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Freedom Convoy protests [Split from All things 2019-nCoV]

kkwd said:
GFM abides by US laws. I once heard nobody is above the law ...
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Well, not to everyone - this from a source those who may distrust MSM ....
Facing a potential fraud investigation by the state of Florida, GoFundMe reversed a decision to redistribute money given by thousands of donors to the Canadian "Freedom Convoy" protesting COVID-19 regulations.

On Friday, the crowdfunding platform GoFundMe froze the convoy's official campaign, claiming law enforcement convinced the company that the convoy had become violent and unlawful.

GoFundMe encouraged donors to submit a refund form, and said that any funds not properly returned to donors would be donated to a charity chosen by the Freedom Convoy.

Within hours, however, GoFundMe walked back the refund applications, instead announcing it would be refunding donors automatically.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said that he would "investigate" the company, accusing them of fraud ...
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Here's the Governor's Tweet ...
https://twitter.com/x/status/1489978237304426501
 
mariomike said:
Toronto yesterday.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1490202744833155073
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So that makes what, three racist signs/flags across thousands of protestors, in multiple cities?

I'm willing to be any organization with more than 2000 people has a few racists, homophobes, etc., in it's numbers. Even some of your fellow Toronto EMS pers are likely unsavory characters, does that make all Toronto EMS pers bad people, or is just organizations that we politically don't agree with that are treated that way?
 
I enjoy watching people try really hard to pump up the perception of how much extremist hate there really is, though. Second place goes to all the hand-waving about how aspects of this protest are various degrees of red alert crises, unlike any other protest experienced in recent memory.
 
No doubt there's some very fine people in Freedom Convoy.

Participation of extremist groups​

In the lead-up to the planned arrival in Ottawa, it was anonymously reported on January 25 that alleged far-right and white supremacist groups were hoping for violence on Parliament Hill akin to the 2021 United States Capitol attack.[122] This has caused organizer Tamara Lich to address convoy members and denounce political violence, saying that protesters should "hold a peaceful protest" instead.[123][24] Organizers and leaders of the convoy condemned extremist groups, and asked that participants report law breakers to the police.[124] They also stated that any extremists found would be "removed" from the convoy.[125] Despite this, some protesters were photographed waving Confederate or Nazi flags at the rally.[126][127][128] On January 28, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau expressed concern that a small group of protesters are going to be posing a threat during the weekend.[129]

Links to far-right and separatist groups​

  • One of the lead organizers of the convoy, James Bauder, has previously stated support for QAnon, endorsed conspiracy theories about the COVID-19 pandemic and the 2020 U.S. presidential election, and called for the arrest of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for alleged treason.[130] On February 3, 2022, Romana Didulo arrived in Ottawa with supporters. Didulo calls herself the "Queen of Canada" and is a conspiracy theorist linked to QAnon.[131] In November 2021, she called on her 73,000 Telegram followers to shoot healthcare workers.[132] An episode of The Faulkner Focus, hosted by Harris Faulkner, was criticized by The Daily Beast in February 2022 for trying to normalize the protests and anti-vaccine sentiment, saying that the protesters were not a fringe minority, but represented the mainstream of society and had international support. The montage of protesters she showed prominently displayed imagery relating to QAnon.[133]
  • The Facebook page for the convoy has shared content from and listed as an organizer Wexit co-founder and Yellow Vest Canada organizer Patrick King, who has previously hosted counter-protests to anti-racism rallies, spread COVID-19 misinformation, and spread the Great Replacement conspiracy theory.[134][135][136]
  • Maverick Party - Tamara Lich, the protest's fundraiser, is Secretary for the Maverick Party, a western separatist group formerly known as Wexit Canada.[105] Lich was previously the regional co-ordinator for Wexit in southeastern Alberta and board member for Wexit Alberta.[137] The Maverick Party has denied involvement in fundraising for the convoy, issuing a statement on January 24 saying that the party is not involved in the protest.[107]
  • Action 4 Canada - associated with the Canada Unity group inside the Freedom Convoy - Islamophobic and anti-LGBTQ conspiracy group with webpages about the dangers of political Islam, health consequences of 5G technology and underreporting of adverse vaccine reactions.[134] Founded by Tanya Gaw who actively supported the Yellow Vests protests of 2019.[138]
  • No More Lockdowns - Jason LaFace, Canada Unity's Ontario organizer for the Freedom Convoy is also a main organizer for No More Lockdowns Canada - An anti-lockdown and anti-vaccine mandate organization primarily associated with expelled Ontario MPP Randy Hillier which holds anti-lockdown rallies across Ontario.[47][139]
  • Peoples Party of Canada - Benjamin Dichter who is listed as an organizer on the Freedom Convoy GoFundMe page and who is an organizer of the Freedom Convoy was a speaker at the inaugural 2019 PPC National Convention where he claimed political Islam has infiltrated the Conservative Party and is "rotting away at our society like syphilis".[140]
  • Soldiers of Odin - Convoy leader Dave Steenburg and admin of the Convoy Facebook page Jason LaFace both have posted material by Soldiers of Odin, a neo-Nazi vigilante group, on their Facebook pages, LaFace even wearing a SOO jacket.[141][142]
References here:
en.wikipedia.org

Canada convoy protest - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org en.wikipedia.org
 
mariomike said:
No doubt there's some very fine people in Freedom Convoy.

Participation of extremist groups​

In the lead-up to the planned arrival in Ottawa, it was anonymously reported on January 25 that alleged far-right and white supremacist groups were hoping for violence on Parliament Hill akin to the 2021 United States Capitol attack.[122] This has caused organizer Tamara Lich to address convoy members and denounce political violence, saying that protesters should "hold a peaceful protest" instead.[123][24] Organizers and leaders of the convoy condemned extremist groups, and asked that participants report law breakers to the police.[124] They also stated that any extremists found would be "removed" from the convoy.[125] Despite this, some protesters were photographed waving Confederate or Nazi flags at the rally.[126][127][128] On January 28, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau expressed concern that a small group of protesters are going to be posing a threat during the weekend.[129]

Links to far-right and separatist groups​

  • One of the lead organizers of the convoy, James Bauder, has previously stated support for QAnon, endorsed conspiracy theories about the COVID-19 pandemic and the 2020 U.S. presidential election, and called for the arrest of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for alleged treason.[130] On February 3, 2022, Romana Didulo arrived in Ottawa with supporters. Didulo calls herself the "Queen of Canada" and is a conspiracy theorist linked to QAnon.[131] In November 2021, she called on her 73,000 Telegram followers to shoot healthcare workers.[132] An episode of The Faulkner Focus, hosted by Harris Faulkner, was criticized by The Daily Beast in February 2022 for trying to normalize the protests and anti-vaccine sentiment, saying that the protesters were not a fringe minority, but represented the mainstream of society and had international support. The montage of protesters she showed prominently displayed imagery relating to QAnon.[133]
  • The Facebook page for the convoy has shared content from and listed as an organizer Wexit co-founder and Yellow Vest Canada organizer Patrick King, who has previously hosted counter-protests to anti-racism rallies, spread COVID-19 misinformation, and spread the Great Replacement conspiracy theory.[134][135][136]
  • Maverick Party - Tamara Lich, the protest's fundraiser, is Secretary for the Maverick Party, a western separatist group formerly known as Wexit Canada.[105] Lich was previously the regional co-ordinator for Wexit in southeastern Alberta and board member for Wexit Alberta.[137] The Maverick Party has denied involvement in fundraising for the convoy, issuing a statement on January 24 saying that the party is not involved in the protest.[107]
  • Action 4 Canada - associated with the Canada Unity group inside the Freedom Convoy - Islamophobic and anti-LGBTQ conspiracy group with webpages about the dangers of political Islam, health consequences of 5G technology and underreporting of adverse vaccine reactions.[134] Founded by Tanya Gaw who actively supported the Yellow Vests protests of 2019.[138]
  • No More Lockdowns - Jason LaFace, Canada Unity's Ontario organizer for the Freedom Convoy is also a main organizer for No More Lockdowns Canada - An anti-lockdown and anti-vaccine mandate organization primarily associated with expelled Ontario MPP Randy Hillier which holds anti-lockdown rallies across Ontario.[47][139]
  • Peoples Party of Canada - Benjamin Dichter who is listed as an organizer on the Freedom Convoy GoFundMe page and who is an organizer of the Freedom Convoy was a speaker at the inaugural 2019 PPC National Convention where he claimed political Islam has infiltrated the Conservative Party and is "rotting away at our society like syphilis".[140]
  • Soldiers of Odin - Convoy leader Dave Steenburg and admin of the Convoy Facebook page Jason LaFace both have posted material by Soldiers of Odin, a neo-Nazi vigilante group, on their Facebook pages, LaFace even wearing a SOO jacket.[141][142]
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Did you read the highlighted part?

As I said, three people have been photographed with clearly racist POS signs/flags. There have been cameras all over the place at the protests, there are thousands of people at the protests, if it was as endemic as the the hyperbole makes it sound there would be more than three examples in the news.

That the links you keep posting for google searches show stories and images from around the anglosphere world, doesn't support the argument that these specific protests in Canada are based on racism, or anti-Semitism. Unless what you are really trying to say, but won't, is that you believe everybody against government vaccine mandates is racist, and anti-Semitic.
 
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Furniture said:
Unless what you are really trying to say, but won't, is that you believe everybody against government vaccine mandates is racist, and anti-Semitic.
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No. I said,

No doubt there's some very fine people in Freedom Convoy.
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Vaccination is freedom of choice.

As mentioned before by others, choices have consequences.

I don't expect you, or anyone, to change their opinion.

The voters will decide.
 
After ten days, Ottawa Police are apparently trying a bold new strategy of... enforcement, not appeasement.

Looks like paying Navigator (the communications company politicians hire after accidentally killing someone, or media personalities hire after being accused of repeated sexual assault) up to $75,000 to polish the turd of the OPS response might be resulting in focus groups advising that the police actually, bold idea, try policing.
 
dapaterson said:
After ten days, Ottawa Police are apparently trying a bold new strategy of... enforcement, not appeasement.

Looks like paying Navigator (the communications company politicians hire after accidentally killing someone, or media personalities hire after being accused of repeated sexual assault) up to $75,000 to polish the turd of the OPS response might be resulting in focus groups advising that the police actually, bold idea, try policing.
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So, to be clear, we are not defunding the Police any longer?
 
Next FY Ottawa Police are likely going to face significant push to cut their budget; if they couldn't read open source information that explained exactly what was going to happen and prepare appropriately... well, I'm expecting a new police chief to go along with the replacement for the Mayor that's already on the books (the incumbent isn't running).
 
dapaterson said:
Next FY Ottawa Police are likely going to face significant push to cut their budget; if they couldn't read open source information that explained exactly what was going to happen and prepare appropriately... well, I'm expecting a new police chief to go along with the replacement for the Mayor that's already on the books (the incumbent isn't running).
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Very accurate prediction.
 
Remius said:
Too true. Are your putting the protesters on par with the types that do?

I’m not sure why that activity should be dismissed as normal.
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Good odds the person in the photo pissing was also pissing in public before the protest, as a transient typically does. You’re working overtime to link any misbehaviour to the protest cause no matter how irrelevant or trifling.
 
Jarnhamar said:
Ironically covid has caused businesses to close off their bathrooms to the public. Over abundance "out of order" signs everywhere.
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To be fair, not many would want there washrooms available to a crowd like this.
 
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