Thoughts: Freedom Convoy 2022

[JfuckinC]

that picture shows like 40 trucks though... 50k trucks is a little bit more lol

[BavarianBeast]

Freedom party

[T-Dubbs]

I was looking through the Ontario highway webcams... I cant seem to find the convoy of "1000kms of trucks".

I've found two groups on the side of the road (close to Marathon & Struthers) waiting for the convoy, but no huge line of vehicles yet.

https://511on.ca/map#:MyRoutes

[JRSC00LUDE]

Can someone explain to me how, as the posts on my feeds today are increasingly suggesting, this is a racist protest founded by white supremacists?

[tirebob]

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that picture shows like 40 trucks though... 50k trucks is a little bit more lol

Well, in truth other than an arial photo, where in the hell in Canada could anyone get a pic of more than 40 trucks before a bend or a rise or a drop in the road will eliminate the ability to see that many.

[Tik-Tok]

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Well, in truth other than an arial photo, where in the hell in Canada could anyone get a pic of more than 40 trucks before a bend or a rise or a drop in the road will eliminate the ability to see that many.

Saskatchewan would have been a good spot for it.

[Turkey99]

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Saskatchewan would have been a good spot for it.

Gold

[tirebob]

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Saskatchewan would have been a good spot for it.

Except that Sask is not Ontario...

Seriously though... Look down any line of vehicle or trucks or road or whatever. One can only see so far before rules of diminishing perspective come into play.

Even in Sask, the horizon line for the average person is only like 3 miles. One can only see so far, and at even half that distance objects are certainly not the size they are that you can count trucks.

[JfuckinC]

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Well, in truth other than an arial photo, where in the hell in Canada could anyone get a pic of more than 40 trucks before a bend or a rise or a drop in the road will eliminate the ability to see that many.

i don't disagree, i just think it's funny to post that picture as his proof haha

[kertejud2]

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Can someone explain to me how, as the posts on my feeds today are increasingly suggesting, this is a racist protest founded by white supremacists?

Because Pat King is one of the organizers and Pat King is a white supremacist/nationalist.

[tirebob]

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i don't disagree, i just think it's funny to post that picture as his proof haha

Absolutely agree, but it is also funny people using the same argument that not seeing 50 miles of trucks in a photo is proof it is tiny.

[Tik-Tok]

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Even in Sask, the horizon line for the average person is only like 3 miles. One can only see so far, and at even half that distance objects are certainly not the size they are that you can count trucks.

Saskatchewan defies science. I've seen Saskatoon an hour away while driving 120km/h.

[Thaco]

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Can someone explain to me how, as the posts on my feeds today are increasingly suggesting, this is a racist protest founded by white supremacists?

It's run by Pat king and Tamara Lich, you may know them from other comedies, such as the maverick party of alberta, wexit, yellow vests, alberta separatist party, libertarianism, also seen attacking people in anti racist rallies all over western canada and constantly posting on social media without hiding their feelings.

This is pat king's wet dream, he's been trying to do this for years, finally just found a group gullible enough to buy in to his bullshit.

[JRSC00LUDE]

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Because Pat King is one of the organizers and Pat King is a white supremacist/nationalist.

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It's run by Pat king and Tamara Lich, you may know them from other comedies, such as the maverick party of alberta, wexit, yellow vests, alberta separatist party, libertarianism, also seen attacking people in anti racist rallies all over western canada and constantly posting on social media without hiding their feelings.

This is pat king's wet dream, he's been trying to do this for years, finally just found a group gullible enough to buy in to his bullshit.

Well that's unfortunate. Although there's absolutely nothing wrong with Libertarianism, seems like the one thing in your list that isn't a bad thing.

EDIT - Well, neither is separatism. But yeah, guy seems like a real loser.

[JfuckinC]

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Absolutely agree, but it is also funny people using the same argument that not seeing 50 miles of trucks in a photo is proof it is tiny.

Fair, i just think one of these rednecks woulda whipped out the drone and posted footage of 50k trucks by this point.. the scale of 50k trucks is insane!

[Thaco]

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Fair, i just think one of these rednecks woulda whipped out the drone and posted footage of 50k trucks by this point.. the scale of 50k trucks is insane!

my thoughts exactly, if they truely did have this kind of volume, you'd think they could prove it with a high level, or continuous video drone shot or something... Just showing a bunch of vehicles without any of their propaganda, doesn't mean anything...

[pheoxs]

It amazes me that for a convoy of 50k trucks that no one has managed to record a video with more than a few dozen in it. And even then, most of these 'convoys' are just pickup trucks.

Even the 'freedomconvoy2020' instagram that someone linked last page doesn't even have a proper video of the convoy. Everything is just a bunch of people waiting and watching.

[ZenOps]

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Can someone explain to me how, as the posts on my feeds today are increasingly suggesting, this is a racist protest founded by white supremacists?

This affects the fresh produce, fruit, grown foods producers a lot. Which in the USA tend to be white. Actually in Canada, if you assume the Westons are white, then the entire food chain is pretty much white. Cheese industry is pretty much 99.8% white, which is probably why $20/pound for rotten milk is a thing.

And the head organizer has no problem with the label, as mentioned.

[mazdavirgin]

I'm always amazed at how these anti-vaccine clowns always intersect so well with a whole bunch of despicable groups. Such a great group for the federal conservatives to throw themselves in with! I mean who wouldn't want to support a group when the organizers are racist and have a track record of being involved in fraud? Conservatives making themselves less and less electable by supporting one fringe group after another!

[tirebob]

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It amazes me that for a convoy of 50k trucks that no one has managed to record a video with more than a few dozen in it. And even then, most of these 'convoys' are just pickup trucks.

Even the 'freedomconvoy2020' instagram that someone linked last page doesn't even have a proper video of the convoy. Everything is just a bunch of people waiting and watching.

I just spent maybe 10 minutes watching Global TV's stream and it was all 2 lanes of trucks rolling solid the entire time before it cut to something else. That ain't no 50k of trucks, but it was a lot. I have seen lots of posted video show tons of trucks driving past spots etc too.

Again, the truth is in the middle some where, and all these trucks are not just in a single line driving across the country. They are converging on a point. I really have no expectation of what will actually land in Ottawa, but I think everyone seems to be wanting to point stuff out to support their pre-conceived views like people always do and nobody really has any clue. It will be interesting to see the results though one way or the other.