Canadian "Freedom Convoy" protests

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I didn't see a general thread for this topic, so I figured I would start one since this doesn't seem to be going away any time soon. GoFundMe has now frozen donations to the protest movement citing the violence they've caused; meanwhile other Canadian cities are bracing for increased protests.

Why Canada? How come there haven't been protests like this in America since the very beginning of the pandemic? Are our restrictions just much less strict? Or is this is a sign of what might be coming to the U.S.?
 

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I didn't see a general thread for this topic, so I figured I would start one since this doesn't seem to be going away any time soon. GoFundMe has now frozen donations to the protest movement citing the violence they've caused; meanwhile other Canadian cities are bracing for increased protests.

Why Canada? How come there haven't been protests like this in America since the very beginning of the pandemic? Are our restrictions just much less strict? Or is this is a sign of what might be coming to the U.S.?
Our "Patriots" went up to support this. I wonder why we don't have our local MAGAts telling us why it's all good? Cmon guys: explain?
 
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I saw a study late 2020/early 2021 indicating that most social media COVID disinformation in Canada comes from the South (i.e. the US of A). So not a lot of surprises. The above meme was posted on a Canadian subreddit.
 

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It continues...

OTTAWA, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson on Sunday declared a state of emergency to help deal with an unprecedented 10-day occupation by protesting truckers that has shut down much of the core of the Canadian capital.

"(This) reflects the serious danger and threat to the safety and security of residents posed by the ongoing demonstrations and highlights the need for support from other jurisdictions and levels of government," he said in a statement.

Watson, who complained earlier in the day that the demonstrators outnumbered police and controlled the situation, did not give details of what measures he might impose.

The "Freedom Convoy" began as a movement against a Canadian vaccine requirement for cross-border truckers but has turned into a rallying point against public health measures and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government.

Amid residents' fury at the lack of official response, Ottawa police relocated some protesters and put up fresh barricades on Sunday, saying they are "collecting financial, digital, vehicle registration ... and other evidence that will be used in criminal prosecutions."

They also announced they would clamp down on people attempting to bring in canisters to refuel the hundreds of large trucks blocking most roads in the city center.
 

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https://www.twitter.com/i/web/status/1490496066730573824/
https://www.twitter.com/i/web/status/1490474647619522561/
https://www.twitter.com/i/web/status/1490476446434877451/
https://www.twitter.com/i/web/status/1490477882635862016/
https://www.twitter.com/i/web/status/1490478677263589376/

I think the most angering part of this kind of stuff, is that these sorts are always willing to 'F' up someone else's shit. Whether it's their homes or businesses, it's all good in the name freedumb & such. BUT, ...if it's a BLM thing, all the worry is about the poor businesses. So much worry those same people are willing to take up arms & defend such businesses from the "savages" that destroy property that has nothing to do with anything. THIS though could have actually taken lives!

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https://www.twitter.com/i/web/status/1490496066730573824/
https://www.twitter.com/i/web/status/1490474647619522561/
https://www.twitter.com/i/web/status/1490476446434877451/
https://www.twitter.com/i/web/status/1490477882635862016/
https://www.twitter.com/i/web/status/1490478677263589376/

I think the most angering part of this kind of stuff, is that these sorts are always willing to 'F' up someone else's shit. Whether it's their homes or businesses, it's all good in the name freedumb & such. BUT, ...if it's a BLM thing, all the worry is about the poor businesses. So much worry those same people are willing to take up arms & defend such businesses from the "savages" that destroy property that has nothing to do with anything. THIS though could have actually taken lives!

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That is attempted mass murder. Unbelievable. With that kind of deadly attempt, the military needs to be sent in with gloves off to take care of this.
 

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These thugs raised $10 million on GoFundMe?


More than 120,000 donors contributed nearly $10.1 million to the fund. A CBC News analysis found that about one-third of donors were anonymous or used aliases and that many of the donations were made from outside Canada.

GoFundMe initially said donors could request a refund over the next two weeks and it would "work with organizers to send all remaining funds to credible and established charities verified by GoFundMe."

Early Saturday, however, the company said it would instead be automatically refunding people who had given money to the fundraiser, "due to donor feedback."

WTF???
 

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Former Canadian resident (born in Alberta), accused Zodiac Killer and all around lump of feces Raphael wants the truckers to blockade BC so that the people of Vancouver starve to death.


How ugly do we need to let these people get?
 

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Former Canadian resident (born in Alberta), accused Zodiac Killer and all around lump of feces Raphael wants the truckers to blockade BC so that the people of Vancouver starve to death.


How ugly do we need to let these people get?

While TC certainly is a dim bulb he certainly didn’t want for folks to starve not did his tweet indicate that.
 

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While TC certainly is a dim bulb he certainly didn’t want for folks to starve not did his tweet indicate that.
He also wanted everybody in Texas to survive the winter last year… he just felt more comfortable sending them thoughts and prayers from Cancun.

I agree that saying he wanted people to starve was a stretch, but threatening empty shelves… is still not a good look.
 

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Pretty sure the government needs the truckers more than the truckers need the government.
 

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That in the short term, the truckers have the power. They stop, the country stops.

It's a relatively small percentage of the Canadian...er...truck force. Though there are enough of them to clog up Ottawa's streets, and bring things to a standstill.
 

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It's a relatively small percentage of the Canadian...er...truck force. Though there are enough of them to clog up Ottawa's streets, and bring things to a standstill.
90% of Canada’s truckers are vaccinated. These are just a bunch of jerks pretending to speak for all truckers. And I see that some folks are buying it hook, line, and sinker.

Ted Cruz might be smart enough to know that there aren’t enough anti-vaccine truckers out there to shut things down, but he wanted to get into the news, so...

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Of course you all know I prefer everyone to be vaccinated but in this case I would ask what risk truckers really pose to others here? You would think they would get more benefit from hemorrhoid cream since they're basically sitting alone all day long.
 

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I don't know about Canadian truckers, but studies have shown that truckers in Africa helped to spread HIV from central to southern Africa. It gets lonely on the open road.
I can see that logic so to speak.

Unvaccinated truckers would travel from area to area possibly infecting others at truck stops or delivery / pick up locations. Making them excellent spreaders for a virus across the country.

Is a mandate necessary? I can't say, but if experts believe it's necessary. More importantly restrictions on the unvaccinated entering either the U.S. or Canada would show such a mandate on all truckers was inevitable.

 
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