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Equal access for the unvaccinated is the civil rights issue of our time.

On Jan. 23, thousands of protesters appeared in Washington, D.C. to demand an end to vaccine mandates. The fact that the protest took place six days after the nation commemorated the life of Martin Luther King Jr. holds profound significance.

More than five decades after King’s assassination, Americans face the worst segregation since the civil rights movement. That segregation has nothing to do with the myth of “systemic racism” decried by the “woke.” It has nothing to do with race, creed or gender. It does, however, have everything to do with the authoritarian agenda the “woke” seek to promote.

I have always thought of myself as a normal and law-abiding citizen of Canada — nothing special, merely respectable on the whole, reasonably informed, a responsible voter, and a contributor to the well-being of the country, no different from many of my fellow Canadians. I have taught several generations of students, including Police Tech classes, lectured as a Canadian scholar at embassies and universities abroad, and traveled under the auspices of the Department of External Affairs to represent the country at Canada Day ceremonies in Europe. My wife was a professor at two major Canadian universities, organized several large-scale conferences on Canadian themes, sponsored doctoral candidates from foreign countries who wished to study in and learn about Canada, and authored as well as edited several books on Canadian history, literature, and culture.

There’s nothing particularly new or special about the “Freedom Convoy” protest taking place in Ottawa, and yet it’s practically all anyone can talk or tweet about. Canada has seen large protests many times before, and even vehicle convoys that fill city streets and relentlessly blast their horns. Protesters have beat effigies of prime ministers and held mock “ public courts ” to try political leaders. Radicals have set up bloody guillotines in front of legislative buildings.

If there is a historical precedent for the truckers’ revolt in Canada, and the populist protests in so many other parts of the world, I would like to know what it is. It surely sets the record for convoy size, and it is historic for Canada. But there is much more going on here, something more fundamental. The two-year imposition of bio-fascist rule by diktat seems ever less tenable – the consent of the governed is being withdrawn – but what comes next seems unclear.

We now have two of the most restrictive “leaders” in the developed world (Justin Trudeau of Canada and Jacinda Ardern of New Zealand) hiding in undisclosed locations, citing the need to quarantine following Covid exposure. Streets globally have filled up with people demanding an end to mandates and lockdowns, calling for accountability, pushing for resignations, denouncing privileged corporations, and crying out for a recognition of basic freedoms and rights. 

h/t MartinD2

The mayor of Ottawa says many residents are reaching a boiling point over protests against COVID-19 vaccine mandates and public health restrictions, and he wants demonstrators to let the city return to normal. But organizers say they’re willing to stay in the capital for months until their demands are met.

Ottawa’s city centre continues to be filled with the sound of honking and chanting as thousands of truckers and others opposed to the restrictions gathered near Parliament Hill on Sunday for a second full day of protests.

Oh My Just Look At The Desecration!

OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Thousands of protesters gathered in Canada’s capital on Saturday to protest vaccine mandates, masks and lockdowns.

Some parked on the grounds of the National War Memorial and danced on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, others carried signs and flags with swastikas and some used the statue of Canadian hero Terry Fox to display an anti-vaccine statement, sparking widespread condemnation.

“I am sickened to see protesters dance on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and desecrate the National War Memorial. Generations of Canadians have fought and died for our rights, including free speech, but not this. Those involved should hang their heads in shame,” tweeted Gen. Wayne Eyre, Canada’s Defense Staff chief.

Protestors compared vaccine mandates to fascism, one truck carried a Confederate flag and many carried expletive-laden signs targeting Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

Dancing on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier? Bad.

Expletive ridden anti-Justin signage? Good and F-Off if you disagree;)

Use of Nazi symbols to illustrate a point? Bad. But in Canada our media makes an exception and says it’s OK if you are hating on Israel.

Messing with statues? Bad. But it’s OK if the media says so, same with burning churches.

Threatening Police or Others? Bad. Unless according to media you are a member of BLM or similar.

Several criminal investigations underway connected with Ottawa convoy protest

The Ottawa Police Service says criminal investigations are underway in connection with incidents during Saturday’s “Freedom Convoy” protest on Parliament Hill and throughout the city’s downtown core.

“Several criminal investigations are underway in relation to the desecration of the National War Memorial/Terry Fox statue, threatening/illegal/intimidating behaviour to police/city workers and other individuals and damage to a city vehicle,” police said in a tweet Sunday.

Thousands held a loud but peaceful protest in Canada’s capital Ottawa against prime minister Justin Trudeau’s Covid-19 vaccine mandates, on the streets and snow-covered lawn in front of parliament.

The so-called “Freedom Convoy” started out as a rally of truckers against a vaccine requirement for cross-border drivers, but turned into a demonstration against government overreach during the pandemic with a strong anti-vaccination streak.

“I’m not able to work no more because I can’t cross the border,” said Csava Vizi, a trucker from Windsor who noted he was the family’s sole breadwinner.

A slightly less hysterical Guardian piece than yesterdays.

As the first vehicles from the trucker convoy started appearing on Ottawa streets, some Twitter users shared a particular photo: a pickup truck with a confederate flag flying from the bed.

Now, as the convoy descends on Ottawa with the stated aim of opposing all COVID-19 mandates, anti-hate experts allege those with white nationalist and Islamophobic views don’t just represent the fringes of the movement but are among the organizers of the convoy.

Global has dug up a sketchy individual or two for their latest hit piece but are they organizers? 

Even Global admits they aren’t sure – “It can be difficult to determine who is a key organizer of the convoy, but there are some names that emerge time and time again.”

Being a squeaky wheel does not make someone an “organizer.” As for the others mentioned if talking like a normal person is scary to you Media types I suggest you get out more or find another line of work.

Any movement is going to attract it’s share of lunatics. Look at the NDP and LPC – they elected racists as leaders.

A convoy of thousands of truckers and other protesters converged on Parliament Hill Saturday to call for an end to COVID-19 vaccine mandates and other public health restrictions — a raucous demonstration that has police on high alert for possible violence even as organizers urge the crowd to be peaceful.

Hundreds of protesters on foot flooded into the parliamentary precinct on Saturday in the midst of an extreme cold warning, joining a lineup of truckers that started to arrive on the scene late Friday night.

They were later joined by other drivers and demonstrators from all regions of the country that, in some cases, travelled thousands of kilometres to take their message to the streets outside of the Prime Minister’s Office in the downtown core.

I love that Daily Mail headline. CBC seems very anxious that this blows over quickly, they’re already making an effort to marginalize the trucker protest due no doubt to a lack of their hoped for Nazis.

Something big is happening in Canada, and it’s happening in a typically Canadian way. After two years of draconian lockdowns and mandates, truckers are pushing back with a 45-mile-long convoy that pulled into Ottawa yesterday. It’s exciting and inspiring. It’s also drawing the elites out from cover, as they abandon any pretense of supporting the people they applauded so vigorously almost two years ago when they hid in their offices while “the little people” kept the world working.

WE ARE ONE!!! AND WE ARE FREE!!! pic.twitter.com/5I4zVuQ8JZ

— il Donaldo Trumpo (@PapiTrumpo) January 29, 2022