Trucker's Convoy

[Aristides]

1 minute ago, DogOnPorch said:

Of course not, El Presidente. You're beloved by the people. 

Ya, somehow a PM with a minority government managed to become a fascist dictator. He must be Superman.

https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/trucker-protests-threaten-canada-with-inflation-negative-growth-1.1721737

Be proud you self absorbed boneheads.

[DogOnPorch]

Just now, Aristides said:

Be proud you self absorbed boneheads.

 

I'll inform the masses immediately, El Presidente.

[eyeball]

19 minutes ago, Infidel Dog said:

Depends on your definition. If you just mean "social reformer"...not sure. Maybe. There's an argument there anyway.

He was a genius who should be posthumously awarded the Nobel Peace prize for coming up with 'doing unto other's as you'd have them do unto you'. It's no less than the e=mc2 of how to get along in the world that a 5 year old can learn in about 15 minutes or less.

[quote]But if you're saying Christ would back intersectional wokeism or CRT and such don't be ridiculous.[/quote]

He wouldn't have to if people had simply paid more attention to what they learned in kindergarten.

[Infidel Dog]

14 minutes ago, eyeball said:

He wouldn't have to if people had simply paid more attention to what they learned in kindergarten.

Wait...so you're saying you believe intersectionalism, wokeism, and CRT are good things?

Well thanks then for finally defining for us exactly what you are.

Not an Independent moderate anymore then. Thanks for the honesty finally, I guess.

You were just joking anyway, right? 

[suds]

53 minutes ago, Aristides said:

It doesn't matter what Trudeau does, the Americans have the same legislation. Unvaccinated Canadians cannot cross the border. FFS, when is that going to sink in.

It all depends on whether one believes the 'legislation' in Canada (and the US) is making things better or worse.  If you believe the mandates are making things worse then you have 2 choices.  You can either convince thousands of angry truckers to stop doing what they're doing and behave themselves, or convince our Canadian and US leaders to get on the phone and discuss making changes to the legislation. Or how do you see it?

[Aristides]

Just now, suds said:

It all depends on whether one believes the 'legislation' in Canada (and the US) is making things better or worse.  If you believe the mandates are making things worse then you have 2 choices.  You can either convince thousands of angry truckers to stop doing what they're doing and behave themselves, or convince our Canadian and US leaders to get on the phone and discuss making changes to the legislation. Or how do you see it?

Unvaccinated Canadians cannot cross land borders into the US. Fuck the angry child truckers, what about the guy who can't make his mortgage payment because the blockades have put him out of work? Convince him their little tantrum is so noble.

[Moonlight Graham]

1 hour ago, Accountability Now said:

I’m Canada???

Congrats?

[Moonlight Graham]

 

[OftenWrong]

7 hours ago, eyeball said:

He was a lefty.

There is no god in leftism. The state is supreme.

[Faramir]

Now an Ontario courts is stopping a US company from releasing funds? Based on what.  Is that what Canadians think of the trucker community?

[Faramir]

1 hour ago, Accountability Now said:

Definitely larger in numbers but how long did they last. From what I could tell they were a one day rally. Is that incorrect?

 

Not to split hairs but a climate rally has had years of planning available and really no expectation from them to leave that day. This truckers protest arised in weeks and under never seen before circumstances. I would fully expect some disorganization 

So why does the media fact check the truckers and assume they are in bad faith but not so with climate protests?

[blackbird]

8 minutes ago, Faramir said:

Now an Ontario courts is stopping a US company from releasing funds? Based on what.  Is that what Canadians think of the trucker community?

They are stopping the release of funds because they are being used for illegal blockades and criminal purposes.

Very few truckers are involved in the protests.  They asked a few of the Ambassador bridge protesters to make a comment.  They didn't look or sound like truckers at all.  90% of the truckers are doing their job and don't agree with the protesters who are blockading borders and bridges and occupying Ottawa.  Most of those protesters are not truckers at all.  Mostly anti-vaxxers and anti-health care restriction protesters.  They are mainly just people who don't want any Covid restrictions any more, even though the pandemic is still here.

Edited February 11, 2022 by blackbird

[Accountability Now]

27 minutes ago, Moonlight Graham said:

Congrats?

? definite typo. I meant “in Canada??”

but maybe I should take your congrats and roll with it. 

[Accountability Now]

9 minutes ago, Faramir said:

So why does the media fact check the truckers and assume they are in bad faith but not so with climate protests?

The climate group appears to only happen over a day or so and didn’t blockade anything. 
 

Again, I agree with the reason why the truckers are protesting and I agree it’s their right to protest but don’t agree with blockades. Perhaps the media views it that way too? Or perhaps they are just idiots. Both explanations are plausible 

[cougar]

5 hours ago, Boges said:

Should it be Candace Bergen? 

Yes, I can live with her image, go ahead.

[Aristides]

31 minutes ago, Faramir said:

Now an Ontario courts is stopping a US company from releasing funds? Based on what.  Is that what Canadians think of the trucker community?

Canadians think highly of 90% of the trucker community.

[WestCanMan]

2 hours ago, Accountability Now said:

Definitely larger in numbers but how long did they last. From what I could tell they were a one day rally. Is that incorrect?

On a nice sunny day they got a lot of foot traffic for a couple of hours.

In the middle of winter this Freedom Convoy is coming up on two weeks now. 

 

Side note: CTV is garbage: https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/freedom-convoy-protest-how-did-we-get-here-1.5772901

Check out how they characterize the first day of the convoy:

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JAN. 29, 2022

 The main rally for the convoy takes place

 Police estimate approximately 3,000 trucks and up to 15,000 protesters took part

 Hateful and anti-Semitic imagery is seen in the crowd, including yellow stars, the Confederate flag and swastikas

 Widespread condemnation is voiced on some of the protesters behaviours, including harassing a homeless shelter, dancing on the National War Memorial, putting flags and signs on the Terry Fox statue, and public urination on national monuments

 Former U.S. president Donald Trump praises the convoy in Ottawa while addressing supporters in Texas

They couldn't be any more dishonest than that. It's completely repugnant.

In 50 years people could be reading this stuff and think that it was absolutely true. Most of the people who were there won't be alive any more to tell the truth. 

CTV is PURE SHIT. 

[Aristides]

Candice makes big flip flop.

https://www.thestar.com/politics/federal/2022/02/10/conservatives-tell-ottawa-protesters-to-go-home.html

Conservatives starting to panic now that the protest is hitting their blue collar base instead of just the people of Ottawa.

[Aristides]

Unfortunately we don't have a National Guard in this country. I never thought we would ever need one.

[Zeitgeist]

This whole mess should be laid at the feet of the Prime Minister.  Refusing to even discuss a timeline for the removal of vaccine mandates has alienated a significant segment of the essential workers who served us throughout the pandemic, at a time when most western democracies are ending pandemic measures.  It’s tone deaf, arrogant, and arbitrary.

Want to end this mess, Mr. Trudeau?  Provide a firm end date for the mandates.  That date must be soon and any reasons why the mandates can’t be lifted immediately must be clearly explained.  I just don’t see the impasse ending otherwise.  If force is used to make protesters leave without an unconditional end date, there will be bigger problems ahead for the Liberal government.   

Edited February 11, 2022 by Zeitgeist

[Accountability Now]

36 minutes ago, WestCanMan said:

On a nice sunny day they got a lot of foot traffic for a couple of hours.

In the middle of winter this Freedom Convoy is coming up on two weeks now

That’s just it. And the protest is growing to other cities and areas. The next week will be the most interesting as it appears like it’s coming down to crunch time, for both sides. 

[Zeitgeist]

Just end the damn mandates.  

[blackbird]

The mandates and health restrictions were brought in by a democratically-elected government and are perfectly legal.  What is a problem is a fringe element using illegal means to try to coerce the government into dropping the mandates.  This is criminality.  What is needed is ALL Canadians to work together to get us through this pandemic.  We need to be thinking of our neighbour and making whatever sacrifice we are asked to make to get us through this.

[Aristides]

Dimwits now blockading YOW. Toyota, GM and Ford cutting back and laying off. Just morons trying to make more friends

[blackbird]

36 minutes ago, Zeitgeist said:

This whole mess should be laid at the feet of the Prime Minister.  Refusing to even discuss a timeline for the removal of vaccine mandates has alienated a significant segment of the essential workers who served us throughout the pandemic, at a time when most western democracies are ending pandemic measures.  It’s tone deaf, arrogant, and arbitrary.

Want to end this mess, Mr. Trudeau?  Provide a firm end date for the mandates.  That date must be soon and any reasons why the mandates can’t be lifted immediately must be clearly explained.  I just don’t see the impasse ending otherwise.  If force is used to make protesters leave without an unconditional end date, there will be bigger problems ahead for the Liberal government.   

Politicians can't say when the health measures will end because they don't know when the pandemic will end.  That's not rocket science.  It's simple logic.