting a clearance?

[–] garbagebagel@lemmy.world 27 points 2 months ago (3 children)

As someone else mentioned, he was probably trying to say the word 'gagged' and he talks weird.

This guy is weird enough that he can't even have media around unless he is scripted, so it doesn't surprise me.

[–] rabber@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I hate the guy but I was actually surprised with his debate performance tonight

In the next 10 seconds he said 'gagged' so pretty mild fuckup I think

[–] loomy@lemy.lol 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

thats mildly entertaining tho

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

I mean. That reaction by Carney is excellent clowning.

[–] brax@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago

I hate defending a moron, but I'm also for fairness. If you listen closely, you can hear the "-gged" it's just not well pronounced.

He had no problem being gagged in that moment, clearly.

[–] AChiTenshi@sh.itjust.works 12 points 2 months ago (2 children)

It's a slip up on PPs part. He's trying to say gagged but either due to getting the thought from his brain to his mouth getting mixed up, or just slipping up on the word It sounds much more like gay.

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 5 points 2 months ago

freudian slip.

[–] loomy@lemy.lol 3 points 2 months ago
[–] JokeDeity@lemm.ee 9 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Gagged. Are you all really hearing gay or is this a big troll?

[–] AChiTenshi@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 months ago

I heard gay on my first viewing. After playing it again I picked up on what he was actually trying to say. I think k it's something along the lines of mondegreen where you can hear the wrong words in songs.

[–] Shadow@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Not a troll. I heard it when I watched live and didn't figure out he meant gagged until he said it a second time. Listening to it again I can hear it either way, his pronunciation at the end is just a little off.

[–] garbagebagel@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

PP is gay, make it known to his shitty conservative voters pls.

[–] Tiger666@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

They see him as a strongman. You won't have any luck with this.

[–] twopi@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 months ago

I think that's why conaervatives like PP but not JT.

Conservatives want to be the bottom so they don't like leaders they can fuck but rather prefer leaders who can fuck them.

[–] Nuxleio@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Holy shit guys. I need to get my security clearance!

[–] GreyEyedGhost@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Every accusation is a confession...

Seriously, probably meant to say gagged, and failed miserably. I still think it's a shit excuse.

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[–] nyan@lemmy.cafe 5 points 2 months ago

Did PP's wife (who is present in way too high a percentage of his publicity material) know about this in advance? 🀣

[–] Quilotoa@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 months ago

He needs the Forrest Gump "d" in there.

[–] Lectral@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 months ago

He just took a drink of water too. Imagine if Carney had done a spit take.

[–] Redex68@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

He obviously said gagged. It literally sounds more like gagged than gay even if he did mispronounce.

[–] RoquetteQueen@sh.itjust.works 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I agree it's obvious he meant to say "gagged", but it absolutely sounds like he said "gay".

[–] BCsven@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 months ago

Yeah he said it like Gaygd

[–] myersguy@lemmy.simpl.website 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)
[–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 19 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It's a 17 second video…

[–] myersguy@lemmy.simpl.website 15 points 2 months ago

Weird, Voyager is just displaying it as an image. Opening it in Firefox linked me to the Imgur video.

My bad!