2022 Freedumb Convoy(s) Thread

[Ozy_Flame]

Peace, love, and Woodstock vibes for all the patriots. All's well that ends well.

https://twitter.com/user/status/1493587546550542338

[FormerPresJamesTaylor]

lol lady in the back screaming that they all have to go to Ottawa.

[topfiverecords]

Originally Posted by Azure

Wanting people to get fired for their political views is cancel culture.

Telling people they should be ashamed for a view you find perhaps despicable is not cancel culture, especially if you actually engage with them.

I’m trying to find these cancel culture posts where people said they think these people should get fired. All I’m seeing is mention that lots of people used their work emails. It’s just an observation.

[direwolf]

Lol, so much cringe in that video. I'm glad they're leaving peacefully at least.

Now if we can finally get Ottawa cleared, that would be swell.

[Smartcar]

Originally Posted by Ozy_Flame

Peace, love, and Woodstock vibes for all the patriots. All's well that ends well.

https://twitter.com/user/status/1493587546550542338

I think it was because they were leaving on their own.

[Azure]

Originally Posted by Ozy_Flame

Peace, love, and Woodstock vibes for all the patriots. All's well that ends well.

https://twitter.com/user/status/1493587546550542338

Everyone loves to hate on the cops, but considering they were able to confiscate a bunch of weapons, kept an extremely emotional event from boiling over and otherwise did everything they could in order to stop everything from blowing up, now that its disbanding on its own, I would say they deserve a pat on the back. Tough situation to deal with. The cops there are making the best of a ####ty situation.

[Ozy_Flame]

Significant economic damage has been done and faith in our institutions have been shook. Glad everyone is happy with the result. Peace, hugs, and love. RCMP giving them maskless hugs is a nice touch too.

[Fuzz]

Originally Posted by Azure

Everyone loves to hate on the cops, but considering they were able to confiscate a bunch of weapons, kept an extremely emotional event from boiling over and otherwise did everything they could in order to stop everything from blowing up, now that its disbanding on its own, I would say they deserve a pat on the back. Tough situation to deal with. The cops there are making the best of a ####ty situation.

LOL. It's not disbanding on it's own. It's disbanding because one level of government finally decided to do something. I'll let you puzzle out the rest.

[Captain Otto]

Originally Posted by Ozy_Flame

Peace, love, and Woodstock vibes for all the patriots. All's well that ends well.

https://twitter.com/user/status/1493587546550542338

White privilege personified.

[Sliver]

Originally Posted by Azure

Everyone loves to hate on the cops, but considering they were able to confiscate a bunch of weapons, kept an extremely emotional event from boiling over and otherwise did everything they could in order to stop everything from blowing up, now that its disbanding on its own, I would say they deserve a pat on the back. Tough situation to deal with. The cops there are making the best of a ####ty situation.

Yeah, it warms my heart.

My buddies and I are going to break a bunch of laws this weekend, fata up the economy a bit, but then quietly go home and shake some cops' hands when we're done.

I mean, yeah, cops can look like heroes to criminals when they appease their demands, stand idly by during ongoing crimes and then just let the criminals walk away when they're done misbehaving.

If the cops don't fight back and don't uphold the laws, I think all interactions between criminals and police will look just like this.

Maybe it goes back to the defunding conversation...if they're going to do literally nothing - and perhaps worse than nothing with their facilitation of the criminal acts - what exactly are we paying them for?

[Bagor]

Ottawa needs to create some bylaws against this sort of behaviour. ie a by-law that says you can't break existing bylaws.

https://twitter.com/user/status/1493610849952571400

[direwolf]

Originally Posted by Fuzz

LOL. It's not disbanding on it's own. It's disbanding because one level of government finally decided to do something. I'll let you puzzle out the rest.

Exactly. The police sat on their asses and did absolutely nothing for three weeks while the economy took a major hit. Yea, let's give 'em a nice big pat on the back, lol. Jesus christ.

[81MC]

I don’t know. We had a large, national protest with such extreme actors that some would label then terrorists, on the footsteps of our National Assembly. No shots fired, no buildings burnt down, no dead protestors or police. Face value, even an armed and militant subgroup was taken down and charged without incident.

If that shakes your faith in our institutions, I’d urge you to consider how these things okay out elsewhere in the world, and how you would like our institutions to handle these things in the future. This ‘occupation’ is still substantially shorter than Occupy, BC Forestry or Coastal Link blockades. Are you going to support the immediate and heavy handed response against all future protests the moment they interfere with infrastructure? The UCP might support you there, and that’s generally a pretty ####ty side of the fence tinge aligned with.

[Scornfire]

Originally Posted by Sliver

Yeah, it warms my heart.

My buddies and I are going to break a bunch of laws this weekend, fata up the economy a bit, but then quietly go home and shake some cops' hands when we're done.

I mean, yeah, cops can look like heroes to criminals when they appease their demands, stand idly by during ongoing crimes and then just let the criminals walk away when they're done misbehaving.

If the cops don't fight back and don't uphold the laws, I think all interactions between criminals and police will look just like this.

Maybe it goes back to the defunding conversation...if they're going to do literally nothing - and perhaps worse than nothing with their facilitation of the criminal acts - what exactly are we paying them for?

The Blockade was by definition of the Canadian Criminal code (Section 83.01) an act of Terrorism, and they get to shake hands, un ####ing believable tbh

[81MC]

I also love the economy argument. #### man, business is going to love it when we decide economic disruption off the table for protest. That’s a pretty low bar.

[Raekwon]

Originally Posted by Ducay

What's wrong with supporting this cause? I get it the echo chamber here doesn't support it, but I'd suspect most people are comfortable with their decision. Sure it being public isn't their preference I'd suspect, but if they care enough to donate, they likely care enough to stand up for it.

Why you folks (more broadly than here, I mean the left) are trying to cancel others for their view is beyond me. Sad tbh, let the division intensify I guess

Ahh yes always go to the echo chamber defense. The protests were infiltrated by hate groups pushing an agenda and it wasn't too hard to see that the intended message quickly got lost and overtaken by the anti government crowd. I guess those that sent money can always tell their story that they funded a radicalized movement to overthrow the government.

They seized the covid divide and the left/right divide and took full advantage, the people got played and its scary how easy it was. Its time for people to stay away from social media its nothing more than a tool for propaganda.

https://pressprogress.ca/meet-the-ex...ege-of-ottawa/

[Azure]

Originally Posted by 81MC

I don’t know. We had a large, national protest with such extreme actors that some would label then terrorists, on the footsteps of our National Assembly. No shots fired, no buildings burnt down, no dead protestors or police. Face value, even an armed and militant subgroup was taken down and charged without incident.

If that shakes your faith in our institutions, I’d urge you to consider how these things okay out elsewhere in the world, and how you would like our institutions to handle these things in the future. This ‘occupation’ is still substantially shorter than Occupy, BC Forestry or Coastal Link blockades. Are you going to support the immediate and heavy handed response against all future protests the moment they interfere with infrastructure? The UCP might support you there, and that’s generally a pretty ####ty side of the fence tinge aligned with.

I personally can't wait till the next environmental protest against any oil and gas development. Those protestors better get taken down by the cops in the most heavy handed manner possible.

And I'm sure everyone will support it 100%.

[Sliver]

Originally Posted by 81MC

I don’t know. We had a large, national protest with such extreme actors that some would label then terrorists, on the footsteps of our National Assembly. No shots fired, no buildings burnt down, no dead protestors or police. Face value, even an armed and militant subgroup was taken down and charged without incident.

If that shakes your faith in our institutions, I’d urge you to consider how these things okay out elsewhere in the world, and how you would like our institutions to handle these things in the future. This ‘occupation’ is still substantially shorter than Occupy, BC Forestry or Coastal Link blockades. Are you going to support the immediate and heavy handed response against all future protests the moment they interfere with infrastructure? The UCP might support you there, and that’s generally a pretty ####ty side of the fence tinge aligned with.

lol, it was peaceful because we didn't fight back. We rolled over, gaped our a-hole, and let them fata us for three weeks. Had we fought back it would have looked different.

Surely your view can't be for us to just let criminals do whatever they want so we don't have to worry about things getting messy when we enforce the laws?

[Captain Otto]

Originally Posted by Sliver

Yeah, it warms my heart.

My buddies and I are going to break a bunch of laws this weekend, fata up the economy a bit, but then quietly go home and shake some cops' hands when we're done.

I mean, yeah, cops can look like heroes to criminals when they appease their demands, stand idly by during ongoing crimes and then just let the criminals walk away when they're done misbehaving.

If the cops don't fight back and don't uphold the laws, I think all interactions between criminals and police will look just like this.

Maybe it goes back to the defunding conversation...if they're going to do literally nothing - and perhaps worse than nothing with their facilitation of the criminal acts - what exactly are we paying them for?

Well on the surface I agree with you. However I suspect a different scenario.

I suspect that the police received source information that there was a group who possessed a large cash of weapons and ammunition. I suspect that the information was relatively vague and need to be confirmed. I suspect the police used some non-traditional methods (undercover operators) to infiltrate the group. It probably took some time. Then they had to get the requisite judicial authorization.

Again, I don't know if this is true, but if it is, it can take time. Just another side of the coin.

[Sliver]

Originally Posted by Azure

I personally can't wait till the next environmental protest against any oil and gas development. Those protestors better get taken down by the cops in the most heavy handed manner possible.

And I'm sure everyone will support it 100%.

We will, you lunatic.

Progress and the economy shouldn't be held hostage by a fringe minority willing to break the law. If a pipeline is legally allowed to be constructed, then it should be allowed to pass through. If people try to stop it, law enforcement should remove them.

This is only partisan in your mind.