The truckers shutting down Canada's capital

Re:The truckers shutting down Canada's capital by refurb on Sunday January 30, 2022 @01:45AM (#30134678)

True, but it’s a cheap ploy to discredit the movement.

I assume CBC does it more for the outrage clicks than actually believing it’s a possibility.

But it seems par for the course as a political tactic lately: 1) deny a movement represents a significant part of the population, if that fails 2) associate the movement with undesirable elements like Neo-Nazi’s, militias, if that doesn’t work, 3) infer foreign interference.

Note you can do this without a single shred of evidence, pretend like it’s an innocent question, and still discredit the movement. How do you prove a negative?

I mean, if I asked “Maybe Trudeau is secretly an agent for the Chinese?” people would just say it’s a stupid question because without proof it’s just absurd.

It’s the same claiming this protest is being driven by Russia.

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Re:The truckers shutting down Canada's capital by mthoms on Sunday January 30, 2022 @10:16PM (#30144066)

I agree, generally. And as mentioned, I think it’s a fair thing to call out.

It doesn’t make the statement that the parent said about the CBC “literally claiming” the Russians are behind it any more true.

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