Canada Truck Convoy, what to think about it?
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Anonymous
Here you go! https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-60297364 https://globalnews.ca/news/8600592/trucker-convoy-police-investigating-arson-apartment/ https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/police-arrest-and-charge-two-people-involved-with-convoy-protests-1.5762482 |
Anonymous
+1 I wonder what PP thinks DHS is for. |
Anonymous
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I was told, loudly and repeatedly by conservatives, that they "don't have time to protest in the middle of the day because they have jobs." I was also told, loudly and repeatedly by conservatives, that the supply chain issues exacerbated by lack of truck transport are a major problem in this country and a big reason they don't like Biden.
So here we are, in the middle of a global supply chain shortage, with truck drivers in greater demand than ever before, with conservative truck drivers in a unique situation to actually get off their asses and go to work to help the supply chain shortages that they themselves call a major issue, and instead they want to sit on their butts and protest in the middle of the day? Hey conservatives, you can STFU now and forever about anyone protesting anything. Not that anyone with half a brain listened to you before, but now you're demonstrably and provably hypocritical bums. |
Anonymous
See please: sarcasm. |
Anonymous
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I think the question should be "do all of you who were fine with all the students and regular folk protesting in 2020, want to make sure that nobody touches these trucker protesters?"
For, I assure you, on the weekends they are joined by students. |
Anonymous
The difference is that when those on the political left don’t show up to work, it has no noticeable negative impacts. When conservative types like truckers don’t show up to work, everything falls apart quickly. |
Anonymous
This is exactly how I feel now too pp. I never want to hear one more peep from the few conservative friends I have left about them wanting to run over protestors in the streets and how they shouldn't be allowed to do this etc... They are all mfing hypocrites, but we knew that already. |
Anonymous
There is no right to the free transit of goods. That’s a privilege. |
Anonymous
Ha, ha. First of all, downtown Ottawa is home to many, many homeless people. There was desecration of monuments and streets by them for years now. Things are worse during the pandemic and there are more homeless in downtown Ottawa than ever. Second, even if protestors did poop on the monument and one had a confederate flag, there will always be jerks like that in any protest. Earlier in the thread, there is a clear video of a confederate flag bearer being booted out by... truckers! And a picture of Trudeau's own photographer right beneath the carrying to capture the flag. As for cans, that is not illegal, and ordinary citizens started carrying jerry cans with water. so police seized a bunch of water. DO you really think thousands of Ottawans and others would show up with their little kids there and just havethem jump on bouncy castles if the situation was volatile? |
Anonymous
So then why are blue states the economic powerhouses of the nation and the red states are all tax dollar takers, leeches sucking at the teat of big government? When democratic workers don't do their jobs, EVERYTHING shuts down, because they're the ones doing all the real work between the CEO and the shift workers. |
Anonymous
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Here is my take on this, and I could be wrong. North America was experiencing a massive gap in wealth distribution and losing a middle class before the pandemic. We know this was the case in the U.S., it would make sense that it was the case in Canada.
Poor were getting poorer, and rich were getting richer. Hence, Trump. Similar is happening all over Europe, more nationalist governments, more intolerance for minorities, etc. What do the rich and their politicians do when they try to keep the masses docile and devoted to them? They serve them enemies, Jews, rapists, immigrants. That way, the "masses" that toil away day and night don't rise against the rich that pay the government. This is history 101. Enter pandemic. More people are losing jobs, more people realizing they are stuck in menial jobs and can't afford even food for their kids, many working full time and can't afford a place to rent in many towns. Canada has a service industry primarily, 70%. And it doesn't pay that well. Many Canadians and their immigrants can't find jobs that provide a decent living, and they take a lot of immigrants to instill. So, two years into a pandemic, Canada has locked down even after telling everyone once you are vaccinated, we will not lockdown. They let truckers drive unvaccinated this long, but now they must be vaccinated? And the lockdown that was not going to happen again? Well, they went back on ti and lockdown they did. Pandemic is winding down in many places, apart from a few covid anxious people on dcum, I think we can all agree that one way or another, it is not a threat it was in 2020. And, just like in the U.S., regular Canadians are watching huge business benefit in Canada and stay open. Planes are full of people, huge stores are open, as is LCBO, but the small restaurants and the yoga parlor and school are closed. But, now it is not the "immigrants" doing it, taking their jobs away. It is the government. People are realizing this and saying, eh, no. It is not the poor immigrant chap's fault I have to wear a mask. It is yours, Trudeau or Macron. And they are right. Bcs we all know, our politicians are paid by lobbies, by donations that get them elected. By pharma companies. And now, the Ambassador Bridge is closed. It must be opened, BCS it impacts... yep, huge automotive industry. These "people" have realized that they do have power. They might not realize to which extent they have it, But, IMO, the tide is turning; the working poor in the "free" world had enough. It might not explode this year or the next, but this has every sign of the rest of the order. Anyway, this is just what I was thinking; I might be wrong. |
Anonymous
| Good for them. The right to protest is sacred and the fact that the majority of Canadians back them legitimizes their grievances. Trudeau can hide and run and denigrate these people but he looks like a fool. |
Anonymous
Wow. And now the anti-vax right wing has turned on the free market and the wheels of commerce. Someone recently said "conservatives no longer have ideas. They only have impulses." Perfect example right there. It's all nothing but knee-jerk lizard-brain stuff going on anymore. |
Anonymous
The majority of Canadians don't back them. |