Why does someone choosing to continue to wear a mask enrage some who choose not to? It's a serious question. I don't think everyone who will begin going maskless tomorrow will be angry at those who remain masked, but some will be very angry, and aggressive. 1/5
I would like to understand how those who are maskless feel that someone wearing a mask affects them. Why does it matter to them? Why does it matter enough to some that they will say or do things to the masked person? Again, serious question. 2/5
I mean, it seems that a person wearing a mask is not interfering with a maskless person at all. So why are they so deeply offended? What is the reasoning? Those who say on social media that they will continue to mask are being answered with insults and derision. 3/5
Why? What business is it of their's? People who choose to continue to mask have reasons. Maybe they or someone they love is immunocompromised. Maybe they care for a child under 5 who is unvaccinated. Maybe they just feel the UCP is being too hasty in lifting mandates. 4/5
The point it, they have made a choice that affects their own body and is not doing anything at all to others. So, why do some get so angry about it? How is it anyone else's business? I would really like to understand. 5/5
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"Today, I've signed a letter along with Premier Scott Moe, Governor Gianforte, and 15 OTHER American governors..." Are you confused about your national identity, Jason? Do you want so badly to be American that you are pretending that you are? 2/20
You wrote this letter, then announced it on Twitter, and you are accusing the federal government of political theatre? You have no concept of irony, do you?
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What does one do if one lives in a country where about 3/4 of the people are reasonable, who care about others, want to have their taxes work towards the public good, want universal health care and excellent public education, but the official opposition wants none of that? 1/20
What if one lives in a country where the official opposition spends all their time and energy trying to unseat the government? Who actually makes things up to try to turn the public against the government they elected? 2/ thestar.com/politics/feder…
Who may even have had more than a passing involvement in an coup attempt? CPC MPs, along with provincial conservative MLAs, were seen to be sympathetic to the convoy, some even meeting with them, buying them coffee and donuts, etc. 3/
I don't understand the thought process behind thinking that COVID restrictions are some sort of arbitrary control by the government that can be removed by yelling a lot, and then everything will be fine. #cdnpoli 1/10
COVID is a disease. It is spread via aerosol droplets which are breathed out by someone infected and breathed in by others. It is not political. It doesn't care how tired you are of restrictions. 2/10
When COVID started in Canada, back in March 2020, most people were concerned and actually were frustrated by the lack of response by many governments. A lack of response which made the spread and casualties worse than they would have been otherwise. 3/10
This is an example of normalizing the people in the convoy. There is tokenism (% of POC in photos doesn't seem represented in live video), there is rationalization of grievances, and there is hyperbole (people are being oppressed? Really?). 1/8
The photography has been played with, loads of contrast and over-sharpening to create visual impact. It's not that these people are extraordinary or are emanating some sort of truth. It's that there is a skilled photographer and digital editor behind the pictures. 2/8
But those of a certain view love it. They are claiming this is great journalism. It isn't. "Accountant quits his job because he has to wear a mask at work because he won't get vaccinated". Sounds like his firm accommodated him, not like he was repressed. 3/8
Please, please understand this. Fascism is EVIL. It cannot be normalized, under any circumstances. The people on the streets of Ottawa today waving swastikas and confederate flags are not "misunderstood" or "basically good people". 1/12
Let me show you something different. Here is a group of Antifa. Anti-fascists. My Dad is the guy in the middle. Those guys around him are his crew. They were part of an RAF/RCAF bomber squadron. 2/12
Some of these guys didn't come back. My Dad did, but he was changed by his experiences. They went and fought because they saw the evil that fascism is. Millions died because of Nazis. Nazis KILLED MILLIONS of good people, ordinary people, people like you and me. 3/12
This is what the group the CPC, UCP, and PPC endorsed did today. What I want to say to them would probably get be barred from Twitter for life. Deplorables. All of them.
Michael Cooper, CPC MP, in front of a Canadian flag with swastikas on it.
People waving a Nazi flag in Ottawa. This is not a game. This is not shits and giggles. You would be arrested in Germany for displaying this. WTAF is wrong with conservatives that they think this is anywhere near OK?