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dameatball

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69. I am coming more from the organizational aspect. People who have an interest in gauging how long

Tue Feb 8, 2022, 06:33 PM

Feb 2022

it takes to organize or foment a demonstration, a blockade, a march...whatever. How many might show up. How far will they go.
I have no doubt that in a real confrontation these people would be removed pretty quickly. But I also think that there are those who just want to see how far things will go and learn what they can expect in the future.
Every type of act like this is a dress rehearsal for something else.
It started a long time ago.

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The whole world should be worried by the 'siege of Ottawa'. This is about much more... [View all] Nevilledog Feb 2022 OP

To put it simply, dress rehearsal. dameatball Feb 2022 #1

Yep. nt doc03 Feb 2022 #4

Relax, Washington DC ain't Ottawa AllTooEasy Feb 2022 #66

I am coming more from the organizational aspect. People who have an interest in gauging how long dameatball Feb 2022 #69

Unless they issue they chose to protest resonated with many of the (Constitutional) cops... NullTuples Feb 2022 #81

Yeah, but Canada may come to a point where their military may have to intervene . .. Lovie777 Feb 2022 #2

Toxic selfishness. moondust Feb 2022 #3

They do it OR ELSE. Volaris Feb 2022 #19

Yup to both of you! 2naSalit Feb 2022 #36

It's how they roll. moondust Feb 2022 #57

Agreed, and it's the bedrock argument AGAINST running the govt like a business. Volaris Feb 2022 #62

canadian truckers listening to rw radio for millions of miles - media could do us a lot of good by certainot Feb 2022 #67

Also: Facebook brainwashing. Initech Feb 2022 #77

Kick dalton99a Feb 2022 #5

Facebook again. crickets Feb 2022 #18

Who benefits from democracies looking weak and foolish? Irish_Dem Feb 2022 #6

I'll bite. Who'll benefit? Any country/person who thinks that autocracy is the best way. erronis Feb 2022 #12

Bingo. Irish_Dem Feb 2022 #21

It's only a matter of time before they do it here. n/t PXR-5 Feb 2022 #7

+1 TheRealNorth Feb 2022 #9

It's about fascism and Russian propaganda Mysterian Feb 2022 #8

Putin's oligarchs are not all Russians. lagomorph777 Feb 2022 #10

There's a simple solution to this. GaYellowDawg Feb 2022 #11

In Ottawa, city police refuses to intervene saying some protesters are armed. nt Justice matters. Feb 2022 #34

Aren't the Canadian police armed? AllTooEasy Feb 2022 #44

Weak readyness. Quebec City saw the "copy cats" coming days in advance in medias, and... Justice matters. Feb 2022 #52

A good strategic lesson worth learning! calimary Feb 2022 #64

Yesterday, a convoy crawled along here in Calgary ironflange Feb 2022 #13

Good for them! This should be posted everywhere and done everywhere: Scrivener7 Feb 2022 #78

In my county, if you drive drunk you forfeit your vehicle. Take their trucks away. L. Coyote Feb 2022 #14

They crowd-funded millions online: They don't care. nt Justice matters. Feb 2022 #37

GoFundMe for my $200,000.00 new Kenworth. Yeah, good luck with that! L. Coyote Feb 2022 #45

Yes but most of the money was not released, they are now trying a different Bev54 Feb 2022 #47

They are trumpers. Canadian trump admirers from western Canada. Justice matters. Feb 2022 #56

There were only 112 trucks originally from the west so I am not so sure Bev54 Feb 2022 #59

I wonder how much of that is going to get to the individuals and how much will be Scrivener7 Feb 2022 #79

Do these drivers own their own vehicles? no_hypocrisy Feb 2022 #15

I always presumed the long-haul truckers were paid by delivery.... TheRealNorth Feb 2022 #22

Most likely... 2naSalit Feb 2022 #39

It is only the ones that refused to get vaccinated, therefore they no longer have a job Bev54 Feb 2022 #49

Yellow Vests redux. Tommy Carcetti Feb 2022 #16

This message was self-deleted by its author tenderfoot Feb 2022 #17

Plus side, there will be counterreaction to this behavior. How much? Hortensis Feb 2022 #20

The citizens of Ottawa G_j Feb 2022 #30

:) I'm American and I'm unhappy for them. In spite of being Hortensis Feb 2022 #33

As has been stated many times before, Mr. Evil Feb 2022 #23

That's what I think. Haggard Celine Feb 2022 #70

Send in the military and arrest them all. My humble opinion. Revoke their driving licenses, LoisB Feb 2022 #24

The government runs the insurance for cars- simply declare all of these drivers as uninsurable Fiendish Thingy Feb 2022 #27

Good idea. LoisB Feb 2022 #29

Also licenses and permits for their rigs. 2naSalit Feb 2022 #41

Yes! I don't live in Ottawa (or Canada) and I'm tired of their shenanigans. LoisB Feb 2022 #72

Then you make martyrs out of them. Caliman73 Feb 2022 #65

Same dynamic as the Tea Party. Not at all 'grass roots'. Same fight that is going on all over the wiggs Feb 2022 #25

This fight is both far right and negativism-driven. BAD news! Hortensis Feb 2022 #38

Agree. One of the most eye-opening things about the 2016 election and aftermath wiggs Feb 2022 #50

Agree 100% that populist leaders do have a plan for what comes after. Hortensis Feb 2022 #60

I am far more concerned about the lack of concern and action by the authorities than the occupation Fiendish Thingy Feb 2022 #26

FreeDumb Convoy are using their children as a 'shield wall'? BlueWavePsych Feb 2022 #32

Child abuse. 2naSalit Feb 2022 #42

If these were leftwingers they would be screaming for "2nd amendment solutions" Augiedog Feb 2022 #28

No second amendment in Canada. Bev54 Feb 2022 #51

I live blocks from parlaiment yobrault1 Feb 2022 #31

From what I have seen and heard from the chief of police for Ottawa Bev54 Feb 2022 #54

Block food and fuel. Dismantle the trucks for parts and sell it or use it for scrap. Lucky Luciano Feb 2022 #35

The Police chief said they were blocking fuel from being delivered to them Bev54 Feb 2022 #55

Start ID'ing people for food, fuel, water and other necessities. roamer65 Feb 2022 #40

Thuggery, pure and simple Alice Kramden Feb 2022 #43

Here's another take on it from Beau of the 5th column PortTack Feb 2022 #46

Bravo! Dirty Socialist Feb 2022 #58

A deliberate distraction IbogaProject Feb 2022 #48

Of course it's a dress rehearsal! Docreed2003 Feb 2022 #53

THIS malaise Feb 2022 #61

Lock. Them. Up. SheltieLover Feb 2022 #63

The people who are suffering by living above this maddness randr Feb 2022 #68

Exact same thing happening in Wellington, NZ at the exact same time. Coincidence? meadowlander Feb 2022 #71

Interesting investigations coming up empedocles Feb 2022 #73

The un vaccinated should not be allowed in the hospital. The Jungle 1 Feb 2022 #74

We need to cut off the head of the beast... Joinfortmill Feb 2022 #75

They use message boards just like this Sugarcoated Feb 2022 #76

Bingo. This is merely a dress rehearsal. Ferrets are Cool Feb 2022 #80