Thank you truckers.

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[DUM1]

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omgosh we are living in a bugs life

[DUM1]

looking like the weekend is going to have twice the amount of freedom fighters joining in the capitol here shortly ...    

[Jim at Gentex]

As an American citizen I stand 100% united with our Canadian brothers and sisters in their fight against tyranny.

They are NOT burning, looting, or destroying property, but simply wanting to be heard and taken seriously by their government.

I applaud their courage and tenacity!

[Smit]

They are NOT burning, looting, or destroying property, but simply wanting to be heard and taken seriously by their government.

They are blocking traffic and severely disrupting the economy. Business have been idled because supply chains have been disrupted. Restaurants have closed because people can't travel in their own neighborhoods.

Sorry, these truckers aren't merely wanting to be heard and taken seriously, they are attempting to force government to submit to extortion.

If there were "antifa" or "BLM" people doing this, "demanding to be taken seriously by their government", there would be a lot of people wanting them to be hauled away and imprisoned. Get in the road and get run over type of stuff.

Hell, Republicans are passing laws that it's OK to run over protestors who block a street in some cities in this country.

You all know this is true.

[Surface]

Following reports, Police were confiscating fuel in Ottawa, I can across this:

https://twitter.com/bennyjohnson/status/1491242631963508737

Kinda made my day.

[Del.]

Stop vaccine mandates. Pretty simple.

[ghuns]

They are blocking traffic and severely disrupting the economy. Business have been idled because supply chains have been disrupted. Restaurants have closed because people can't travel in their own neighborhoods...

Just spitballing here...

The economy and supply chains were all ready severely disrupted and the restaurants closed because of the absurd covid restrictions put in place by their .gov.

They are still living under restrictions that even places like Kalifornakstan abandoned over a year ago. Restrictions that studies now say do little to control the spread.

That's kinda why they're protesting.

...Sorry, these truckers aren't merely wanting to be heard and taken seriously, they are attempting to force government to submit to extortion...

Uh, isn't that basically what any mass protest is?

We the people will keep doing A until you the .gov agree to do B.

In the case of these truckers, A is blocking roads, refusing to do their job, and honking their horns.

In the case of the 2020 BLM protests down here, their A involved a fair amount of blocking roads too, but it also included over $2 billion dollars in property damage and numerous deaths.

One was applauded by the left, the other is denounced as insurrection.

[crazy^millman]

They Governments are blocking traffic and severely disrupting the economy. Business have been idled because supply chains have been disrupted. Restaurants have closed because people can't travel in their own neighborhoods.

Sorry, these truckers the governments aren't merely wanting to be heard and taken seriously, they are attempting to force government their citizens to submit to extortion.

For those that are not able to see what all this is really about.

[Surface]

Just spitballing here...


In the case of the 2020 BLM protests down here, their A involved a fair amount of blocking roads too, but it also included over $2 billion dollars in property damage and numerous deaths.

One of the differences between the Truckers and BLM protests is a list of clearly defined, actionable and lawful demands. The major demand from the truckers is an end or alternative to the vaccine mandate, whereas BLM's demands were/are less clearly defined and impossible to quantify.   

[Flycut]

It baffles me how some people see the truckers as a problem and not the government.

[crazy^millman]

It baffles me how some people see the truckers as a problem and not the government.

Part of the education process controlling the mindset. When the government is in control of the what the people are taught then they don't think for themselves as much and take what the government says as the only correct way of thinking is. When you go against that then you are called crazy or off your rocker. Think I am crazy what does the government in China, Iran and North Korea teach to their citizens. What do the majority of those citizens believe about their country and other countries?

Ask how many of the people that just graduated High School in the USA what these 3 documents mean to them and to protect their freedoms. 

Declaration of Independence

The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America, When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.--Such has been the patient sufferance of these Colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former Systems of Government. The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States. To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world.

The U.S. Constitution

We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.

Article I

Section 1

All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives.

Article II

Section 1

The executive Power shall be vested in a President of the United States of America. He shall hold his Office during the Term of four Years, and, together with the Vice President, chosen for the same Term, be elected, as follows

Article III

Section 1

The judicial Power of the United States, shall be vested in one supreme Court, and in such inferior Courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish. The Judges, both of the supreme and inferior Courts, shall hold their Offices during good Behaviour, and shall, at stated Times, receive for their Services, a Compensation, which shall not be diminished during their Continuance in Office.

 Article IV

Section 1

Full Faith and Credit shall be given in each State to the public Acts, Records, and judicial Proceedings of every other State. And the Congress may by general Laws prescribe the Manner in which such Acts, Records and Proceedings shall be proved, and the Effect thereof.

US Bill of Rights

Amendment I

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

Amendment II

A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.

Amendment III

No Soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the Owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law.

Amendment IV

The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.

Amendment V

No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offence to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.

Amendment VI

In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the State and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the Assistance of Counsel for his defence.

Amendment VII

In Suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved, and no fact tried by a jury, shall be otherwise re-examined in any Court of the United States, than according to the rules of the common law.

Amendment VIII

Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.

Amendment IX

The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.

Amendment X

The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.

[Smit]

It baffles me how some people see the truckers as a problem and not the government.

Recognizing that the truckers are indeed blocking traffic and doing harm to the economy and the citizens who don't give a chit about the truckers should not be construed as support of the government policies.

There are a bunch of people who want to act like the truckers are all holding peace signs and standing by the side of the road just wistfully wishing to be heard and taken seriously by their horrible government.

As far as I'm concerned if people want to protest peacefully good for them. When it turns to blocking bridges and roads (or destroying property) you've deviated from peaceful protest and are causing harm. Supply chains are shut down, ambulances are shut down, police are shut down, people going to grandmas are shut down, etc.

There is an economic cost that is, or shouldn't be, acceptable.

It's a no go even if you feel strongly about your position because everybody always feels strongly about their positions or they wouldn't be protesting at all.

[Del.]

Who caused the fucking problem.

That's rhetorical btw.