Canada’s Far-Right is Planning a Convoy to ‘Save the Children’.

Already Spinning Out of Control 🤨🤬

https://pressprogress.ca/canadas-far-right-is-planning-a-convoy-to-toronto-to-save-the-children-its-already-spinning-out-of-control

* already struggling as organizers accuse one another of being ‘undercover cops’ or planning ‘violence’ & ‘terrorism’ 🤣

* goal: "save the children ” 🤨

* metastasis of anti-2SLGBTQ+ protests targeting schools/drag queen story hour

* loosely inspired by controversial film Sound of Freedom: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sound_of_Freedom_(film)

#Canada #ProtestConvoy #FarRight #FreedomMovement #extremism

Addendae 1/

2 motorcycle convoys headed for Ottawa

Organizers of the Rolling Barrage (PTSD) worry they may be confused with Rolling Thunder (extremists)

* last 7 years Rolling Barrage x-country motorcycle ride to Ottawa raised awareness about PTSD among military veterans

* concerned may be mistaken for Rolling Thunder motorcycle convoy, whose origin traces to 2022 "Freedom Convoy" that occupied Ottawa

* https://mastodon.social/@persagen/110691116929107964

#FreedomConvoy #Ottawa #PTSD #FarRight #extremism #CultureWars

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Addendae 2

Where is outrage about “grooming” by religious institutions?

https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/letters/2023/08/06/letter-where-is-outrage-about

* lg-scale sexual abuse of minors by religious figures: Catholic Church clergy members in Portugal

* abuse of minors by people in religious positions of power: Catholic priests; Southern Baptist pastors; ...

* Why hasn’t been an outpouring of condemnation, boycotts & laws directed at these apparent “grooming” institutions?

#ConspiracyTheories #CultureWars #ReligiousRight #ChristianRight #religion