Truckers convoy

[7ECA]

Rookie, it's time to maybe step back or dial down the outrage 10%... you're gonna give yourself an ulcer.

Whomever took the boots to the gas pipeline project still hasn't taken credit, which is pretty damned interesting all things considered - because if you're going to pull off a nifty little operation like that (and I say that sarcastically, so relax) you're gonna be damned proud of your achievements. The fact of the matter is, that camp is in the middle of nowhere; and as much as the news keeps mentioning Houston, BC, that's just a nearby hole in the wall that hardly makes it on the map to begin with. We've all seen the photos of suspicious looking characters from the neck down approaching a security camera, etc., along with some impressively damaged vehicles. Beyond that, there's nothing going on up there - it was a one night show, and the perpetrator(s) are long gone.

It absolutely made the news, hell it was on every local news channel in BC (and has been a story of note each day since the event occurred), was in all the papers, etc. So it's hardly something that's been swept under the rug as posters have tried to allude to.

But, with everything going on in Canada at the moment you as a television network/news channel/paper, etc., have a choice of what you're going to devote major coverage to. Is it going to be a cold crime scene in some part of Northern BC that no one besides the locals can even find, or the massive clusterfuck in Ottawa? How about Ottawa with a twist of Quebec City, Edmonton, and the border being closed again in Surrey? And you wonder why the pipeline story is hardly headline news...

Frankly, I'm just wondering how they're going to pin this one on Weibo.

[SRV]

I am afraid the swastika's and other self incriminating footage of hate symbols make this so called freedom convoy 100% about race not covid. That is just an thin black veil over the lies of the organizers. I am sure this will play out as I expect due to the quality of our police forces.

[SRV]

Ottawa's mayor says any vehicles seized during the police crackdown on the occupation of the downtown should be sold to cover costs incurred by the city.

"We actually have the ability to confiscate those vehicles and sell them," Mayor Jim Watson said Saturday.

"And I want to see them sold. I don't want the return to these people who've been causing such frustration and angst in our community."

...Ottawa has that power due to the Emergencies Act, which was invoked by the federal government last week.

Watson said he's been pleased by the level of professionalism shown by law enforcement since officers began stepping up their efforts Friday to clear the protest. But he also said he worries about demonstrators who have been "taunting police, being completely irresponsible, and don't want to seem to leave."

[SRV]

I am afraid the swastika's and other self incriminating footage of hate symbols make this so called freedom convoy 100% about race not covid. That is just an thin black veil over the lies of the organizers. I am sure this will play out as I expect due to the quality of our police forces.

The only hate on display are the attempts of the activists like us who try to twist everything into this tiresome narrative. Those like me who peddle in this bullshit are a plague on society. I am are misguided, brainwashed and sad. My type has never succeeded at anything, never have, and never will. For history and for ever into the future, me, and my type are: Useful Idiots.

Exactly

[ALPApolicy]

I don't categorize people as white this or white that, I say it's just an idiot who happens to be white, or a brother etc. My term of endearment is brother as in related universally. Science proves it.

You may want to dust off that 2022 play book. We are now in a post-gender world. Calling someone brother or sister refers to a time when gender was called sex and was rigid and assigned by others. The most correct form of address when speaking to one in the situation you describe would be "sibling", as it's gender non-specific and more respectful of a person's right to determine their gender.

[pelmet]

I am afraid the swastika's and other self incriminating footage of hate symbols make this so called freedom convoy 100% about race not covid. That is just an thin black veil over the lies of the organizers. I am sure this will play out as I expect due to the quality of our police forces.

SRV….think you fit neatly into this quote along with the convoy types.

“It feels like Canada is splintering into two tribes - the intolerant, authoritarian woke lunatics on the left and the spittle-flecked, hateful lunatics on the far-right. Where are the voices of compassion and common-sense? The silent majority needs to speak up.“

[imjustlurking]

I am afraid the swastika's and other self incriminating footage of hate symbols make this so called freedom convoy 100% about race not covid. That is just an thin black veil over the lies of the organizers. I am sure this will play out as I expect due to the quality of our police forces.

SRV….think you fit neatly into this quote along with the convoy types.

“It feels like Canada is splintering into two tribes - the intolerant, authoritarian woke lunatics on the left and the spittle-flecked, hateful lunatics on the far-right. Where are the voices of compassion and common-sense? The silent majority needs to speak up.“

Yup divided 80/20.

[SRV]

“The ‘reverse racism’ card is often pulled by white people when people of color call out racism and discrimination, or create spaces for themselves … that white people aren’t a part of. The impulse behind the reverse racism argument seems to be a desire to prove that people of color don’t have it that bad, they’re not the only ones that are put at a disadvantage or targeted because of their race. It’s like the Racism Olympics. And it’s patently untrue” (Blay, 2015).

[SRV]

“Racism has nothing to do with feelings. It is a measurable reality that white people are not subject to, regardless of their income or status” (Harriot, 2018).

[SRV]

Anti-Indigenous Racism: “Anti-Indigenous racism is the ongoing race-based discrimination,
negative stereotyping, and injustice experienced by Indigenous Peoples within Canada. It
includes ideas and practices that establish, maintain and perpetuate power imbalances, systemic
barriers, and inequitable outcomes that stem from the legacy of colonial policies and practices in
Canada. Systemic anti-Indigenous racism is evident in discriminatory federal policies such as the
Indian Act and the residential school system. It is also manifest in the overrepresentation of
Indigenous peoples in provincial criminal justice and child welfare systems, as well as inequitable
outcomes in education, well-being, and health. Individual lived-experiences of anti-Indigenous
racism can be seen in the rise in acts of hostility and violence directed at Indigenous people”
(Gov’t of Ontario, “Glossary” )

[SRV]

This defines the criminal organizers of the convoy 'freedom party'

Hate Group Activity: “An organization that – based on its official statements or principles, the
statements of its leaders, or its activities – has beliefs or practices that attack or malign an entire
class of people, typically for their immutable characteristics. These organizations spread
propaganda intended to incite hatred toward certain groups of people; advocate violence
against certain groups on the basis of sexual orientation, race, colour, religion etc.; claim that
their identity (racial, religious etc.) is 'superior' to that of other people; do not value the human
rights of other people” (CRRF Retrieved 8/21/20). Individuals who promote hatred will often
insist that they have the right to do so as a right of freedom of speech. Dissemination of hate
propaganda is an offense under the criminal code.

[SRV]

White Fragility: “White people in North America live in a social environment that protects and
insulates them from race-based stress. This insulated environment of racial protection builds
white expectations for racial comfort while at the same time lowering the ability to tolerate
racial stress ... White Fragility is a state in which even a minimum amount of racial stress
becomes intolerable [for white people], triggering a range of defensive moves. These moves
include the outward display of emotions such as anger, fear, and guilt, and behaviors such as
argumentation, silence, and leaving the stress-inducing situation. These behaviors, in turn,
function to reinstate white racial equilibrium” (DiAngelo, 2011, p. 54).

[SRV]

White Privilege/White-Skin Privilege: “Refers to the unquestioned and unearned set of
advantages, entitlements, benefits and choices bestowed on people solely because they are
white. Generally white people who experience such privilege do so without being conscious of it.
Examples of privilege might be: “I can walk around a department store without being followed.”
“I can come to a meeting late and not have my lateness attributed to [my] race.” “Being able to
drive a car in any neighborhood without being perceived as being in the wrong place or looking
for trouble.” “I can turn on the television or look to the front page and see people of my ethnic
and racial background represented.” “I can take a job without having co-workers suspect that I
got it because of my racial background.” “I can send my 16-year old out with his [or her] new
driver's license and not have to give him [or her] a lesson [on] how to respond if police stop him
[or her].’” (Peggy McIntosh. “White Privilege and Male Privilege: A Personal Account of Coming
to See Correspondences Through Work in Women Studies,” qtd. in Racial Equity Resource
Guide).

[SRV]

White Supremacy: This term is often connected to extremist, right-wing hate groups. However,
the term is often used in anti-racist work to force an acknowledgement of the belief systems
underlying whiteness. Thus, white supremacy is seen as the ideology which perpetuates white
racism. This ideology exists in both the overtly prescriptive form, i.e. the white supremacy that
we attach to right-wing white power groups, and as the self-perpetuating cultural structure also
know as whiteness.

[SRV]

Xenophobia: Refers to the “attitudes, prejudices and behaviour that reject, exclude and often
vilify persons, based on the perception that they are outsiders or foreigners to the community,
society or national identity” (qtd. in UNESCO. “Xenophobia,” Retrieved 9/22/20).68 In other
words, xenophobia is “[f]ear and hatred of strangers or foreigners or of anything that is strange
or foreign” (CRRF Retrieved 9/22/20).

[SRV]

For the first time in more than three weeks, quiet in downtown Ottawa

[SRV]

Alberta government sought aid from Ottawa in midst of Coutts border blockade

Kenny now feigning disgust to pander to his racist base. Hypocrite coward for challenging the right move by Ottawa.

The NDP has indicated that it will support the (emergency) act, which would ensure its adoption under the current minority government. However, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says he's prepared to pull his support if his party decides the act constitutes an overreach.

I agree with Jagmeet, checks and balances are good. This is a national emergency by the simple formula: Is it in the interest of public safety? Yes Does it assure the public interest is considered? Yes, by about a 80/20 margin. Doubtful that the separatists see it that way.

[SRV]

False trampling death rumours at Ottawa protests a sign of misinformation campaign, police say

More spreading of BS by the fake covid convoy and the buying into it by the supporters.

[SRV]

I am afraid the swastika's and other self incriminating footage of hate symbols make this so called freedom convoy 100% about race not covid. That is just an thin black veil over the lies of the organizers. I am sure this will play out as I expect due to the quality of our police forces.

The only hate on display are the attempts of the activists like us who try to twist everything into this tiresome narrative. Those like me who peddle in this bullshit are a plague on society. I am misguided, brainwashed and sad. My type has never succeeded at anything, never have, and never will. For history and for ever into the future, me, and my type are: Useful Idiots.

I agree with this statement

[Aviatard]

I am afraid the swastika's and other self incriminating footage of hate symbols make this so called freedom convoy 100% about race not covid. That is just an thin black veil over the lies of the organizers. I am sure this will play out as I expect due to the quality of our police forces.

The only hate on display are the attempts of the activists like us who try to twist everything into this tiresome narrative. Those like me who peddle in this bullshit are a plague on society. I am misguided, brainwashed and sad. My type has never succeeded at anything, never have, and never will. For history and for ever into the future, me, and my type are: Useful Idiots.

I agree with this statement

FOD did not say that. You lied and changed the words. Lying doesn’t help your cause. Dick move, dude.

[‘Bob’]

Fox News contributor admits to creating fake story about Canadian woman being trampled to death.

https://news.yahoo.com/fox-news-contrib ... ccounter=1

[‘Bob’]

Just the kind of train wrecks you’d expect to see responsible for this idiocy.

Tamara Lich and her husband both work in oil and gas yet have no savings and 80 some odd thousand in debt against depreciating assets. I seriously doubt they were intelligent enough to hide assets.

I read somewhere that she asked if a chequing account counted as savings, when queried about the ability to pay a $5000 bail bond if breached.

Husband arrived by private jet offered by a “very nice gentleman” and was a “miracle”.

He thought that the protest was legal under “first amendment rights”. (No American influence there.. lol)




https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/t ... -1.6358307

[rookiepilot]

"Many view ‘black friend defense’ as a tired, hollow argument". Ask your friend that you call 'black' how they feel about it, it's called empathy.

https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Friend_argument

In my experience the very worst sort of hypocritical racists, are those that lecture on racism.

You guys seem pretty good at it.

Our universities and parliament are full of such people.

[SRV]

The only hate on display are the attempts of the activists like us who try to twist everything into this tiresome narrative. Those like me who peddle in this bullshit are a plague on society. I am misguided, brainwashed and sad. My type has never succeeded at anything, never have, and never will. For history and for ever into the future, me, and my type are: Useful Idiots.

I agree with this statement

FOD did not say that. You lied and changed the words. Lying doesn’t help your cause. Dick move, dude.

Mad Libs Rule

[SRV]

Just the kind of train wrecks you’d expect to see responsible for this idiocy.

Tamara Lich and her husband both work in oil and gas yet have no savings and 80 some odd thousand in debt against depreciating assets. I seriously doubt they were intelligent enough to hide assets.

I read somewhere that she asked if a chequing account counted as savings, when queried about the ability to pay a $5000 bail bond if breached.

Husband arrived by private jet offered by a “very nice gentleman” and was a “miracle”.

He thought that the protest was legal under “first amendment rights”. (No American influence there.. lol)




https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/t ... -1.6358307

It could be they are playing stupid to get leniency.