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I live in Ottawa. There are a lot of protests in the capital, but as protests go they usually: 1. Don't involve too many non-locals; and 2. Don't involve vehi
by Rendello 5y ago
I live in Ottawa. There are a lot of protests in the capital, but as protests go they usually:
1. Don't involve too many non-locals; and
2. Don't involve vehicles (ie. everyone's on foot).
The protest has broadened into an anti-mandate message, but it's original purpose of "truckers driving to Ottawa to protest vaccine mandates" allowed for a much bigger (and noisier) turnout despite weak local support.
Keep this image in mind: https://urbanist.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83454714d69e2017d3c37d8ac970c-800wi https://urbanist.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83454714d69e2017d3c37d8...
- raintrees 5y agoThat link's image is quite a contrast to a few videos I have seen, such as these two: https://youtu.be/W1BMkp2vlo0 https://youtu.be/W1BMkp2vlo0 https://youtu.be/3_YlKDu_lgM https://youtu.be/3_YlKDu_lgM There does seem to be a significant push to provide conflicting narratives...
- Rendello 5y agoThe image is to illustrate the size of a group of people on foot vs in vehicles. There are plenty of protests on foot in Ottawa every year but they go largely unnoticed.
- suckmore 5y agoHere's a birds eye view of the protest for anyone trying to compute convoy length based the parents figure. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FKT2vVvXMAQODLX?format=jpg&name=4096x4096 https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FKT2vVvXMAQODLX?format=jpg&name=...