The so-called “freedom convoy” has captured
worldwide attention as a minority of truckers and their supporters have asserted their
right to assemble and oppose COVID-19 protocols imposed by the federal, provincial and territorial governments. No problem there.
The problem lies in what’s not being said or acknowledged.
The one-word rallying cry — freedom — is the activist mantra. Who could be against freedom? But let’s take stock of the freedom that some have exercised during the ongoing rally:
In the tantrum for so-called freedom, the majority of participants have not denounced or condemned these reprehensible, well-documented behaviours which, notably,
have gone mostly without consequence.
It’s worth noting that a freedom they’re demanding — the right to refuse COVID-19 vaccinations without curtailing their livelihood — poses immense risk not only
to themselves but to everyone else, while also
draining the health-care system and denying treatments for others.
Whose freedom? Not the overwhelming majority of Canada, that don't support these losers shitting in the streets.
Whose freedom is the ‘freedom convoy’ fighting for? Not everyone’s
These anti science losers don't have the support they think they do.