The Guardian has a good opinion piece up on why this freedumb crap is going to lead to a lot more bad stuff unless we stop it cold and soon. Here is the title and the link to read:
The global ‘freedom movement’ is a carnival of crank and conspiracy – and very dangerous — www.theguardian.com/...
Some snippets:
Across these countries, protestors appear as a wild herd of “sovcit”, anti-vaxxer, QAnonner and more nefarious fellow travellers, alongside some more ordinary people. Sometimes it’s hard to tell whether social media content about these events has been gathered by extremism monitors, or comedians.
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Wherever this “freedom movement” manifests, a similar cast of characters emerges. Light-in-the-eyes zealots holler conspiracy theories. Grifters solicit to camera like a roll of tabloid clickbait. Burly, closed-mouth types appear to be handling secretive logistics. Around them are impassioned, often inarticulate – and poorly-costumed – clowns.
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The street-level participants of these protests don’t have to be slick, admirable or coherent to be useful to this movement – just credulous, unquestioning and willing to be mobilised. Where the protest presence grows, so do arson attacks and warnings of escalating violence.
We are in for a very long few years ahead methinks. Also, if these ‘protesters’ were First Nations or Black, this would be a different story wouldn’t it?