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February 9th, 2022, 09:42 PM
#781
I went down last Sunday and actually the majority were unmasked, there were a few that were masked, I did see a few minorities and actually they were all unmasked. Everyone was pretty well behaved but I did see a few idiots in cars / trucks doing things like brake stances and then getting pulled over by Police which they should be. So the bouncy castle for kid's. So some Preachers. When one lead person starting talking like a Freeman and how he never signed a contract with the government he didn't have to pay taxes I started rolling my eyes.
I must admit I am also confused by this idea that they think they can form a coalition government to take power from Trudeau very strange since they don't have any elected officials??
Anyways that is my take on it. But like I said everyone was well behaved I was kind of annoyed that I could not find a chip truck since this was my first time downtown in 4 years.

Originally Posted by
Birdbuff
I’ve been watching these protests live through YouTube and various media outlets and there’s one thing I notice. Why are there no noticeable minorities in the crowd? Also have noticed some people walking through the area still wearing masks.
Another thing that struck me as ironic is how they chant “freedom” over and over, but were you not in a democratic country, would you be free to protest?
"This is about unenforceable registration of weapons that violates the rights of people to own firearms."—Premier Ralph Klein (Alberta)Calgary Herald, 1998 October 9 (November 1, 1942 – March 29, 2013) OFAH Member
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February 9th, 2022 09:42 PM
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February 10th, 2022, 08:13 AM
#782

Originally Posted by
Birdbuff
I’ve been watching these protests live through YouTube and various media outlets and there’s one thing I notice. Why are there no noticeable minorities in the crowd? Also have noticed some people walking through the area still wearing masks.
Another thing that struck me as ironic is how they chant “freedom” over and over, but were you not in a democratic country, would you be free to protest?
The absence of visible minorities is even more noticeable when one considers about 20% of truckers in Canada fall into that category with an even higher percentage in the GTA.
Last edited by Badenoch; February 10th, 2022 at 09:43 AM.
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February 10th, 2022, 09:12 AM
#783

Originally Posted by
Gilroy
Reply. Well he cannot end all mandates as he did not IMPOSE ALL MANDATES. His public image with his base remains intact and comments by the likes of Trump mean nothing to him.
So you’re saying he can impose serious travel restrictions over night and completely walk all over our charter rights, be a good little dancing puppet for his globalist overlords, but he can’t end mandates? You could win a gold medal in the mental gymnastics Beijing 2022 
If the king raises the white flag high on the castle, do you not think a few small villages would get the message?
Trudeau is being stubborn and punitive like a petulant child who is not getting his way. He still has the opportunity to repent and do the right thing. A sign of character that is clearly absent.

Originally Posted by
Gilroy
Reply. The idea of there being local support is very questionable, considering they are imposing more lock down's on citizens.
Questionable local support? Have you not seen the thousands of people in various cities & towns across the country show up in -20 to cheer on the convoy? When people of all walks of life (including farmers & Mennonites) come out in great numbers like this you know there is a huge problem. The libs know they’ve lost the people…and more importantly the working class they supposedly had the backs of.

Originally Posted by
Gilroy
Reply. The fact that these folks posing as truckers does not mean they are truckers. They might be people with access to trucks to block roads but most REAL truckers are out at work supplying the country with goods. How is it that these hard working so called truckers can take 13 days out of their busy lives, with wife's and children and continue to block a Capital. So who is supplying these folks with access to trucks bank rolling them to stay, follow the money trail.
Yes because truckers aren’t often away from their families for many days at a time…
I think their wives would understand, since they are fighting for such trivial things like their children’s mental health and God given right to breath. Not like this is an important hill to die on or anything like that. They should have all just stayed home and remained permanently bent over. Got it. If we follow the money trail we will see their crowd funding was cancelled due to them having the "wrong opinions". Even more proof that the liberal government colludes with big tech to censor anyone the don't like. But they keep winning as they now have about 10 million from another crowdsourcing outlet. Yet another blow to Justin.

Originally Posted by
Gilroy
Reply. Wishful thinking, the strategy will be to leave them there. There is already blow back on Conservative Premiers who have been either hiding or now capitulating, he will simply sit back and allow them sort out the mess they helped to create. He known's full well that the majority of the main players and supporters are not his base and is confident the vast majority of the public who got vaccinated will stand by him.
Any blowback on any politician who aided and abetted this nonsense is welcomed – it’s called making game day decisions like pulling the goalie, etc. Leadership often requires changing course, and not just stubbornly doubling down out of arrogance and sinking your own ship to spite your enemies. There are liberal MP’s breaking ranks because they are smart enough to see which way the wind is blowing. Trudeau is a nervous wreck, and he’s been cracking for a while. His support is at an all time low as previously mentioned, and the longer this goes on the weaker and more pathetic he looks. All he had to do was address these people but he chose to be a coward and double down on the most disgusting and divisive rhetoric ever uttered by a PM. He keeps frantically parroting the same “get boosted” talking points to his detriment. Everyone who wanted a vaccine got one. It’s over. The majority of the public are not standing by him, as he did not have the majority’s support in the first place when elected, and the majority stands with the convoy. People want their freedoms back, regardless of their vaccine status...which is and should remain private.
The jig is up. He lost. And he continues to shoot himself in the foot and tarnish an already embarrassing legacy.
Last edited by Bushwhacker; February 10th, 2022 at 09:16 AM.
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February 10th, 2022, 11:06 AM
#784
Did the conservatives just flip again. Now Bergman is saying end the blockade. Now
Go home
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February 10th, 2022, 11:55 AM
#785
Bushwhacker; So you’re saying he can impose serious travel restrictions over night and completely walk all over our charter rights, be a good little dancing puppet for his globalist overlords, but he can’t end mandates? You could win a gold medal in the mental gymnastics Beijing 2022
REPLY. Every country in the World imposed travel restrictions, some of the restrictions are imposed by Air Lines themselves.
If the king raises the white flag high on the castle, do you not think a few small villages would get the message?
REPLY. The King was Crowned only 6 moths ago by his citizens who gave him a mandate during Covid.
Trudeau is being stubborn and punitive like a petulant child who is not getting his way. He still has the opportunity to repent and do the right thing. A sign of character that is clearly absent.
REPLY. The character he is displaying is bravery, the crowd is the petulant child, who lost the election and in Trump style trying to over throw a duly elected government.
Questionable local support? Have you not seen the thousands of people in various cities & towns across the country show up in -20 to cheer on the convoy? When people of all walks of life (including farmers & Mennonites) come out in great numbers like this you know there is a huge problem. The libs know they’ve lost the people…and more importantly the working class they supposedly had the backs of.
REPLY. They have not lost the people, this is wishful thinking again on your behalf. The local support is very little, subversive money is flowing into this country and when investigations are conducted we will see who these players were.
Yes because truckers aren’t often away from their families for many days at a time…
I think their wives would understand, since they are fighting for such trivial things like their children’s mental health and God given right to breath. Not like this is an important hill to die on or anything like that. They should have all just stayed home and remained permanently bent over. Got it.
REPLY. The folks on the hill, I now call them people with access to trucks are not truckers, they are all out working. They are folks who seem to have not much going for themselves in life, are prepared to use their own children as Human Shields, so they do not appear to worried about their education or mental health. What lesson are they teaching them, look if mommy and daddy don't get our way we stomp our feet and stay here until we get our way. Great life lesson to teach.
If we follow the money trail we will see their crowd funding was cancelled due to them having the "wrong opinions". Even more proof that the liberal government colludes with big tech to censor anyone the don't like.
REPLY. Go Fund Me made their own decisions and decided their platform was not set up for this sort of thing.
But they keep winning as they now have about 10 million from another crowdsourcing outlet. Yet another blow to Justin.
REPLY. That is not a blow to Justin its a blow to democracy.
Any blowback on any politician who aided and abetted this nonsense is welcomed – it’s called making game day decisions like pulling the goalie, etc. Leadership often requires changing course, and not just stubbornly doubling down out of arrogance and sinking your own ship to spite your enemies.
REPLY. I guess Pierre and Candice and the rest of the right might be having some problems then.
There are liberal MP’s breaking ranks because they are smart enough to see which way the wind is blowing.
REPLY. How are they any different from the Conservative Premiers now jumping overboard from the sinking ships they built themselves?
Trudeau is a nervous wreck, and he’s been cracking for a while. His support is at an all time low as previously mentioned, and the longer this goes on the weaker and more pathetic he looks
REPLY. I see no evidence he is a nervous wreak, the longer it goes on the braver he looks with more resolve.
All he had to do was address these people but he chose to be a coward and double down on the most disgusting and divisive rhetoric ever uttered by a PM.
REPLY. When your starting point is that your going to hold the country hostage and hold a gun to the head of a duly elected PM I think the insurrectionists got of on the wrong foot.
He keeps frantically parroting the same “get boosted” talking points to his detriment. Everyone who wanted a vaccine got one.
REPLY. He believes in Science, Doctors ,researchers, they believe in boosters.
It’s over. The majority of the public are not standing by him, as he did not have the majority’s support in the first place when elected, and the majority stands with the convoy. People want their freedoms back, regardless of their vaccine status...which is and should remain private.
REPLY. Well I disagree, the majority got vaccinated, did the right thing to protect their fellow citizens and gave him a mandate in the last election. So the majority is a long......way of from supporting this insurrection on our Capital.
The jig is up. He lost. And he continues to shoot himself in the foot and tarnish an already embarrassing legacy.
REPLY. No I think not, the opposition is now echoing what he has been saying, its time for the grand standers to go home. They are not going to overthrow the government and by upholding the principles of democracy the PM has shown the World how things are done in a free society.
Last edited by Gilroy; February 10th, 2022 at 11:59 AM.
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February 10th, 2022, 12:09 PM
#786

Originally Posted by
js4fn
Did the conservatives just flip again. Now Bergman is saying end the blockade. Now
Go home
Yes the party of the flip floppers have now done another one.
https://www.thestar.com/politics/fed...o-go-home.html
https://globalnews.ca/video/8587253/...ors-to-go-home
Its pretty amazing the the ineptitude of the Conservatives both Federally and Provincially seems to have flown over the head of most people.
If they had been an EFFECTIVE OPPOSITION this would never had happened.
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February 10th, 2022, 12:23 PM
#787

Originally Posted by
js4fn
Did the conservatives just flip again. Now Bergman is saying end the blockade. Now
Go home
Yes, I think they finally see that by supporting this protest, they fuelled the protesters determination and gave their cause legitimacy. Now they probably are seeing the dangers of this to Canada and it’s democracy. The fund for the truckers is mainly foreign donations, surprise surprise. Foreign interference is no joke. Now they’re trying to walk it back a bit but in a positive way. They want to force the liberals to provide a plan to end the mandates. This would be a good time for the liberals to provide such a plan, regardless of dates. Just show the people you have direction. I think Trudeau should jump on this if he wants to look like he cares about the minority of people protesting. It might help diffuse this toxic situation.
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February 10th, 2022, 12:36 PM
#788

Originally Posted by
Birdbuff
Yes, I think they finally see that by supporting this protest, they fuelled the protesters determination and gave their cause legitimacy. Now they probably are seeing the dangers of this to Canada and it’s democracy. The fund for the truckers is mainly foreign donations, surprise surprise. Foreign interference is no joke. Now they’re trying to walk it back a bit but in a positive way. They want to force the liberals to provide a plan to end the mandates. This would be a good time for the liberals to provide such a plan, regardless of dates. Just show the people you have direction. I think Trudeau should jump on this if he wants to look like he cares about the minority of people protesting. It might help diffuse this toxic situation.
I think it's more like this. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3pBm33exHA
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February 10th, 2022, 01:18 PM
#789

Originally Posted by
Birdbuff
the fund for the truckers is mainly foreign donations, surprise surprise. Foreign interference is no joke. .
Is this your opinion or a fact ?
I am having hard time finding anything that would give any stats as country of origins for over 150k donations on GoFundMe.. the original platform before the government pushed of them to some Christian website.
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February 10th, 2022, 01:55 PM
#790
Now their saying much of the funding is American money.
And then boom Americans because border closed saying see we need all manufacturing in America