Elon Musk, who ended up donating to the Convoy, tweeted a picture comparing Justin Trudeau to Hitler.
FFS!
All this over a few mandates? People are really willing to die on that hill? Do people forget that society has gone through so much worse? In both World Wars, there were restrictions, on what one could do, on how much one could eat, or where they could go, or even when. Nobody questioned it, they abided by the rules put forth, they knew that patriotically, they had to do their part. During the 1918 Pandemic even, while there was a much less concerted effort because much less was understood in early medicine, there were still mask mandates, and restrictions on where one could gather. People for the most part were terrified of the virus and were willing to do whatever it took to be safe. There was no vaccine for it either. Scientific medicine was looking in the wrong place, ie they were looking for a bacterial infection, and didn't have the means or the tools to isolate a virus (which would come much later, 1930's I believe). They had held a belief that their disease was similar to that of pneumonia. Anytime supposed vaccines came out, doses wouldn't last long because they couldn't keep up with production, because the demand to be protected was there.
But this...protesters going crazy over a few minor mandates. It's little to ask for. Nobody is actually getting their freedoms taken away with the mandates. They're just being done a little differently than what we're used to, because these are not normal circumstances! They're pandemic circumstances. People always learn to evolve and adapt. And there might be some sacrifices along the way. It's the way of life. There will always be bumps. All we ask is that we want the city and our government and our democracy back and for regular daily life to resume without fear, and without influence from foreign funds. We were doing fine before they arrived!
And there is some good news in all this. The current narrative is that tow trucks are towing trucks and RVs away and police have secured the area where the trucks have been occupied. So, it's starting to feel like this may finally be dissipating and coming to an end.