NDP-Spitzenkandidaten präsentieren Gewerkschaftsführern beim ersten Forum „Straight-Talk“-Lösungen, „Wertschätzung der Basis“ und Inklusion

I was curious what „straight talk“ is a dog whistle for, so I took a look at the CBC article on this topic:

> Ashton doesn’t speak like your typical politician and sometimes swears during interviews with journalists.

Has our political discourse fallen so far that swearing at journalists is supposed to be a good look? And the NDP base goes for that? They must also really appreciate Donald Trump’s AI-generated meme where he dropped poop on his political opponents. Straight talk means acting in a classless manner that falls below the standard expected for occupants of your political office? Hard pass.