The truckers protest in Ottawa is out of hand

Is this not the pea who said she’d run over protesters blocking the roads? Or am I thinking of someone else?

Fair.

Nice….

It’s my OPINION, it’s a thought. I never said it was a fact.

I still consider it a peaceful protest compared to the riots of 2020/2021!!!

Just like the Jan 6 insurrection.  If it was Democrats in disguise or antifa, why would Trump promise to pardon them?

FFS, It's not a peaceful protest.  Noisy is disruptive to the people who live and work in the area.  The truckers are blocking the road, a state of emergency was declared and the police have made more than 60 arrests and issued 450 plus tickets.  Many peas have shown actual facts and evidence that it's not peaceful and yet you continue to deny and deflect.  And make ridiculous statements with zero evidence.

These are less than 10% of Canadian truckers. Ninety percent of Canadian truckers have been vaccinated. So much that those that haven’t been vaccinated haven’t disrupted trucking at all. It’s been a non-issue, until they decided to throw a big temper tantrum. So, yeah…the truckers that are protesting are zeros. And so are you. 

I see the village idiot has checked in. 

Funny how you’re ignoring the harassment of people of color, people wearing masks, lighting off fireworks between buildings in a city - some hitting buildings, the attempted arson and locking in of residents in an apartment building, and many other incidents. So, no. Not peaceful, you fucking dolt. It’s an insurrection and an occupation. Good grief. It’s so hard to believe that such a horrible person like you exists. 🖕🏻

Look through this profile. This is not a peaceful protest.

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You are a horrible human being. Quite telling that you bring my family into the conversation. I do have a husband and kids. And we all hate people like you. 

Maybe this will convince you the blockade is problematic.

Canadian trucker protest spreads to second city, threatening U.S. auto industry lifeline
Lengthy blockade could mean layoffs if companies can’t move their products.

www.washingtonpost.com/business/2022/02/08/truck-trade-vaccine-canada/

Canadian truckers protesting coronavirus restrictions and vaccine mandates on Tuesday partially severed a key trade artery between the U.S. and Canada, threatening to further disrupt new car and truck production that already has been hampered by a prolonged shortage of computer chips.
After blocking streets in the capital Ottawa for 10 days, the truckers brought their anti-government blockade to the Ambassador Bridge, which links Windsor, Ontario, with the city of Detroit.
Each day, $300 million worth of car and truck parts, agricultural products, steel and other raw materials flows across the bridge, according to Flavio Volpe, president of the Auto Parts Manufacturers Association in Toronto.
U.S. manufacturers rely on daily or near-daily shipments to and from their Canadian partners. Just one or two more days of interrupted deliveries could lead to temporary layoffs or plant closures, Volpe said.

When something is your opinion, you say "I think X" or "I believe X" or "X is true, in my opinion."

You don't say "X is true." That is a statement of fact. That needs to be backed up w/data,facts, evidence.

When you say "These are peaceful protests." you are making a statement of fact, not opinion.

Your facts are WRONG as has been shown NUMEROUS times.

So, if it's your opinion that these protests are "peaceful", state it that way.

Your opinion will still not have the weight of evidence behind it, but that's fine.

BUT

"Be Hard On Your Opinions.

A famous bon mot asserts that opinions are like arse-holes, in that everyone has one. There is great wisdom in this… but I would add that opinions differ significantly from arse-holes, in that yours should be constantly and thoroughly examined.

We must think critically, and not just about the ideas of others. Be hard on your beliefs. Take them out onto the veranda and beat them with a cricket bat.

Be intellectually rigorous. Identify your biases, your prejudices, your privileges.

Most of society’s arguments are kept alive by a failure to acknowledge nuance. We tend to generate false dichotomies, then try to argue one point using two entirely different sets of assumptions, like two tennis players trying to win a match by hitting beautifully executed shots from either end of separate tennis courts.’"

– Tim Minchin

As someone who had to pass through the Toronto protests... there was nothing peaceful about it. 

I had to be in the general area of it for about 10 minutes, because I had to work downtown, and couldn't drive down because of the closures.  They were blocking the entrance into transit. Minding my own business, I was no less than 8 times called various versions of "fat fucking bitch" "stupid fat c*nt"  "brainwashed fat bitch," had garbage thrown at me and was "accidentally" shoved into a snow pile.  I guess because I was walking, and wearing a mask (which is required to get onto transit), and well, apparently my ass is too big for... freedom?  Who knows. 

Deplorable was always the right word. 

 

It's a link to their website and the twitter link was their "news" conference.  If you click on the link you'll notice that they just cancelled their asinine  MOU.  What a bunch of losers. Honest to gawd, not a brain cell between them.