s/o. Truck convoy now headed to DC

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:LOL - the trucker says: "We will not compromise anybody's safety or health, one way or the other." ... except they are protesting to increase transmission of COVID

They may be tools, but they are not the sharpest ones in the shed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What exactly are they protesting?

Vaccine mandates
Mask Mandates
Trump’s stolen election
Probably CRT

It seems to be amorphous right wing grievances.

What mandates?

OP here. They aren’t actually that specific. Maybe they too are confusing about FCPS’s maybe mask mandate?

They are tired of the pandemic (aren’t we all). They think Trump won (he didn’t). And rather than accepting that life has sucked for most of the planet for two years and sometimes you lose elections, they are hosting an undereducated white male grievance fest. Apparently on the beltway. What interesting is that the funding, even for the Canadian protests is murky, and there seems to be a lot of astroturfing. And, of course, FB (sorry, Meta) is letting them organize on their platform.

https://www.npr.org/2022/02/19/1081987391/the-funding-behind-freedom-convoy-protests

[Anonymous]

Don't know about Youngkin, but I don't think Hogan will hesitate to arrest anyone blocking traffic and impound their trucks. As he should.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What exactly are they protesting?

The constitution.

The Canadians have first amendment rights, eh?

[Anonymous]

This was attempted under Dubya. It lasted about 10 minutes.

[Anonymous]

Mandate Freedom.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Awesome. I'd love to see ten, twenty thousand trucks show up in DC. But I expect this will be pretty weak.

Blocking traffic I generally don't support beyond a slow roll, but if they want to park up on the Mall, block entrances to buildings, etc. I'm all for it.

Are you all for that only when you support the cause, or for any protesters protesting any issues? Why or why not, be specific.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What exactly are they protesting?

Vaccine mandates
Mask Mandates
Trump’s stolen election
Probably CRT

It seems to be amorphous right wing grievances.

What mandates?

Right?

Who has been held down and been forced to have a jab they refused to get? I'd like to know.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What exactly are they protesting?

Per NBCWasington:

“We’re challenging the high prices of fuel,” he said. Bolus said they are also protesting vaccine mandates, critical race theory and people in jail facing charges related to the Capitol insurrection.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
Awesome. I'd love to see ten, twenty thousand trucks show up in DC. But I expect this will be pretty weak.

Blocking traffic I generally don't support beyond a slow roll, but if they want to park up on the Mall, block entrances to buildings, etc. I'm all for it.


Are you all for that only when you support the cause, or for any protesters protesting any issues? Why or why not, be specific.

Exactly this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Awesome. I'd love to see ten, twenty thousand trucks show up in DC. But I expect this will be pretty weak.

Blocking traffic I generally don't support beyond a slow roll, but if they want to park up on the Mall, block entrances to buildings, etc. I'm all for it.


Are you all for that only when you support the cause, or for any protesters protesting any issues? Why or why not, be specific.

Exactly this.

I will happily support them protesting in areas that we have designated for protestors like The Mall. Intentionally and repeatedly shutting down all public services to various areas of a city is something I wouldn't support for any protest (leftwing, rightwing or otherwise) for more than a day.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

jsteele wrote:They are creating a headache for two Republican governors and creating a wedge issue for them. Sounds good to me.

Maybe. But Youngkin is so green and so incompetent. He just doesn’t understand the whole governing thing. He’s going to be slow to do things like mobilize the guard. It increases the chance that things get out of hand in VA. (also, he like to cause chaos in NoVA, so there that’.

Hogans may be an R. But, he did the right things during the insurrection.

What a stupid comment. Youngkin called a state of emergency in VA prior to the last big snowstorm. He had VDOT ready and waiting. He wasn't slow at all - he was efficient and fast. I have no doubt he'll react quickly to this issue as well.

https://www.wric.com/weather/gov-youngkin-declares-state-of-emergency-ahead-of-forecasted-winter-weather/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What exactly are they protesting?

Per NBCWasington:

“We’re challenging the high prices of fuel,” he said. Bolus said they are also protesting vaccine mandates, critical race theory and people in jail facing charges related to the Capitol insurrection.

Wait. Seriously?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

jsteele wrote:They are creating a headache for two Republican governors and creating a wedge issue for them. Sounds good to me.

Maybe. But Youngkin is so green and so incompetent. He just doesn’t understand the whole governing thing. He’s going to be slow to do things like mobilize the guard. It increases the chance that things get out of hand in VA. (also, he like to cause chaos in NoVA, so there that’.

Hogans may be an R. But, he did the right things during the insurrection.

What a stupid comment. Youngkin called a state of emergency in VA prior to the last big snowstorm. He had VDOT ready and waiting. He wasn't slow at all - he was efficient and fast. I have no doubt he'll react quickly to this issue as well.

https://www.wric.com/weather/gov-youngkin-declares-state-of-emergency-ahead-of-forecasted-winter-weather/

When we had three snowflakes and he recreated Obama's Bin Laden killing picture? That showed SUCH good judgment.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Haha let them try to honk their horns nonstop in my neighborhood and see what happens to their trucks lol. We aren’t as polite as Canadians down here.

Agree. DC is just not going to put up with this. And rightly so.