Maple leaf flags, conspiracy theories and The Matrix:
insight into the Ottawa truckers’ protest
Protesters sit around a mobile fire pit in Ottawa.
...
Diesel fumes and marijuana smoke filled the air outside the Canadian parliament as a “Freedom Convoy” protest against vaccine mandates headed into a third week.
Columns of big-rig trucks, pickups and RVs have blockaded the heart of the Canadian capital since 28 January. Camped out in the vehicles are several hundred protesters – including many children – who have driven thousands of kilometres to be here.
Protesters have also blocked the international Ambassador Bridge between Detroit and Windsor, and two smaller border crossings with the US, prompting growing fears of serious economic impact.
...
People walk near the Canadian parliament buildings
as hundreds of truck drivers and their supporters gather
to block the streets of downtown Ottawa.
...
Justin Trudeau, the White House and even the US Teamsters union
(WTF is that all about? It sure as fuck ain't about solidarity with their Canadian 'brothers')
have called for an end to the protest. But those camped out in downtown Ottawa insist they will not leave until their demands are met: an end to Covid lockdowns and vaccine mandates.
What began as a protest against vaccine requirements for truck drivers entering Canada has grown into a widening protest movement against all Covid public health measures, with copycat demonstrations in the US, France, Belgium, Australia and New Zealand.
...
A protester walks in front of parked trucks as demonstrators
continue to rally against vaccine mandates in Ottawa
...
“Wake up Canada! You are being lied to. Take the red pill and roll on!” reads a sign attached to the front grille of a parked semi.
The concept of the “red pill” – which originated in The Matrix films – has become a token for protesters and the freedom lovers who hold that they are “awake” (in deference to being 'woke') to the way politics and politicians really work.
...
Gurtek Singh, a trucker at the Ottawa protest.
...
As men and women dressed in flannel hunker down in the cold with their Tim Hortons coffee cups and Canadian flags draped over their shoulders it is clear that the Freedom Convoy’s movement has crystallised. They are here to wake the rest of Canada up to the tyranny of the Liberal government and its “oppressive” vaccine mandates.
“Freedom!” bellows one man wearing the flag as a cape. “Freedom! Freedom! Freedom!” comes the response from others outside the parliament building – where earlier in the week Trudeau described the same protests as “unacceptable”.
...
Thinking about getting a nice gift for
your wife, your daughter or your Mom?
The jewelry my wife makes is not expensive and it will
make a really nice gift for someone special to you.
Click on the picture for information about this item
...
No comments:
Post a Comment