It's not supposed to be about destruction for instance, yet some of the zany types still lingering started wrecking shit, so of course that's what gets shown on the news. There was a guy in Saskatchewan, old farmer probably mid 70's talking about civil war and grabbing the guns, so of course the media grabbed that sound bite. Then of course those who want to hear that latch on as well. It's difficult to get down to brass tacks when people aren't using their heads and just want to put on a show or act tough.
Trudeau called an election early. Some only voted for him because it seemed like he made a mess and wanted out, so the people said, "Fuck that, you're not going nowhere. This is your mess to clean up." Not everyone of course but some voters had that mindset. If they had voted for their candidate, their candidate would be the one getting blamed for this mess.
My province hasn't been as bad as some other places with these mandates. It would be similar to how the USA is where each state kind of has their own rules.
But being on social media and seeing how folks from other places around the world cover it, and seeing how much they get wrong, or how much they twist to suit their narratives; that's kind of annoying. Like I pointed out how that Simpsons video is just a gag. If I pointed that out somewhere else I'd have been muted and shouted out of the room, mainly because of that divided mindset where people think you're some imaginary 'other team' if you don't accept everything they say and take it at face value.
That's been around for awhile though. Always been difficult to navigate. I noticed that behavior long ago. Nothing new.
Of course there is always going to be a handful of asshats, it was the same on Jan 6. I have friends who went to that, they kept posting the crowd essentially singing Kumbaya, they were oblivious to whatever was happening in the building. And there's some compelling evidence that people get paid to cause violence and disruption in order to give the media their skewed stories- not that.asshats don't already exist without monetary incentive.
It just sucks that there's no such thing as integrity in journalism anymore. No fact reporting, just spinning. And you're absolutely right, the fringe news is the same, spinning it another way. So we're all left piecing things together from what we ourselves can see.
And people are more concerned with being "right" than they are about the truth, which is why they shout people out of a comment section. All that does is perpetuate the division. Honestly it's a brilliant scheme on the part of those creating it, if only people would stop falling for it it would stop being so successful.
I love that it's a motorcycle company filming this! Makes sense, lovers of two wheel riding tend to be lovers of freedom :0)
Plenty of different walks of life getting involved. It's not about these stupid divisions in the media and social media. Not sure how long it'll last though.
Ha yes, and they really are stupid. My post from yesterday was about exactly that.
Yeah, we'll see, people tend to have a very short attention span these days- it's one of the biggest things being used against us. I can't tell you how many people seem to have developed memory issues,as they jump from one claim to the next, one cause to the next. We're being bombarded by so many things at once, the confusion is almost as bad as the division, and it's definitely intentional.
I don't know who this guy is, but "it's political science, not medical science"- spot on.
https://vm.tiktok.com/TTPdks3uhp/
Political drivel. I don't use tiktok though, sorry.
I agree 100%. With everything you said. And I know all about those paid provocateurs. Then the age old 'monkey see monkey do' kicks in.
This line I wrote a couple weeks back: Too busy worshipping control in order to be controlled, better. Too busy fighting their reflections.
Applies to a lot of things.