So what exactly is going on in Canada?

[HornheaDD]

I like perusing /r/publicfreakout for the funny idiots and there are tons and tons of posts about some "Freedom Convoy" where truckers are just honking their horns.

Any Canucks care to share what's happenin'? I dont have google on my computer.

 

[Lagduf]

Truckers are blocking the roads of ports of entry from Canada to the USA to protest mandates by the canadian government.

 

[CORY]

 

[100proof]

Regardless of whether you agree with them are not, the only thing they're actually accomplishing is speeding up their own eventual replacement by automation.

 

[Lagduf]

Yep.

 

[@M]

There were rumblings, on today's news, that truckers may be going to start doing that shit in the US too, California in particular.

 

[NeoSneth]

we are about to have a new wave of young truckers methinks.

 

[Neo Alec]

Truckers are blocking the roads of ports of entry from Canada to the USA to protest mandates by the canadian government.

I thought they were protesting the US requirement that all truckers entering the US must be fully vaccinated.

I heard this the first time the story was on TV, and it seemed like it never got mentioned again.

 

[Xavier]

I don't understand.
When Occupy Wallstreet or others protest happen they always say get a job or go to work.
When it started out in '09 there were no jobs.

This occupy movement is the opposite, truckers and transportation are currently a major problem in the supply chain.

When the left blocks traffic they say run them over, ram their vehicles or shoot them.
You can't block traffic or get in the way of infrastructure.

The right had several similar type protests here in the US at the start of the pandemic in Michigan, Florida
and some other places. Most of them seemed to think it was pretty badass.

To go into Canada you need to be vaccinated.
Americans need have a recent negative test and valid documentation(Passport/ID).
Guess they want some sort of exemption for truckers.

I've read reports of people arrested for assault, demanding a shelter to feed them.
Defacing memorials. People running around with swastikas, Trump and confederate flags.

Americans should mind their own business.
I wouldn't feel bad for anyone who is active or instigating the protests getting deported and not allowed back in.

Guess an American gofundme was shutdown.

To the right national sovereignty is a big deal right?
A country has a right to control who comes in and out of it.

 

[wyo]

Regardless of whether you agree with them are not, the only thing they're actually accomplishing is speeding up their own eventual replacement by automation.

Not going to happen any time soon but I suppose it's inevitable at some point. I support the truckers and the strikes.

 

[Xavier]

Not going to happen any time soon but I suppose it's inevitable at some point. I support the truckers and the strikes.

Knew you would.
You also believe Florida is doing a good job.

Canada has a fraction of the death the US does.
Most Canadians don't give a crap like they do in the US, the union doesn't care and 90%+ of truckers are already fully vaccinated.

So is a country sovergn to control it's borders or not?

 

[wyo]

Knew you would.
You also believe Florida is doing a good job.

Canada has a fraction of the death the US does.
Most Canadians don't give a crap like they do in the US, the union doesn't care and 90%+ of truckers are already fully vaccinated.

So is a country sovergn to control it's borders or not?

I don't really care about the politics and don't know much about the specific situation either. But if there's a group of workers taking collective action I'm generally going to be on their side.

 

[skate323k137]

if there's a group of workers taking collective action I'm generally going to be on their side.

Right attitude wrong ass time

They are blocking international transit, run them over like they would "dem libs" if that's what they want as punishment for blocking traffic.

This isn't workers rights it's some y'all qaeda bullshit.

 

[Lagduf]

I thought they were protesting the US requirement that all truckers entering the US must be fully vaccinated.

I heard this the first time the story was on TV, and it seemed like it never got mentioned again.

Yeah could be, whatever the specifics are it’s about Covid and government mandates.

 

[Xavier]

Summer of 2020 BLM protests in my town:

Police told protestors they have to stay on the sidewalk.
A bunch of them go out into the middle of the street.
Police light them up with teargas canisters and one of them loses an eye.

Police claim after they shot off the rounds he ran towards it and it ricocheted off the ground.
Now there's a lawsuit trying to figure this crap out.

 

[Lagduf]

Summer of 2020 BLM protests in my town:

Police told protestors they have to stay on the sidewalk.
A bunch of them go out into the middle of the street.
Police light them up with teargas canisters and one of them loses an eye.

Police claim after they shot off the rounds he ran towards it and it ricocheted off the ground.
Now there's a lawsuit trying to figure this crap out.

The use of “less lethal” rounds by Police needs to be examined by legislators.

If I shot someone with a “rubber bullet” I’d go to jail for attempted murder.

Their use is good in that it shows the police don’t necessarily want to murder people (pro tip: they do) but their use needs to meet a higher threshold, arguably the same threshold as using traditional rounds.

 

[racecar]

Peaceful protest …

 

[lithy]

Right attitude wrong ass time

They are blocking international transit, run them over like they would "dem libs" if that's what they want as punishment for blocking traffic.

This isn't workers rights it's some y'all qaeda bullshit.

lol, when the shoe is on the other foot you're right back out there for state control.

All you dumb faggots don't know a principle from a hole in your ass.

 

[skate323k137]

lol, when the shoe is on the other foot you're right back out there for state control.

All you dumb faggots don't know a principle from a hole in your ass.

/eyeroll

If you can't tell my middle paragraph isn't 100 percent serious you're a dumbass. I don't support running over pedestrians (perhaps check with some trumpers if that's what you're after). I do support people not being complete fucking idiots; the trumpers blocked access to the hospital in my home town last time they pulled this gridlock shit.

The baseline intelligence here with vax pushback in general isn't exactly great https://wgxa.tv/news/local/georgia-bill-proposes-getting-rid-of-childhood-vaccine-requirements

To be fair I don't support a government being able to force something on 100 percent of its citizens, but I am saddened every day by the adults who forget how our species has made it this far in the 1st place.

 

[HornheaDD]

It's about needing to be vaccinated? Seriously?

Fucking retards.

 

[lithy]

This occupy movement is the opposite, truckers and transportation are currently a major problem in the supply chain.

Which is why it is working.

It's about needing to be vaccinated? Seriously?

Fucking retards.

It's about government control. Depending on the reporting 85-90% of them are already vaccinated.

 

[neo_mao]

When I first heard about this I thought to myself "hmm...this is very interesting, I want to learn more about what is going on here".



Then later that night I downloaded Sega's 18 WHeeler for demul and set it up to play with a wheel, pedals and shifter. The whole time I was going through that process I thought to myself "this is such BULLSHIT - it is way harder to set-up a pedal, wheels and shifter in demul than it should be!!!"

When I got everything up and running I chose the woman truck driver because she reminded me of @sylvie

 

[HornheaDD]

Which is why it is working.



It's about government control. Depending on the reporting 85-90% of them are already vaccinated.

Sounds like a lot of hooplah all over getting a 10 second shot.

 

[SouthtownKid]

It's about needing to be vaccinated? Seriously?

Fucking retards.

It's about a bunch of stuff. It's about not wanting to have to quarantine 14 days every time they go back across the border, which obviously, no working trucker can afford to do. Reportedly, something like 90% of the truckers are fully vaccinated anyway, so that's not all it's about. That's what the mainstream media is trying to make it appear to be about to make the protest look silly.

On the subject of silly, one of the mandates they are protesting says they must be masked while driving alone in their trucks (in Canada). Clearly that's not based on any kind of science. It's hard to guess what even the intent of something like that is.

Trudeau has stolen a page out of the US playbook and labeled the truckers as nazis, which is obviously ridiculous. Meanwhile, he's disappeared without explanation.

You also believe Florida is doing a good job.

Maybe I'm reading the stats wrong, but it seems like Florida, which hasn't shut down their economy, has about the same rate of covid deaths as California, which has shut down their economy, destroying thousands of small businesses and putting hundreds of thousands out of work. So the deaths being the same either way, it could be argued Florida's response is actually better, in that they aren't making a ton of people helpless wards of the State. In that way, Florida's response seems closer to Japan's, where life continues on pretty much as normal.

A lot of people on the right are calling the lockdowns the biggest transfer of wealth from the working class to the ultra rich in US history. Although I can't understand why they'd be mad about that other than being disappointed they didn't think of it themselves, since that's typically a Republican goal.

 

[ChuChu Flamingo]