Thread by @kokopuff16

So I decided to shake things up and I'm here at Dundas Square where a few demonstrators have arrived. Rally is supposed to kick off at 12 but there's far fewer demonstrators here compared to the crowd at Queen's Park

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People are still coming in as the merch booths are being set up

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Just past noon and the size of the crowd sits somewhere between 100-120 last count. No sign of Chris Sky just yet.

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Numbers have ballooned upwards of 200ish. There are a few bike cops observing on the south side of the square

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First speaker got into megaphone thanking demonstrators and said that Chris Sky is on the way before going on a little blurb on how suddenly everything in Canada is communist

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So clearly not everyone is glad to see #ChrisSky come down here

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Interesting hat here. The hashtag is the de facto QAnon slogan, "Where we go one we go all." Another concerning signs that more radical elements are in the crowd. Though I can't say that the PPC stands for what we think, I wouldn't be suprised
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Speeches are starting, still no sign of Chris Sky

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An antivaxxer made their way across the street to berate and argue with a passerby. Other demonstrators intervene before things escalated

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Chris Sky is here! But on the other end of the street. According to legal reasons he can't be close to someone in the crowd. When he speaks he must do it from the street and the other person must leave.

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When I approached to ask about the legal issues I did catch the tail end of a rant. Sky said he was disappointed by the turnout today and that after his speech that a lot of Canadians won't like him

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These rallies are major sources of disinformation. This speaker has called COVID-19 and the concept of Virology as frauds.

Even during the static rallies individuals go out of their way to spread their message to passer bys on the street and in cars

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Speaking of, the Queen's Park March typically comes down Yonge and past Dundas. It'll be interesting to see if they do the same. Typically the marches start about now so we'll see if the two groups meet

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So I'm not going to put a picture of this but they have a literal child speaking about "indoctrination" at schools. They encouraged other children to spread the same disinformation.

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The kid also went on a bit of a fear mongering spread saying that teachers are brainwashed and that they're worried that vax passes are coming to school. Seeing kids at this rally isn't uncommon but having a kid as a speaker is new

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They've got a second kid up, a teenager, who said she's being "discriminated" for a personal choice and that her social life has taken a hit. Both kids are using similar language with the other kid calling the situation "segregation"

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An update on the current situation. Few hundred here at Dundas Square for the Chris Sky rally.

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So this speaker is plugging a NEW weekly protests. They're calling for people to come in front of City Hall on Wednesday's. They're trying to not organize just in Toronto, but across Canada

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So these Wednesday protest isn't ALL new. At least one was held and this guy sums it up. But after today I wouldn't be suprised if it grows.

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So this speaker is a familiar face as well. He was the one in the Eaton Centre video that's inspired the protest at Scarborough Town Centre yesterday and he has a LOT to say

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Chris Sky is getting ready to speak and everyone needs to move back 100 feet.

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If there is a god he has a comical sense of timing. Just as Chris Sky starts speaking the Queen's Park March arrives

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The protest literally doubled in size because of the Queen's Park March. Yonge street has been shut down
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Sky is no fan of the PPC

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Things are getting messy here

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Sky has asked numerous time for people to move back and he's on bail. No one is really listening. He's also accused someone as a PPC agitator

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So Sky has first off alleged that his phone was hacked and that he was attacked by "4 hooded men" downtown, saying "they're scared of us" (They being the government)

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Sky is considerably combative and aggressive in tone, comparing vaccinating kids to selling their soul to the devil and that Ontarians have been too compliant and not doing enough to fight the measures

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Right before this Sky said it was a problem that women were stepping more then men at these rallies in an attempt to emasculate the crowd I guess?

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Chris has just been bullying the crowd calling Canadians "cowards", "fucking pussies", and "bitches." The crowd is eating it all up.

It's a very strange sight

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Chris just finished speaking

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There's a lot to dissect from that speech deserving of its own tweet but the TL;DR Sky has told the crowd to engage in non compliant while alluding to some personal story that sounds suspiciously similar to what you would hear from QAnon.

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This speaker is saying that they're trying to organize people to run for numerous municipal city councils across Canada to push their ideals

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Side note, I wanna know why everyone thought this was the protest to break out Guy Fawkes?

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BREAKING: Pandemonium as demonstrators clash police trying to enter the Eaton Centre
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Crowd has sepereted but tension are high. Demonstrators are being told to go through other entrances

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Current situation. A group split north. This fellas jam has quite a bit of the crowd while some remain on the side walk. They are trying to walk north
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It's started to rain most people have scattered. A crowd remains by the loud speaker and Chris Sky

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Several demonstrators have entereted the food court and seem to be handing out what looks like copies of the Charter of Rights

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Hey folks! I'm back. For some reason Twitter's algorithm felt the need to restrict and I had to verify on my end. The rain has scattered most everyone. Things seem to be over today!

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A few hours has passed and a has been calm. Today was interesting for various reasons. I'll have a thread breaking down some of what was said in morw detail soon.

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