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Post by nathanaldensr »

lupire wrote: post #194
pyronik19 wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

In the words of AOC ... "The whole point of protesting is to make ppl uncomfortable. Activists take that discomfort w/ the status quo & advocate for concrete policy changes. Popular support often starts small & grows. To folks who complain protest demands make others uncomfortable... that’s the point."

5 dayw of sleep deprivation torture goes beyond "uncomfortable".

What do you think the people who lived and worked in several US cities felt when those cities experienced actual violence in 2020?

Perhaps you suffer from a false dichotomy. "You are not immune to propaganda."

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Post by nathanaldensr »

iqanq wrote: post #31
BXLE_1-1-BitIs1 wrote: post #10

The money should first go to Ottawa residents besieged and subjected to 24 hour honking, diesel fumes and noise from engines running through the night. Then there's revenue loss for the businesses forced to shut down and wage loss for their employees. Class Action Suit could rightfully clean out the GoFundMe.

>Then there's revenue loss for the businesses forced to shut down and wage loss for their employees. What about the losses because of lockdowns? Who will pay for those?

The ironic thing is that's exactly why the protesters are protesting!

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Post by mikeyouse »

acheron wrote: post #237
mikeyouse wrote: post #139

Earlier quoted context omitted.

99% of the Gadsden flags in my area are flying alongside confederate flags — likewise most of them in the protest pics I’ve seen. I know the flag’s history predates the Civil War and that it once upon a time was devoid of the current undertones, but alas, it’s (IMO) irredeemably tainted.

That’s utter nonsense and you should stop spreading it.

It was literally the secession flag for multiple states during the civil war -- to the point where the most famous battle hymn explicitly frames victory for the Union as crushing the serpent.

That may be an inconvenient truth for those who want to avoid its tainted history but it's definitely not nonsense.

Don't take my word for it -- feel free to peruse the selection at your local confederate flag dealer:

https://ruffinrebel.com/product-category/gadsden/

https://rebelnationok.com/page/2/?s=gadsden&post_type=produc...

Or show up to your local Klan rally:

https://contexts.org/files/2017/09/Charlottesville_-Unite_th...

If you want to fly a patriotic flag in the US, I'd suggest the American one.

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Post by ls15 »

halostatue wrote: post #185
ls15 wrote: post #117

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> okay so this is an unlawful protest that has a detrimental impact on residents, the environment, and local business. Can someone explain to me why this is tolerated and why these people are not simply being arrested? I would say, just end those unlawful and unscientific vaccine mandates that have a detrimental impact on societies and businesses, so everyone can move on.

Vaccine mandates are lawful and constitutional, and well supported by science.

Not for SARS-CoV-2 and especially not for the Omicron variant. It is laughably absurd.

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Post by 9935c101ab17a66 »

tonfreed wrote: post #74

Amazing that the 100 IQ elites all think they want a working class uprising, but when it happens they panic and smear them as every -ist and -ism label in the book. It's fine to disagree with the protesters, but at least be honest about what they want. They've been squeezed off online platforms and out of mainstream discourse, and this is what happens when it bubbles over.

Yikes.

In what world is this a working class uprising? It has no meaningful ties to any labour movement, and it’s stated goal seems to be to force Trudeau to over rule provincial — not federal — mask mandates. All because this disorganized, disruptive and aimless rabble believe wearing a piece of cloth on your face is the deeply offensive and tyrannical.

Has anyone actually been squeezed off online platforms for saying they are against mask mandates? I’d be SHOCKED if you could find any evidence to back that up. People HAVE been denied access to PRIVATELY OWNED social media companies because they spread hate, unfounded political conspiracies and worryingly misleading medical misinformation.

Surely you’re not saying that there’s significant overlap between these two groups?

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Post by 9935c101ab17a66 »

bawolff wrote: post #239
Gigachad wrote: post #230

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The BLM protests ended up in a lot worse. A few murders, a LOT of property damage, and a whole lot more. And yet they were largely supported by the media despite the bad apples.

In canada? Do you have a source for that? (Not saying they were 100% peaceful,i know there was some unrest in montreal, but my understanding is it was quite minor and nothing like what you are describing)

No, they don’t. You won’t get a reply. There were BLM protests across Canada, but they were widely considered to be peaceful, and the turnouts were minuscule compared to Those in the us.

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Post by adamrezich »

9935c101ab17a66 wrote: post #245
tonfreed wrote: post #74

Amazing that the 100 IQ elites all think they want a working class uprising, but when it happens they panic and smear them as every -ist and -ism label in the book. It's fine to disagree with the protesters, but at least be honest about what they want. They've been squeezed off online platforms and out of mainstream discourse, and this is what happens when it bubbles over.

Yikes. In what world is this a working class uprising? It has no meaningful ties to any labour movement, and it’s stated goal seems to be to force Trudeau to over rule provincial — not federal — mask mandates. All because this disorganized, disruptive and aimless rabble believe wearing a piece of cloth on your face is the deeply offensive and tyrannical. Has anyone actually been squeezed off online platforms for sayi…

> In what world is this a working class uprising?

how would you describe it?

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Post by vba616 »

9935c101ab17a66 wrote: post #247
krapp wrote: post #184

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Agreed. As soon as you have to defend your “peaceful protest movement” with the statement: “we’re not ALL nazis,” you’ve lost the plot.

People were defending it by claiming that the protestors were using swastikas to call out the Canadian government as being like Nazis.

How do you know what's going on? Are you there?

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Post by ls15 »

halostatue wrote: post #185
ls15 wrote: post #117

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> okay so this is an unlawful protest that has a detrimental impact on residents, the environment, and local business. Can someone explain to me why this is tolerated and why these people are not simply being arrested? I would say, just end those unlawful and unscientific vaccine mandates that have a detrimental impact on societies and businesses, so everyone can move on.

Vaccine mandates are lawful and constitutional, and well supported by science.

Btw., the SCOTUS has already blocked nationwide vaccine mandates in the US:

https://edition.cnn.com/2022/01/13/politics/supreme-court-va...

> In freezing a lower court opinion that allowed the regulation to go into effect nationwide, the majority sent a clear message the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, charged with protecting workplace safety, overstepped its authority. In contrast, the justices said that a separate agency could issue a rule to protect the health and safety of Medicare and Medicaid patients.

So they made an exception for healthcare workers in order to protect "the health and safety of Medicare and Medicaid patients". Patients are only protected by vaccination of healthcare workers if the vaccine is sterilizing, which is not the case (science).

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