The reason Trudeau is self rightous is its the only thing Canadains would accept. Paul Martin was less self rightous and he was labelled a "ditherer" All Trudeaus critics were calligh him weak, you think showing doubt or reflection is an option?
I think you have a misunderstanding of what self righteous means.
self-right·eous
/ˌself ˈrīCHəs/
adjective
adjective: self-righteous
having or characterized by a certainty, especially an unfounded one, that one is totally correct or morally superior.
You can be decisive and forceful without being self righteous.
You're always walking a thin line in the game, so when you take the absolutist moral stands that Trudeau does, you have to be
completely beyond reproach, which is impossible. He paints himself into a corner.
Not saying he isn't worthy of governing, just that he irks me in this aspect.