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Are you as outraged by this as that?

by skrbjc 5y ago

worik 5y ago
Hell no! Comparing privileged truckers to Canadian indigenous people is chalk and cheese.
- TexanFeller 5y ago
  Truckers as a group are not what most people would call privileged! Hard work, long hours away from their family, and not great pay. Most of them aren’t very educated and came from humble homes.
  - moistly 5y ago
    The protesters are, by and large, not truckers. There are some 300000 truckers (most of them vaccinated) in Canada. A few hundred of them are involved in the protests. It is not a truckers protest, it’s a people in pickups and passenger cars protest. As for pay, I’m seeing wages of $85K + bennies advertised around here. That’s not a bad wage.
- chernevik 5y ago
  It takes a lot of ideology to think of truckers as "privileged".
  - worik 5y ago
    Not compared to Canadian Indians! Very privileged.
kennywinker 5y ago
One group is protesting a permanent degradation of their home for the rich to get richer. The other is protesting temporary measures to protect the most vulnerable among us. Yeah, my sympathies are a not exactly even. Either way, invoking the emergencies act is stupid - if it wasn’t needed to arrest and remove pipeline protesters, it’s just theatrics now.
- skrbjc 5y ago
  Another way to look at it is energy, especially affordable energy is an essential service that many many people rely on, especially in a cold place like Canada. Regardless, I agree that the emergencies act is overkill. I think the Canadian government should sit down with the protestors and come up with a plan that alleviates the situation. I don't think a police vs protestor clash in the streets is going to end well for anyone.
  - kennywinker 5y ago
    They didn’t sit down with pipeline protesters, why should they sit down with this mob? “You need to get vaccinated, or you can’t work in cross border trucking or go to restaurants for a year or two” is an infinitely smaller ask than “give up control of your land to us, also your drinking water is poison”

Are you as outraged by this as that?

by skrbjc 5y ago

Are you as outraged by this as that?

worik 5y ago

Hell no! Comparing privileged truckers to Canadian indigenous people is chalk and cheese.

TexanFeller 5y ago
Truckers as a group are not what most people would call privileged! Hard work, long hours away from their family, and not great pay. Most of them aren’t very educated and came from humble homes.
- moistly 5y ago
  The protesters are, by and large, not truckers. There are some 300000 truckers (most of them vaccinated) in Canada. A few hundred of them are involved in the protests. It is not a truckers protest, it’s a people in pickups and passenger cars protest. As for pay, I’m seeing wages of $85K + bennies advertised around here. That’s not a bad wage.
chernevik 5y ago
It takes a lot of ideology to think of truckers as "privileged".
- worik 5y ago
  Not compared to Canadian Indians! Very privileged.

kennywinker 5y ago

One group is protesting a permanent degradation of their home for the rich to get richer. The other is protesting temporary measures to protect the most vulnerable among us. Yeah, my sympathies are a not exactly even. Either way, invoking the emergencies act is stupid - if it wasn’t needed to arrest and remove pipeline protesters, it’s just theatrics now.

skrbjc 5y ago
Another way to look at it is energy, especially affordable energy is an essential service that many many people rely on, especially in a cold place like Canada. Regardless, I agree that the emergencies act is overkill. I think the Canadian government should sit down with the protestors and come up with a plan that alleviates the situation. I don't think a police vs protestor clash in the streets is going to end well for anyone.
- kennywinker 5y ago
  They didn’t sit down with pipeline protesters, why should they sit down with this mob? “You need to get vaccinated, or you can’t work in cross border trucking or go to restaurants for a year or two” is an infinitely smaller ask than “give up control of your land to us, also your drinking water is poison”