Canadian truckers are such an obviously genuinely naturally “diverse” group that one would have thought the Canadian media’s wholesale support for Jacinda Trudeau’s libel of them as Nazi white supremacists would have been too insulting to the intelligence of even CBC viewers. The general vibe of what’s happening isn’t hard to discover: Convoy supporters play street hockey under the watchful gaze of a fully armed RCMP tactical unit, whose colleagues are busy preemptively destroying private property on private land.
In any previous Canadian media environment, it would be the behaviour of the Mounties that would be abnormal and under scrutiny. But physical lockdown seems to have inculcated in the citizenry a psychological lockdown that will be far harder to lift. So, on the CBC’s Cross-Country Check-Up (a show once hosted by Rex Murphy), the word “freedom” is now suspect:
Why the word ‘freedom’ is such a useful rallying cry for protesters
The word has become common among far-right groups, experts say
Oh, my! Thank goodness you warned me:
As demonstrations against COVID-19 restrictions continue across Canada, the word freedom is on the lips and placards of many protesters.
Often associated with protests and rallies in the United States, the term has taken hold among protesters who are part of the Freedom Convoy, which rolled into Ottawa in late January and has become entrenched in the city’s downtown.
For many, freedom is a malleable term — one that’s open to interpretation.
That flexibility, in part, has fuelled its growth among certain groups, said Barbara Perry, director of the Centre on Hate, Bias and Extremism at the Oshawa-based Ontario Tech University…
It’s also a term that has thrived among far-right groups, said Perry, one of a number of experts who say the presence of far-right groups in Canada is growing.
So use of the word “freedom” may be the first clue that you’re a fascist. Steer clear of this word, people! “Freedom is slavery,” as some English fellow (who, like Ms Perry, worked for a public broadcaster) once wrote.
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See Also:
(1) Trudeau invokes the Emergencies Act to clear protesters, border blockades
(2) Trudeau Goes Nuclear: Invokes Never-Before-Used Emergencies Act to Crush Freedom Convoy
(3) Trudeau’s Government Goes Nuclear in Attempt to Crush Canadian Truckers
(4) Will the ‘Unvaxxed’ Have the Last Laugh?
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