AbsolutSurgen Posted February 5, 2022 Share Posted February 5, 2022 Last night they had a dance party: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AbsolutSurgen Posted February 5, 2022 Share Posted February 5, 2022 Ottawa's fundamental policing problem is that they allowed the convoy to set up a permanent overnight presence, and then, after it happened, didn't intervene when the numbers fell on Tuesday/Wednesday. But this is a common problem when Canadian police dealing with protests -- just like the encampments in Toronto's park, Caledonia, the CN rail blockade, the pipeline protests, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AbsolutSurgen Posted February 5, 2022 Share Posted February 5, 2022 Lots of people streaming footage from Ottawa: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted February 5, 2022 Share Posted February 5, 2022 I'm friends with a Mountie and I'm sure you'll all be absolutely shocked to learn that he has multiple Facebook posts supportive of the truckers. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AbsolutSurgen Posted February 5, 2022 Share Posted February 5, 2022 Looks like Toronto police have done a good job preparing for the protests: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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CitizenVectron Posted February 5, 2022 Author Share Posted February 5, 2022 In Vancouver: Quote They fucked up here in Vancouver and went along Terminal towards Main Street. There's no way to get off it once you're on, and now they're blocked by counter protestors. They're making life horrible for them here and it's incredible. All major arteries blocked off by counter protestors. They're all stuck sitting on the highway with no way into the city EDIT: 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitizenVectron Posted February 5, 2022 Author Share Posted February 5, 2022 Apparently the convoy heading into Vancouver (the one that was tricked and trapped by counter-protestors) was also egged on the way into the city. Like...you're going into a very diverse metropolitan city of 2.5 million people where 95%+ of the eligible population is vaccinated...do you think you're going to get a warm welcome? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitizenVectron Posted February 5, 2022 Author Share Posted February 5, 2022 lol: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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CitizenVectron Posted February 5, 2022 Author Share Posted February 5, 2022 14 minutes ago, AbsolutSurgen said: 3.8 million? lol There is definitely a solid 20-30% that agree with the general aim of the protests (that all restrictions should be dropped, etc). But the actual amount of people all across Canada today that are engaging in the protests is, what, under 20,000? 30,000? And in most of the cities there are counter-protests. The actual protests do tap into a sense of displeasure with the current state of the pandemic...but polls show an overwhelming majority of Canadians disagree with not only the aim of the protests, but even more so the reality of the protests. It's basically the anti-Trudeau movement, an assortment of legitimate people (though misguided), and a bunch of crazies. And let's not kid and think that the goal of the protests is just to end restrictions. The core of it is not just anti-restriction, it's anti-vax, anti-mask, anti-government, anti-immigrant, etc. EDIT - Ah, in previous tweets there is some added context—that 3.8 million isn't the number actually participating, it's the amount of anti-vaxxers. Okay...and? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitizenVectron Posted February 5, 2022 Author Share Posted February 5, 2022 Conservative MP: Also: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Ominous Posted February 5, 2022 Share Posted February 5, 2022 Don't these people have jobs to go to? Bills to pay? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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AbsolutSurgen Posted February 5, 2022 Share Posted February 5, 2022 37 minutes ago, Ominous said: Don't these people have jobs to go to? Bills to pay? Some of them have lost their jobs due to mandates. Others are getting funding through the organizers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitizenVectron Posted February 5, 2022 Author Share Posted February 5, 2022 OPS need an internal review after all this. They're simply not prepared. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TyphoidHater Posted February 5, 2022 Share Posted February 5, 2022 5 hours ago, Jason said: I'm friends with a Mountie and I'm sure you'll all be absolutely shocked to learn that he has multiple Facebook posts supportive of the truckers. #amab 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ominous Posted February 6, 2022 Share Posted February 6, 2022 1 hour ago, AbsolutSurgen said: Some of them have lost their jobs due to mandates. Others are getting funding through the organizers Because they reject common sense? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chakoo Posted February 6, 2022 Share Posted February 6, 2022 I end up walking around some of this in TO today to go grab some soup noodles with the wife. I saw a lot of US flags and 1 don’t tread on me which was stupid. There was a hard core police presence all around, it seems like they were closing more streets as the day went on. I can see tomorrow being a lot more tame then today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AbsolutSurgen Posted February 6, 2022 Share Posted February 6, 2022 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Jwheel86 Posted February 6, 2022 Share Posted February 6, 2022 Didn't Trudeau want to call another election anyway? He should do it now, win again, and lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitizenVectron Posted February 6, 2022 Author Share Posted February 6, 2022 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitizenVectron Posted February 6, 2022 Author Share Posted February 6, 2022 Just saying the quiet part out loud, about donating to cause political instability in a foreign nation! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted February 6, 2022 Share Posted February 6, 2022 59 minutes ago, CitizenVectron said: Just saying the quiet part out loud, about donating to cause political instability in a foreign nation! Reminder that this douchebag was indicted for securities fraud. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silentbob Posted February 6, 2022 Share Posted February 6, 2022 34 minutes ago, Jason said: Reminder that this douchebag was indicted for securities fraud. So he would have a good idea on what hidden corners of the net they should start looking in. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marioandsonic Posted February 6, 2022 Share Posted February 6, 2022 8 hours ago, Ominous said: Don't these people have jobs to go to? Bills to pay? Can't put a price on FREEDOM! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anathema- Posted February 6, 2022 Share Posted February 6, 2022 12 hours ago, Ominous said: Don't these people have jobs to go to? Bills to pay? Fascism starts with the petty bourgeoisie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitizenVectron Posted February 6, 2022 Author Share Posted February 6, 2022 Massive amounts of US money flowing in illegally. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted February 6, 2022 Share Posted February 6, 2022 Right wing reactionaries never have and never will respect national boundaries despite their rhetoric otherwise Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LazyPiranha Posted February 6, 2022 Share Posted February 6, 2022 On 2/3/2022 at 4:53 PM, CitizenVectron said: That's a lot of fuel and propane stored in a dangerous manner, especially with them setting off fireworks nightly. You’re trying to tell me that the cornerstone of Conservative politics has been and always will be utter hypocrisy? This is brand new information. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSpreader Posted February 6, 2022 Share Posted February 6, 2022 41 minutes ago, b_m_b_m_b_m said: Right wing reactionaries never have and never will respect national boundaries despite their rhetoric otherwise Literal caravans Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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CitizenVectron Posted February 6, 2022 Author Share Posted February 6, 2022 Huh it's almost like if you enforce the law, the people there are less likely to break it: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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