1. So Tyson Billings, known to the convoy crowd as "Freedom George" or to my readers as the discount QAnon shaman, was released today after pleading guilty to counselling mischief.
cbc.ca/news/canada/ot…
cbc.ca/news/canada/ot…
2. Because this was expected, all of his fans showed up to greet him.
Those numbers were not especially impressive.
Those numbers were not especially impressive.
3. But what they lacked in numbers, they made up for in... I don't know... the ability to bellow "freedom" and "let's go" over and over again which after a while sounded like the bleating of sheep.
That's something I guess?
That's something I guess?
4. But they did wait with breathless anticipation as the "freedom" crowd awaited the release of Billings. In this clip the camera person notes an #OttawaOccupier who never left the city and comment on a car driven by a Saskatchewan supporter.
5. And let's talk about that car.
There is a lot to unpack here.
There is a lot to unpack here.
6. I'm not even sure where to start so I'll simply point out that for some reason the word "goyem" (which I can only assume is a misspelling of "goyim") appears scrawled on the back which is sort of a red flag among many other red flags on the car... literally and figuratively.
7. At a certain point, doesn't this just become a hazard?
8. But back to the video, the crowd continued to await the release of Billings, noting at the end his sentence resulting from his guilty plea.
9. Finally the big moment occurs and Billings is greeted like a conquering hero.
10. Certainly that was the reaction of those who posted about it online.
11. An individual in the crowd suggests that 1000s would have shown up had they been able to. A woman shouts that it wouldn't be 1000s, but millions who would have greeted Billings as he was released.
12. Right.
Again, these are the numbers who DID show up.
Again, these are the numbers who DID show up.
13. More inane chanting. More autographs signed.
14. But they do add a third chant to their rather limited repertoire.
"Fake news."
Because really, these folks are as predicable as a metronome.
"Fake news."
Because really, these folks are as predicable as a metronome.
15. More pictures, some with children (whose identities I try to conceal) who don't have a hot clue what is going on, Billings does one final interview before ambling off to find his truck to drive back to Alberta in order to "heal."
16. Now when I tried to post this thread last night I noted that Pat King was scheduled to be in court on Thursday which is now today.
Should be interesting.
Should be interesting.
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