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The "peaceful" truckers are now using preschoolers to block the Ambassador Bridge (Original Post) Bleacher Creature Feb 2022 OP
What? No child sized suicide vests? FalloutShelter Feb 2022 #1
They should get arrested I_UndergroundPanther Feb 2022 #2
Yep Rebl2 Feb 2022 #3
Absofuckingloutely! SheltieLover Feb 2022 #7
And they asked themselves ThoughtCriminal Feb 2022 #4
This is child abuse. They're deliberately endangering these kids Arazi Feb 2022 #5
+1 2naSalit Feb 2022 #9
UNBELIEVABLE! chillfactor Feb 2022 #6
Narcissism psychopathy I_UndergroundPanther Feb 2022 #12
This is fucking Al Qaeda/ISIS-level shit - using kids as human shields. bullwinkle428 Feb 2022 #8
+1 2naSalit Feb 2022 #11
Children as human shields. Can't they be arrested for that? Endangering children. Solly Mack Feb 2022 #10
IO don't believe that children should participate in marches, rallies, demonstrations, etc.... brooklynite Feb 2022 #13
I saw this after I posted, but I totally agree. Nt VarryOn Feb 2022 #15
Yep, this Sympthsical Feb 2022 #17
I hate when parents use their kids in protests... VarryOn Feb 2022 #14
They don't want their kids to be vaccinated to prevent illness/death. Irish_Dem Feb 2022 #16
Wish I could find that video of Saddam Hussein using that boy, I think from the UK maxrandb Feb 2022 #18
Hubby told me they started erecting wooden shacks, and had brought along 100 kids... Hekate Feb 2022 #19
Using children as human shields. Now where have I seen that before? Iggo Feb 2022 #20
Everyone of those kids should be taken by child protective services. roamer65 Feb 2022 #21
+1 moondust Feb 2022 #22
When did this start? DLCWIdem Feb 2022 #23
Not a damn LEO in sight. lpbk2713 Feb 2022 #24

chillfactor

(7,574 posts)
6. UNBELIEVABLE!
Thu Feb 10, 2022, 09:32 PM
Feb 2022

What in the hell is wrong with these friggin' truckers using their children and putting them in such a dangerous situation?

I_UndergroundPanther

(12,463 posts)
12. Narcissism psychopathy
Thu Feb 10, 2022, 09:36 PM
Feb 2022

And they dont really care about thier kids. Its more important to these truckers thier kids become mini-me's than be happy, independant thinkers and well adjusted.

brooklynite

(94,502 posts)
13. IO don't believe that children should participate in marches, rallies, demonstrations, etc....
Thu Feb 10, 2022, 09:39 PM
Feb 2022

EITHER on the right or the left. No child who can't explain why they're participating and what the issues are should be part of a political event.

Sympthsical

(9,072 posts)
17. Yep, this
Thu Feb 10, 2022, 10:36 PM
Feb 2022

I loathe it when people drag their kids into political things. Especially protests, where you hope things will remain peaceful, but you have no guarantee that they will.

I doubt they're "endangered" or "Just like ISIS!" (do we not do perspective anymore?), but kids need to be kept far away from adult matters such as this.

You just want to shake one of the parents and say, "You do know most people seeing this thinks you're an asshole of a parent, right? You see how this comes off, yeah?"

But the people who do it usually don't. After all, their children are merely extensions of themselves, and that is pure narcissism.

Irish_Dem

(46,918 posts)
16. They don't want their kids to be vaccinated to prevent illness/death.
Thu Feb 10, 2022, 10:07 PM
Feb 2022

They don't care about their children's welfare.

maxrandb

(15,320 posts)
18. Wish I could find that video of Saddam Hussein using that boy, I think from the UK
Thu Feb 10, 2022, 11:38 PM
Feb 2022

as a human shield.

This reminded me of that.

Hekate

(90,644 posts)
19. Hubby told me they started erecting wooden shacks, and had brought along 100 kids...
Thu Feb 10, 2022, 11:42 PM
Feb 2022

They are swallowing the same Krazy Kool-aid that’s afflicting the US — absolutely convinced that masks and vaccines are signs of a totalitarian takeover.

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