Had 2 lefty friends over last night, one is a contractor for the gov. the other one a speechwriter. Here's what I learned:
1. That granny ain't a granny. She's 49 or something!
Lol, kay. Yea, she sure looked nimble enough to jump outta the way of that horse. Didn't even get into whether or not she has grandchildren, the meaning of the word granny.
2. They really bristle when you describe the protest as non-violent. Pearls clutched so hard they shatter. Then ask them for examples of violence, and they'll struggle till they pull out;
3. Speech is violence. No, not just hate speech/incitement to violence, speech IS violence. Demonstration: violence. One friend brought up a confontation in Ottawa where truckers were allegedly making fun of someone (friend of a friend's elderly mother) wearing a mask outside, while trying to get away they fall, breaking their hand. That is assault apparently. Nevermind that lefty guy on the balcony calling the convoy woman a cunt the other day and telling her to kill herself, that's fine. That's just like, discourse, man.
I pointed out the various anti-convoy car attacks, detailing how I actually know the guy who did the Winnipeg one, I've met him almost a half dozen times. That's a strange outlier to be contextualized and ignored, unlike all those one nazi flags.
One thing I think made some waves in their echo chamber when discussing fake news and non-violence is the idea that these derranged, usurping, ignorant, violent truckers were fed lies about a granny being trampled to death... And still were passive/non-violent. Amazing stuff really, when you think about it. That level of restraint and control is insane considering the lefty spirals and violence when they are fed lies about a 12 year old who dindu nuffin getting shot by police when in reality they were much older and were about to stab someone.
I for one look forward to the day when we get conservative boogeyman government evoking the Emergencies Act for some purple haired leftist chaining xerself to a tree and then the gov. stomping heads.
Unlike some other friends, neither were swayed about the idea that if it was for a cause that was dear and dire to them, this style of protest would be legitimate. Not for universal healthcare in the states, not anti-war protests, nothing. Leftism, while ideologically dead for a while, is now dead so far as guises go for the authoritarian progressives. RIP