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It wasn’t random. I wanted someone who would be a good foil, and we stumbled upon the scrappy tough-guy senator from an indigenous community. He fit the bill, and it was a very nice counterpoint . . . I saw it as the right kind of narrative, the right story to tell.”

You would think that winning the boxing match and humiliating his opponent would be enough, but no. Justin—being Justin—couldn’t resist crowing about it to Rolling Stone magazine, bragging aboout how he intentionally chose a First Nations opponent. Rolling Stone compared his comments to “a CFO in a company-budget markup session,” which is to say, calculated, contrived, and slightly unsettling. The right kind of narrative.

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Justin, channeling his inner warrior. Check out that cool thunderbird tat! Remember, it’s not appropriation when Justin doe s it.