DariusLikewise posted:

how exactly would the left co-opt a protest that is calling for the removal of communist dictator justin trudeau while waving confederate flags all over the place

Danaru posted:

Defending the right wing attempt to burn down am apartment building after locking the exits, but in a leftist way. Very normal

vyelkin posted:

imo you're falling into the classic conceptual trap of conflating a tiny group of reactionaries with "the disgruntled working class" just because they claim that's who they are.

Terror Sweat posted:

This is an ample opportunity by the left to organize and communicate with the disgruntled working class and instead they are being demonized as terrorists. This just leads them to the conservatives. Workers complaining about material conditions should always be embraced man. There is an opportunity here that is not being taken.
I know a lot of truckers that are supporting these guys, and they're immigrants who have been shafted by this pandemic and the government response for a while now. Back when it all started, they had to keep working as essential workers and were treated like trash to keep everything running. Do you know how undignified it is to have to poo poo in a bucket because all public restrooms are closed and you have a multihour trip? These grievances pile up

huhwhat posted:

hi there fellow "idgaf about the olympics but wow look at those chinese"

hmm yess for every gold stolen from canada another lyin no good yellow bellied traitor ought to have a new york subway special done to them

not only was #14 canadian robbed of his rightful podium finish, he was dq'ed despite suffering blatant cheating from the hands of #43 chinese, all captured on camera!!!!! surely the corrupt officials must have been bought off by an aircraft carrier-load of xi-bucks

https://www.reddit.com/r/gifs/comments/smq5ak/sportsmanship_shown_by_the_chinese_skater_in_the/hvyb13j/
https://www.reddit.com/r/gifs/comments/smq5ak/sportsmanship_shown_by_the_chinese_skater_in_the/hvyg1ql/





"ur the only person going against the crowd by not bashing china, how dare u reach an independent conclusion" but also at the same time "i have a naturally suspicious personality"

the pride of canuckistan started poo poo first causing the chinese athlete to fall but what the canuckistani did not expect was that his own actions would cause him to eat poo poo too so the first thing the canadian did was head over to qcs and start ing at the mods

fake edit: lol the quote was sourced straight from the gibbis chinar thread, glhf on not the whole not importing american politics into canada thing, lol theres more dissenting voices on motherfuckin reddit than something is awful dot commie, lol that the op for the r/gifs post at least had the decency to delete the out of context gif after the truth was revealed but only the last two bastions of ~free and truthful ^(tm)~ information regarding chinar, gbs and r/china, kept the gif around

CLAM DOWN posted:

this thread became infinitely worse when americans started posting in it

vyelkin posted:

maybe the alberta war room can investigate all this foreign money flooding in to influence our politics, im sure jason kenney is just as concerned about american money funding pro-covid protests as he was about it funding environmentalism because he's a man of principle and not a reactionary hack

actionjackson posted:

i don't think anyone cares about speedskating except dutch people

CLAM DOWN posted:

ahahhaahhaahahah what the hell happened to these people's brains, is this like a long term havana syndrome or something

Hand Knit posted:

https://twitter.com/thinktankSK/status/1490755275699236873?s=20&t=3U_2jgKPtbS8QpPQ3wlBiA

parochial rear end conspiracies

Ron Paul Atreides posted:

this genuinely feels like a reactionary, non intelligence coordinated attempt at a colour revolution. What happens will depend on if they get the support of major capitalists in Canada, which they probably won’t because major capitalists are the ones who want vaccination requirements

mila kunis posted:

can you imagine how much funding, training (media or otherwise), and favourable mainstream news coverage these fringe right wing assholes would be getting if they were doing this against a government on america's shitlist lmao

mila kunis posted:

can you imagine how much funding, training (media or otherwise), and favourable mainstream news coverage these fringe right wing assholes would be getting if they were doing this against a government on america's shitlist lmao

Hand Knit posted:

https://twitter.com/thinktankSK/status/1490755275699236873?s=20&t=3U_2jgKPtbS8QpPQ3wlBiA

parochial rear end conspiracies

Doomy posted:

drat horror queefs posted:

Who cares

Hungry Computer posted:

this image is from the political geniuses at deviantart dot com

Hungry Computer posted:

this image is from the political geniuses at deviantart dot com

a primate posted:

those lifts should be loving illegal, why should gravedigger be allowed on the road

Cold on a Cob posted:

the working class truckers in ontario have been trying to raise money and support to deal with things like wage theft. last i checked their legal defense fund managed to raise like maybe 18k

meanwhile these mostly white owner-operators and chud co-conspirators are being funded to the tune of MILLIONS by american right-wing interests far beyond the scope our major political parties even raise locally

this IS different than a normal right wing protest. we've had HUNDREDS of normal right wing protests since the pandemic began, we know the difference.

Dreylad posted:

To be fair I remember posting an article about GOP-adjacent PACs sending money north of the border to help out conservative groups in the Bush years. Crowdfunding sites probably allow more money to flow and are harder to track down, but it's a been an issue for a few decades at least. I suspect longer than that, but I've got no historical data to support that.

much like 1/6 there's no real organization here. there's a ton of money up for grabs, and some kind of nascent organization maybe forming with a lot of different people trying to influence this group, some for grift, some to shift canadian politics. if an organization spawns out of this that seems reasonably politically organized and focused on specific demands then we can talk colour revolution, until then it's probably going to fade away as lawsuits and legal battles begin to drain whatever money has been left on the table and hasn't been scooped up by the various rightwing opportunists and media personalities who have noticed that the show is over and it's time grab what they can

Hadn't heard about this. Here's a movement that deserves everyone's support, money, and time that involves protesting truckers.

I can't find link to a legal fund, if anyone knows they're still raising money please post a link.

Kindest Forums User posted:

Loads of media and normies are using it as basis to throw racist remarks at the Chinese. It's a pretty good example how western media shapes discourse outside of the political sphere.

The Chinese are only capable of winning through cheating is the message here. It's important to 'care' since you should analyze all methods of propaganda instead of uncritically accepting western narratives like a d&d poster.

CLAM DOWN posted:

this thread became infinitely worse when americans started posting in it

Cold on a Cob posted:

ugh, i saw this is on my Mom's facebook page today

Terror Sweat posted:

I'd argue it absolutely is. There are supply stations set up, barricades enacted, entrenched positions. These guys are set up for a long haul in winter, of all times. They've blocked off the border crossing, come on. You know that's impressive