A Couple Things...

 

Hi!

So, this "protest" has been going on for three weeks now.

I've been watching live feeds that are being recorded by the 'freedom fighters', I've been watching live news broadcasts, I've been watching from every angle available to me. 

A couple things...

Most of the people supporting and participating in this occupation live in some kind of delusional state wherein they really thought that them showing up and bogarting our Capitol city would result in the entirety of the country caving in to their demands. They thought they could stomp their feet long enough and loud enough that our democracy would just step aside and let them appoint some sort of leader and take over our country. 

They really thought that was a logical outcome. For real. 

Their definition of  "truth" is interesting.

Apparently "truth" means holding misinformation and insane conspiracy theories in the same regard as actual facts. Like they are somehow equal. 

"Truth" means giving the same credence to self-proclaimed "experts" with little education and even less experience in epidemiology as you do to lifelong immunologists. 

Their "freedom" is apparently way more important than yours, mine, or that of anyone else. 

They decided to occupy our Capitol city under the guise of fighting for freedom. 

First, none of your freedoms have ever been taken away. 

Nobody forced you to get vaccinated. That has been, and will always be your choice. Nobody forced you to wear a mask. That was a choice. 

These choices carry consequences. You might not like them, the consequences, but they are the result of the choices you make. 

Any legitimate hesitations you've had about masks or vaccines have been laid to rest by real-world data. With the emphasis on the word "real." 

So many that are involved in this craziness have been, and continue to be, willingly and tragically misinformed.

Some brought small children, and kept them in the mix, blatantly at times, even after police started enforcing the law, and walking them back.

But I digress. "Freedom"

So I heard many times from occupiers that they were fighting for the freedoms of 'all' Canadians.

Okay, cool.

So what about the freedom of the citizens of Ottawa? Occupiers made it impossible for stores, restaurants, and other places of business to remain open because of their brutal disregard for civility.

What about the freedom of the people who live in the neighbourhood you've taken hostage? The constant noise not letting them sleep, their children sleep, and in one case cause their autistic children undeserved distress?

What about the freedom of the press? I watched as journalists trying to do their job and cover what was going on, be attacked, spit on, called Nazis, liars and traitors. 

What about the freedom of the 95% of the country that doesn't appreciate you costing our country in trade, reputation, peace, and whatever it will cost to shut you down and clean up your mess?

This was, by no definition, a peaceful protest. Sure you had hot tubs, bouncy castles, and DJ's. Sure, YOU gleaned some twisted sense of fun at the expense of everyone else. You tried to portray this as some sort of block party with a purpose.

It wasn't.

This was a pathetic, failed coup attempt organized by racist grifters under the guise of a tantrum over pandemic protections. 

That's it. 

So some of you are now going to cry about how you were 'mistreated' by police.

You were given endless opportunities to leave, it's been your choice to stay.

Again, choices have consequences, and nowhere is it ever promised that you will enjoy those consequences. 

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Until next time...

May we get past this, and once again show the world who we REALLY are.

May we find a way to be us again, we can't keep doing this, it's too hard.

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