Fox’s propagandists have cheered on the truckers as “freedom fighters,” “civil rights hero[es],” and “the face of individualism and rebellion,” while denouncing the purported “totalitarianism” of the Canadian government.
Rather than encouraging their viewers to take shots that could keep them from dying, Fox stars have championed the truckers as culture war heroes their audience members should emulate.
https://twitter.com/MattGertz/status/1491449837727981569
As U.S. right-wing activists begin organizing for their own convoy on social media, this coverage may only be beginning.
Meanwhile, the overwhelming majority of Canadian truckers are vaccinated (as are the overwhelming majority of Canadians, the group that represents truckers has disavowed the participants, and most Canadians oppose their protest.
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