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Feb 19 9 tweets 2 min read
I just watched Noa Mendelsohn Aviv refer to the compromise of civil liberties like freedom of expression on CBC.

Not once have I seen occupiers be denied their right to peaceful protest and to express their opinions. But I’ve witnessed these occupiers torture Ottawa residents.
I’ve heard them make threats against a democratically elected government, attack journalists, flout Ontario mask restrictions causing an entire mall to shut down and put people out of work. I’ve witness horns honking day and night in an effort to torture residents and MPs.
Extortion of policy changes using torturous noise assaults is a criminal offence in Canada.

What about the civil liberties of Ottawans?

Do they count? Or is it just religious extremists & Q’Anon nuts who garner support for their civil liberty to perform a coup?
Peaceful protest and abusive extortionist coup attempts are two very different behaviours.

If Noa Mendelsohn Aviv can’t tell the difference, perhaps someone who is more familiar with Canadian civil rights legislation and actual human rights of all individuals could replace her.
Because I voted for this government and so did a lot of other people.

In fact the two parties supporting the invocation of the EA make up over 50% of the electorate. That’s called a majority. And in a democracy, the majority gets to make decisions.
Not tyrannical minorities who threaten to overthrow the government because they didn’t like the result of the most recent election.

Yes we have special consideration for pluralist special interests in Canada.
But domestic terrorists, backed by foreign subversives, funded by domestic and foreign money, threatening violence, unless their demands are met, are not recognized pluralities in Canada.
Replace the CCLA director. Acting on behalf of this mob is an affront to Canadian democracy. And may be a crime in itself.

Most Canadians can discern the difference between a siege and a protest. If your director can not. Get a new one or shut your doors.
Her rhetoric is beginning to sound very fifth column adjacent.

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Feb 20
#freedumbConvoy2022

It amazes me how oblivious people are to the danger this mob has been to Canadian democracy and to the rule of law.

I’m watching some Ottawa citizen recommend we start a dialogue with this mob.

Clueless, absolutely clueless about the intent of the mob.
No. PMJT should not meet with this mob. They threatened his life because he dared to make decisions they don’t like.

What planet do these peaceniks live on? It’s an alternate reality & it’s as fantastical and magical as the occupiers alternate reality.
Those recommending the government meet with these seditionists are deluded.

A simple analogy elucidates the ridiculousness of their belief that we can all@just talk it out.
Read 33 tweets
Feb 20
Ok. So I’m trying to watch CPAC and HOC debate about the EA.

In between aneurysms I’m foaming at the mouth at the level of gaslighting going on.

I so want parliament to change the rules of discourse. Extreme gaslighting should NOT receive Parliamentary privilege.
So what’s driving me mental? The attempt by CPC and Bloc to legitimize the people who performed an occupation of Ottawa and the blockades of border trade routes as legitimate protesters.

I’ve had it with gaslighting and people who try to create alternate realities.
I’m insulted by the unscrupulous mendacity that CPC and Bloc MPs are offering up as commentary. This level of deceit is beyond acceptable, focussed on altering reality for the Canadian public and on legitimization of a fringe hostile mob seeking to effect a coup.
Read 25 tweets
Feb 19
@MichelletypoQ @VoiceOfFranky

Appealing to left libertarian’s sense of “lost freedom” is the latest recruitment strategy of CPC.

I just wrote a thread about that.
I keep trying to convey to people that left libertarians and left anarchists want exactly the same thing as far right libertarians. Anarchy.

Both want to eliminate liberalism as competition. And with that to eliminate democracy.

threadreaderapp.com/thread/1494890…
Liberalism is democracy. The Overton window Canada had from 1950-2000 was a narrow set of acceptable beliefs and values based on welfare state social liberalism and humanism.

Where conservatives were progressive and socialists were centre left.
Read 25 tweets
Feb 19
What purpose does it serve to make this tweet?

How does it add knowledge to the situation currently unfolding in Ottawa?

It doesn’t it’s a distraction and an attempt to hijack the narrative to focus on race related problems.

And I’m getting tired of it. Real tired!
The Ottawa occupation is not racially motivated.

It’s been abundantly and blatantly clear that this truck convoy was a sloppily veiled attempt at a coup d’état by a bunch of delusional Q’Anon & Dominionists who live in an alternate reality who hijacked a truckers protest.
While many of the participants and most organizers are known racists or support racist nationalist policies, this is not a specifically racist gathering.

It’s an attempt to overthrow the legitimately elected government and create economic and political chaos.
Read 44 tweets
Feb 17
This is an old thread but relevant to the current situation.

It describes the mindset of the group occupying cities and blocking borders. It also defines the motives of those funding this nightmare.

While many believe this is a fringe movement, it’s not.
A large portion of rural residents and a significant number of urban residents have adopted this belief system and its values across Canada.

It’s called libertarianism: all restrictions should be removed & each individual makes their own choice based on personal responsibility.
This belief has been thoroughly adopted by The Liberty Coalition Canada among other organizations and ideologies. LCC has made removing Covid mandates one of its demands.

The vast majority of members are far right Christians.
Read 25 tweets
Feb 17
I see I’m not the only one frustrated by being ignored though writing warnings frequently over the past 6 years.

People require being personally inconvenienced to actually pay attention to threat. Otherwise it’s someone else’s problem.
Kind of like all the other issues the more vulnerable complain about.

Like racism, misogyny, homophobia, xenophobia.

You want to know why it’s so difficult to make change on a society wide level?

Indifference unless it impacts the silent majority directly.
I knew this going in.

The public is fickle. Unless it directly impacts their social status, financial stability, privileges, or self image, it’s ignored.

People paid attention to Residential School injustice because it impacts Canadian’s self image and geopolitical status.
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