"Convoy picks up cars and anti-Ukraine talking points ahead of
Washington arrival
The American offshoot of the “Freedom Convoy†is staging in Hagerstown, Maryland, on Friday and ramping up for its final protest somewhere in Washington, D.C., on Saturday."The American offshoot of
the “Freedom Convoy†that brought chaos to Canada’s capital is
promising to stop traffic outside of Washington, D.C., on Saturday,
but exact plans remained vague Friday as the group hit its last pit
stop in Maryland.
The convoy, which was organized on pro-Trump and anti-vaccine channels
on the Telegram messaging app, has picked up hundreds of cars and
several trucks since the group left a rural parking lot in Adelanto, California, on Feb. 22.
According to extremism researchers following the movement, the convoy
now consists of several dozen tractor-trailer trucks and hundreds of
cars. The group is staging in Hagerstown, Maryland, on Friday and
ramping up for its final protest somewhere in Washington, D.C., on Saturday."
"The group’s demands are now vague and tied to what they call “accountability,†according to Sara Aniano, an extremism researcher who has spent the last month following the convoy in its
Telegram chats.
“That could mean financial accountability. It could be physical accountability. It could be legal accountability. Their inability to distinguish what exactly that means is where the concern lies,†said Aniano, who recently published a report on QAnon’s growth after Jan. 6 for the International Centere for the Study of Radicalization, a London-based nonprofit group."
"But as its Covid mission has become less clear, the group’s
channels have turned to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, where conspiracy-minded thinking has flourished. While some group members
have admonished Russian President Vladimir Putin for the invasion,
QAnon and anti-vaccine contingents within the groups have seized on a
false conspiracy theory that the war is a cover for a military
operation backed by former President Donald Trump in Ukraine.
The conspiracy theory, which is baseless and has roots in QAnon
mythology, alleges that Trump and Putin are secretly working together
to stop bioweapons from being made by Dr. Anthony Fauci in Ukraine and
that shelling in Ukraine has targeted the secret laboratories. Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases,
has emerged in the past year as a main target for far-right conspiracy theories."
"“In their fantasy, Trump comes back, and the military tribunals commence over Covid tests,†Aniano said. “But I don’t think they
know what they want. They are just mad, and they want a reason to
express that.â€"
Technobarbarian wrote:
"Convoy picks up cars and anti-Ukraine talking points ahead of
Washington arrival
The American offshoot of the “Freedom Convoy†is staging in
Hagerstown, Maryland, on Friday and ramping up for its final protest
somewhere in Washington, D.C., on Saturday."The American offshoot of
the “Freedom Convoy†that brought chaos to Canada’s capital is
promising to stop traffic outside of Washington, D.C., on Saturday,
but exact plans remained vague Friday as the group hit its last pit
stop in Maryland.
The convoy, which was organized on pro-Trump and anti-vaccine channels
on the Telegram messaging app, has picked up hundreds of cars and
several trucks since the group left a rural parking lot in Adelanto,
California, on Feb. 22.
According to extremism researchers following the movement, the convoy
now consists of several dozen tractor-trailer trucks and hundreds of
cars. The group is staging in Hagerstown, Maryland, on Friday and
ramping up for its final protest somewhere in Washington, D.C., on
Saturday."
"The group’s demands are now vague and tied to what they call
“accountability,†according to Sara Aniano, an extremism
researcher who has spent the last month following the convoy in its
Telegram chats.
“That could mean financial accountability. It could be physical
accountability. It could be legal accountability. Their inability to
distinguish what exactly that means is where the concern lies,†said >> Aniano, who recently published a report on QAnon’s growth after Jan. >> 6 for the International Centere for the Study of Radicalization, a
London-based nonprofit group."
"But as its Covid mission has become less clear, the group’s
channels have turned to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, where
conspiracy-minded thinking has flourished. While some group members
have admonished Russian President Vladimir Putin for the invasion,
QAnon and anti-vaccine contingents within the groups have seized on a
false conspiracy theory that the war is a cover for a military
operation backed by former President Donald Trump in Ukraine.
The conspiracy theory, which is baseless and has roots in QAnon
mythology, alleges that Trump and Putin are secretly working together
to stop bioweapons from being made by Dr. Anthony Fauci in Ukraine and
that shelling in Ukraine has targeted the secret laboratories. Fauci,
director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases,
has emerged in the past year as a main target for far-right conspiracy
theories."
"“In their fantasy, Trump comes back, and the military tribunals
commence over Covid tests,†Aniano said. “But I don’t think they
know what they want. They are just mad, and they want a reason to
express that.â€"
"Accountability". I love it. I just bygod love it. It's right up there
with the also overused "literally" and "efficacy" and "everything's on
the table" and "at the end of the day going forward".
Someone must be held accountable!
Who must be held accountable for what?
It doesn't matter who or what.
At the end of the going forward, just literally hold someone
efficaciously accountable for something.
On 3/4/2022 2:18 PM, bfh wrote:
Technobarbarian wrote:
"Convoy picks up cars and anti-Ukraine talking points ahead of
Washington arrival
The American offshoot of the “Freedom Convoy†is staging in
Hagerstown, Maryland, on Friday and ramping up for its final protest
somewhere in Washington, D.C., on Saturday."The American offshoot of
the “Freedom Convoy†that brought chaos to Canada’s capital is
promising to stop traffic outside of Washington, D.C., on Saturday,
but exact plans remained vague Friday as the group hit its last pit
stop in Maryland.
The convoy, which was organized on pro-Trump and anti-vaccine channels
on the Telegram messaging app, has picked up hundreds of cars and
several trucks since the group left a rural parking lot in Adelanto,
California, on Feb. 22.
According to extremism researchers following the movement, the convoy
now consists of several dozen tractor-trailer trucks and hundreds of
cars. The group is staging in Hagerstown, Maryland, on Friday and
ramping up for its final protest somewhere in Washington, D.C., on
Saturday."
"The group’s demands are now vague and tied to what they call
“accountability,†according to Sara Aniano, an extremism
researcher who has spent the last month following the convoy in its
Telegram chats.
“That could mean financial accountability. It could be physical
accountability. It could be legal accountability. Their inability to
distinguish what exactly that means is where the concern lies,†said >> Aniano, who recently published a report on QAnon’s growth after Jan.
6 for the International Centere for the Study of Radicalization, a
London-based nonprofit group."
"But as its Covid mission has become less clear, the group’s
channels have turned to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, where
conspiracy-minded thinking has flourished. While some group members
have admonished Russian President Vladimir Putin for the invasion,
QAnon and anti-vaccine contingents within the groups have seized on a
false conspiracy theory that the war is a cover for a military
operation backed by former President Donald Trump in Ukraine.
The conspiracy theory, which is baseless and has roots in QAnon
mythology, alleges that Trump and Putin are secretly working together
to stop bioweapons from being made by Dr. Anthony Fauci in Ukraine and
that shelling in Ukraine has targeted the secret laboratories. Fauci,
director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases,
has emerged in the past year as a main target for far-right conspiracy
theories."
"“In their fantasy, Trump comes back, and the military tribunals
commence over Covid tests,†Aniano said. “But I don’t think they
know what they want. They are just mad, and they want a reason to
express that.†"
"Accountability". I love it. I just bygod love it. It's right up there with the also overused "literally" and "efficacy" and "everything's on
the table" and "at the end of the day going forward".
Someone must be held accountable!
Who must be held accountable for what?
It doesn't matter who or what.
At the end of the going forward, just literally hold someone
efficaciously accountable for something.
Hay, more "accountability":
"‘Freedom Convoy’ spinoff rallies in Md. with about 1,000 vehicles and unclear plans"
"HAGERSTOWN, Md. — They drove pickup trucks, RVs, 18-wheelers and minivans, some making a 2,500-mile journey from Southern California.
More joined as the convoy passed through Amarillo, Tex., or rallied at a farm equipment supplier in Monrovia, Ind. And others came in Friday, as about 1,000 vehicles converged at a speedway in Hagerstown, Md., under
the rallying cry of “freedom.”
The truckers and their supporters are now the closest they have been to
the nation’s capital, where they want to hold lawmakers “accountable” for the government’s pandemic responses. Their plans for coming days remained opaque on Saturday afternoon, but organizers said they intended
to stay in Hagerstown — about an hour’s drive from the Beltway — for the
rest of the day and hold a rally in the evening.
The convoy’s motives are muddy, too. People gathered in the western Maryland city described frustrations with workplace vaccine mandates and other measures meant to limit the spread of the coronavirus — even
though those rules have now been lifted in many places. The speedway
crowds chanted anti-President Biden slogans and displayed support for
former president Donald Trump. Extremism analysts point to a broader set
of right-wing causes that have motivated participants.
Trucks and cars filed into the speedway complex Saturday morning,
passing under an American flag waving from a cable between two 30-foot
booms attached to semi tow-trucks. Within, truckers and their supporters were waking up after the Friday night rally. Most in the crowd were
White men, but there were also some young children and dogs.
Rows and rows of tanker trucks, flatbeds, box trailers, RVs and pickup trucks lined the parking lot, bearing license plates from Utah, Maine, Arkansas, Texas and other states. A chorus of honking horns blared from
the area where the convoy vehicles were stacked in lines, awaiting their next move.
On Friday night, Brian Brase, a convoy organizer, looked out at the
crowd — some dressed in red-white-and-blue beanies and waving American flags — and told them to celebrate the distance they had traveled. But they would have to wait longer to learn their final destination and what
to do when they get there.
“Well, we’re going to do something,” he said, laughing. “What this is is
yet to be determined. Please be patient.”"
[snip]
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2022/03/05/peoples-convoy-protest-hagerstown/
TB
On Saturday, March 5, 2022 at 4:26:30 PM UTC-8, Technobarbarian wrote:time for those involved, where they're a winning team, "stickin' to the status quo!" It's a lot like die hard sports fan behavior....
On 3/4/2022 2:18 PM, bfh wrote:
Technobarbarian wrote:Hay, more "accountability":
"Convoy picks up cars and anti-Ukraine talking points ahead of
Washington arrival
The American offshoot of the “Freedom Convoy†is staging in
Hagerstown, Maryland, on Friday and ramping up for its final protest
somewhere in Washington, D.C., on Saturday."The American offshoot of
the “Freedom Convoy†that brought chaos to Canada’s capital is
promising to stop traffic outside of Washington, D.C., on Saturday,
but exact plans remained vague Friday as the group hit its last pit
stop in Maryland.
The convoy, which was organized on pro-Trump and anti-vaccine channels >>>> on the Telegram messaging app, has picked up hundreds of cars and
several trucks since the group left a rural parking lot in Adelanto,
California, on Feb. 22.
According to extremism researchers following the movement, the convoy
now consists of several dozen tractor-trailer trucks and hundreds of
cars. The group is staging in Hagerstown, Maryland, on Friday and
ramping up for its final protest somewhere in Washington, D.C., on
Saturday."
"The group’s demands are now vague and tied to what they call
“accountability,†according to Sara Aniano, an extremism
researcher who has spent the last month following the convoy in its
Telegram chats.
“That could mean financial accountability. It could be physical
accountability. It could be legal accountability. Their inability to
distinguish what exactly that means is where the concern lies,†said >>>> Aniano, who recently published a report on QAnon’s growth after Jan.
6 for the International Centere for the Study of Radicalization, a
London-based nonprofit group."
"But as its Covid mission has become less clear, the group’s
channels have turned to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, where
conspiracy-minded thinking has flourished. While some group members
have admonished Russian President Vladimir Putin for the invasion,
QAnon and anti-vaccine contingents within the groups have seized on a
false conspiracy theory that the war is a cover for a military
operation backed by former President Donald Trump in Ukraine.
The conspiracy theory, which is baseless and has roots in QAnon
mythology, alleges that Trump and Putin are secretly working together
to stop bioweapons from being made by Dr. Anthony Fauci in Ukraine and >>>> that shelling in Ukraine has targeted the secret laboratories. Fauci,
director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, >>>> has emerged in the past year as a main target for far-right conspiracy >>>> theories."
"“In their fantasy, Trump comes back, and the military tribunals >>>> commence over Covid tests,†Aniano said. “But I don’t think they
know what they want. They are just mad, and they want a reason to
express that.†"
"Accountability". I love it. I just bygod love it. It's right up there
with the also overused "literally" and "efficacy" and "everything's on
the table" and "at the end of the day going forward".
Someone must be held accountable!
Who must be held accountable for what?
It doesn't matter who or what.
At the end of the going forward, just literally hold someone
efficaciously accountable for something.
"‘Freedom Convoy’ spinoff rallies in Md. with about 1,000 vehicles and >> unclear plans"
"HAGERSTOWN, Md. — They drove pickup trucks, RVs, 18-wheelers and
minivans, some making a 2,500-mile journey from Southern California.
More joined as the convoy passed through Amarillo, Tex., or rallied at a
farm equipment supplier in Monrovia, Ind. And others came in Friday, as
about 1,000 vehicles converged at a speedway in Hagerstown, Md., under
the rallying cry of “freedom.”
The truckers and their supporters are now the closest they have been to
the nation’s capital, where they want to hold lawmakers “accountable” >> for the government’s pandemic responses. Their plans for coming days
remained opaque on Saturday afternoon, but organizers said they intended
to stay in Hagerstown — about an hour’s drive from the Beltway — for the
rest of the day and hold a rally in the evening.
The convoy’s motives are muddy, too. People gathered in the western
Maryland city described frustrations with workplace vaccine mandates and
other measures meant to limit the spread of the coronavirus — even
though those rules have now been lifted in many places. The speedway
crowds chanted anti-President Biden slogans and displayed support for
former president Donald Trump. Extremism analysts point to a broader set
of right-wing causes that have motivated participants.
Trucks and cars filed into the speedway complex Saturday morning,
passing under an American flag waving from a cable between two 30-foot
booms attached to semi tow-trucks. Within, truckers and their supporters
were waking up after the Friday night rally. Most in the crowd were
White men, but there were also some young children and dogs.
Rows and rows of tanker trucks, flatbeds, box trailers, RVs and pickup
trucks lined the parking lot, bearing license plates from Utah, Maine,
Arkansas, Texas and other states. A chorus of honking horns blared from
the area where the convoy vehicles were stacked in lines, awaiting their
next move.
On Friday night, Brian Brase, a convoy organizer, looked out at the
crowd — some dressed in red-white-and-blue beanies and waving American
flags — and told them to celebrate the distance they had traveled. But
they would have to wait longer to learn their final destination and what
to do when they get there.
“Well, we’re going to do something,” he said, laughing. “What this is is
yet to be determined. Please be patient.”"
[snip]
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2022/03/05/peoples-convoy-protest-hagerstown/
TB
Sounds like they're all dressed up - With no place to go? I can relate to their unfulfilled angst, or at least, see that calling in others... Some folks just love to protest against things they see as some kind of an injustice.... It's a bonding
Che Guevara Jr...
On 3/5/2022 8:17 PM, film...@gmail.com wrote:
On Saturday, March 5, 2022 at 4:26:30 PM UTC-8, Technobarbarian wrote:
On 3/4/2022 2:18 PM, bfh wrote:
Technobarbarian wrote:Hay, more "accountability":
"Convoy picks up cars and anti-Ukraine talking points ahead of
Washington arrival
The American offshoot of the “Freedom Convoy†is
staging in
Hagerstown, Maryland, on Friday and ramping up for its final protest >>>>> somewhere in Washington, D.C., on Saturday."The American offshoot of >>>>> the “Freedom Convoy†that brought chaos to >>>>> Canada’s capital is
promising to stop traffic outside of Washington, D.C., on Saturday,
but exact plans remained vague Friday as the group hit its last pit
stop in Maryland.
The convoy, which was organized on pro-Trump and anti-vaccine
channels
on the Telegram messaging app, has picked up hundreds of cars and
several trucks since the group left a rural parking lot in Adelanto, >>>>> California, on Feb. 22.
According to extremism researchers following the movement, the
convoy
now consists of several dozen tractor-trailer trucks and hundreds of >>>>> cars. The group is staging in Hagerstown, Maryland, on Friday and
ramping up for its final protest somewhere in Washington, D.C., on
Saturday."
"The group’s demands are now vague and tied to what they call
“accountability,†according to Sara Aniano, an extremism
researcher who has spent the last month following the convoy in its
Telegram chats.
“That could mean financial accountability. It could be >>>>> physical
accountability. It could be legal accountability. Their inability to >>>>> distinguish what exactly that means is where the concern
lies,†said
Aniano, who recently published a report on QAnon’s growth
after Jan.
6 for the International Centere for the Study of Radicalization, a
London-based nonprofit group."
"But as its Covid mission has become less clear, the group’s
channels have turned to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, where
conspiracy-minded thinking has flourished. While some group members
have admonished Russian President Vladimir Putin for the invasion,
QAnon and anti-vaccine contingents within the groups have seized
on a
false conspiracy theory that the war is a cover for a military
operation backed by former President Donald Trump in Ukraine.
The conspiracy theory, which is baseless and has roots in QAnon
mythology, alleges that Trump and Putin are secretly working
together
to stop bioweapons from being made by Dr. Anthony Fauci in
Ukraine and
that shelling in Ukraine has targeted the secret laboratories.
Fauci,
director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious
Diseases,
has emerged in the past year as a main target for far-right
conspiracy
theories."
"“In their fantasy, Trump comes back, and the military >>>>> tribunals
commence over Covid tests,†Aniano said. “But I >>>>> don’t think they
know what they want. They are just mad, and they want a reason to
express that.†"
"Accountability". I love it. I just bygod love it. It's right up
there
with the also overused "literally" and "efficacy" and
"everything's on
the table" and "at the end of the day going forward".
Someone must be held accountable!
Who must be held accountable for what?
It doesn't matter who or what.
At the end of the going forward, just literally hold someone
efficaciously accountable for something.
"‘Freedom Convoy’ spinoff rallies in Md. with about 1,000
vehicles and
unclear plans"
"HAGERSTOWN, Md. — They drove pickup trucks, RVs, 18-wheelers and >>> minivans, some making a 2,500-mile journey from Southern California.
More joined as the convoy passed through Amarillo, Tex., or rallied
at a
farm equipment supplier in Monrovia, Ind. And others came in
Friday, as
about 1,000 vehicles converged at a speedway in Hagerstown, Md., under
the rallying cry of “freedom.â€
The truckers and their supporters are now the closest they have
been to
the nation’s capital, where they want to hold lawmakers
“accountableâ€
for the government’s pandemic responses. Their plans for coming days >>> remained opaque on Saturday afternoon, but organizers said they
intended
to stay in Hagerstown — about an hour’s drive from the Beltway
— for the
rest of the day and hold a rally in the evening.
The convoy’s motives are muddy, too. People gathered in the western >>> Maryland city described frustrations with workplace vaccine
mandates and
other measures meant to limit the spread of the coronavirus — even >>> though those rules have now been lifted in many places. The speedway
crowds chanted anti-President Biden slogans and displayed support for
former president Donald Trump. Extremism analysts point to a
broader set
of right-wing causes that have motivated participants.
Trucks and cars filed into the speedway complex Saturday morning,
passing under an American flag waving from a cable between two 30-foot
booms attached to semi tow-trucks. Within, truckers and their
supporters
were waking up after the Friday night rally. Most in the crowd were
White men, but there were also some young children and dogs.
Rows and rows of tanker trucks, flatbeds, box trailers, RVs and pickup
trucks lined the parking lot, bearing license plates from Utah, Maine,
Arkansas, Texas and other states. A chorus of honking horns blared
from
the area where the convoy vehicles were stacked in lines, awaiting
their
next move.
On Friday night, Brian Brase, a convoy organizer, looked out at the
crowd — some dressed in red-white-and-blue beanies and waving
American
flags — and told them to celebrate the distance they had
traveled. But
they would have to wait longer to learn their final destination and
what
to do when they get there.
“Well, we’re going to do something,†he said, laughing. >>> “What this is is
yet to be determined. Please be patient.â€"
[snip]
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2022/03/05/peoples-convoy-protest-hagerstown/
TB
Sounds like they're all dressed up - With no place to go? I can
relate to their unfulfilled angst, or at least, see that calling
in others... Some folks just love to protest against things they
see as some kind of an injustice.... It's a bonding time for those
involved, where they're a winning team, "stickin' to the status
quo!" It's a lot like die hard sports fan behavior....
Che Guevara Jr...
I think you're onto something here. Sooner or later someone is going to turn protestin' into a competitive sport, with teams. They
could steal ideas from other unreality shows and add new ones. Give it
all sorts of pizazz, romance and sex appeal. It could be progressive
and include all sorts of ridiculous convoys. They could start with protestin' in the middle of nowhere and work their way up to the BIG TIME--DC, BAY-BE! Or maybe Moscow. They'll leave the NFL in the dust
and make a ton of money. Eventually we'll probably elect a winning
team captain to be the President of the United States and a former topless/bottomless protestin' cheerleader will probably be his first
lady.
Technobarbarian wrote:
On 3/5/2022 8:17 PM, film...@gmail.com wrote:
On Saturday, March 5, 2022 at 4:26:30 PM UTC-8, Technobarbarian wrote:
On 3/4/2022 2:18 PM, bfh wrote:
Technobarbarian wrote:Hay, more "accountability":
"Convoy picks up cars and anti-Ukraine talking points ahead of
Washington arrival
The American offshoot of the “Freedom Convoy†is staging in
Hagerstown, Maryland, on Friday and ramping up for its final protest >>>>>> somewhere in Washington, D.C., on Saturday."The American offshoot of >>>>>> the “Freedom Convoy†that brought chaos to >>>>>> Canada’s capital is
promising to stop traffic outside of Washington, D.C., on Saturday, >>>>>> but exact plans remained vague Friday as the group hit its last pit >>>>>> stop in Maryland.
The convoy, which was organized on pro-Trump and anti-vaccine
channels
on the Telegram messaging app, has picked up hundreds of cars and
several trucks since the group left a rural parking lot in Adelanto, >>>>>> California, on Feb. 22.
According to extremism researchers following the movement, the convoy >>>>>> now consists of several dozen tractor-trailer trucks and hundreds of >>>>>> cars. The group is staging in Hagerstown, Maryland, on Friday and
ramping up for its final protest somewhere in Washington, D.C., on >>>>>> Saturday."
"The group’s demands are now vague and tied to what they call
“accountability,†according to Sara Aniano, an extremism
researcher who has spent the last month following the convoy in its >>>>>> Telegram chats.
“That could mean financial accountability. It could be physical
accountability. It could be legal accountability. Their inability to >>>>>> distinguish what exactly that means is where the concern
lies,†said
Aniano, who recently published a report on QAnon’s growth
after Jan.
6 for the International Centere for the Study of Radicalization, a >>>>>> London-based nonprofit group."
"But as its Covid mission has become less clear, the group’s
channels have turned to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, where
conspiracy-minded thinking has flourished. While some group members >>>>>> have admonished Russian President Vladimir Putin for the invasion, >>>>>> QAnon and anti-vaccine contingents within the groups have seized on a >>>>>> false conspiracy theory that the war is a cover for a military
operation backed by former President Donald Trump in Ukraine.
The conspiracy theory, which is baseless and has roots in QAnon
mythology, alleges that Trump and Putin are secretly working together >>>>>> to stop bioweapons from being made by Dr. Anthony Fauci in Ukraine >>>>>> and
that shelling in Ukraine has targeted the secret laboratories. Fauci, >>>>>> director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious
Diseases,
has emerged in the past year as a main target for far-right
conspiracy
theories."
"“In their fantasy, Trump comes back, and the military >>>>>> tribunals
commence over Covid tests,†Aniano said. “But I >>>>>> don’t think they
know what they want. They are just mad, and they want a reason to
express that.†"
"Accountability". I love it. I just bygod love it. It's right up there >>>>> with the also overused "literally" and "efficacy" and "everything's on >>>>> the table" and "at the end of the day going forward".
Someone must be held accountable!
Who must be held accountable for what?
It doesn't matter who or what.
At the end of the going forward, just literally hold someone
efficaciously accountable for something.
"‘Freedom Convoy’ spinoff rallies in Md. with about 1,000 >>>> vehicles and
unclear plans"
"HAGERSTOWN, Md. — They drove pickup trucks, RVs, 18-wheelers and >>>> minivans, some making a 2,500-mile journey from Southern California.
More joined as the convoy passed through Amarillo, Tex., or rallied
at a
farm equipment supplier in Monrovia, Ind. And others came in Friday, as >>>> about 1,000 vehicles converged at a speedway in Hagerstown, Md., under >>>> the rallying cry of “freedom.â€
The truckers and their supporters are now the closest they have been to >>>> the nation’s capital, where they want to hold lawmakers
“accountableâ€
for the government’s pandemic responses. Their plans for coming days
remained opaque on Saturday afternoon, but organizers said they
intended
to stay in Hagerstown — about an hour’s drive from the Beltway
— for the
rest of the day and hold a rally in the evening.
The convoy’s motives are muddy, too. People gathered in the western >>>> Maryland city described frustrations with workplace vaccine mandates
and
other measures meant to limit the spread of the coronavirus — even >>>> though those rules have now been lifted in many places. The speedway
crowds chanted anti-President Biden slogans and displayed support for
former president Donald Trump. Extremism analysts point to a broader
set
of right-wing causes that have motivated participants.
Trucks and cars filed into the speedway complex Saturday morning,
passing under an American flag waving from a cable between two 30-foot >>>> booms attached to semi tow-trucks. Within, truckers and their
supporters
were waking up after the Friday night rally. Most in the crowd were
White men, but there were also some young children and dogs.
Rows and rows of tanker trucks, flatbeds, box trailers, RVs and pickup >>>> trucks lined the parking lot, bearing license plates from Utah, Maine, >>>> Arkansas, Texas and other states. A chorus of honking horns blared from >>>> the area where the convoy vehicles were stacked in lines, awaiting
their
next move.
On Friday night, Brian Brase, a convoy organizer, looked out at the
crowd — some dressed in red-white-and-blue beanies and waving
American
flags — and told them to celebrate the distance they had traveled. >>>> But
they would have to wait longer to learn their final destination and
what
to do when they get there.
“Well, we’re going to do something,†he said, laughing. >>>> “What this is is
yet to be determined. Please be patient.â€"
[snip]
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2022/03/05/peoples-convoy-protest-hagerstown/
TB
Sounds like they're all dressed up - With no place to go? I can
relate to their unfulfilled angst, or at least, see that calling in
others... Some folks just love to protest against things they see as
some kind of an injustice.... It's a bonding time for those
involved, where they're a winning team, "stickin' to the status
quo!" It's a lot like die hard sports fan behavior....
Che Guevara Jr...
I think you're onto something here. Sooner or later someone is >> going to turn protestin' into a competitive sport, with teams. They
could steal ideas from other unreality shows and add new ones. Give it
all sorts of pizazz, romance and sex appeal. It could be progressive
and include all sorts of ridiculous convoys. They could start with
protestin' in the middle of nowhere and work their way up to the BIG
TIME--DC, BAY-BE! Or maybe Moscow. They'll leave the NFL in the dust
and make a ton of money. Eventually we'll probably elect a winning
team captain to be the President of the United States and a former
topless/bottomless protestin' cheerleader will probably be his first
lady.
At the end of the day going forward, that would make Presidential
campaigning literally a lot more interesting than it's ever been in all
of my history.
On 3/6/2022 12:44 AM, bfh wrote:
Technobarbarian wrote:
On 3/5/2022 8:17 PM, film...@gmail.com wrote:
On Saturday, March 5, 2022 at 4:26:30 PM UTC-8, Technobarbarian
wrote:
On 3/4/2022 2:18 PM, bfh wrote:
Technobarbarian wrote:Hay, more "accountability":
"Convoy picks up cars and anti-Ukraine talking points ahead of
Washington arrival
The American offshoot of the “Freedom
Convoy†is staging in
Hagerstown, Maryland, on Friday and ramping up for its final
protest
somewhere in Washington, D.C., on Saturday."The American
offshoot of
the “Freedom Convoy†that brought
chaos to Canada’s capital is >>>>>>> promising to stop traffic outside of Washington, D.C., on
Saturday,
but exact plans remained vague Friday as the group hit its last >>>>>>> pit
stop in Maryland.
The convoy, which was organized on pro-Trump and anti-vaccine
channels
on the Telegram messaging app, has picked up hundreds of cars and >>>>>>> several trucks since the group left a rural parking lot in
Adelanto,
California, on Feb. 22.
According to extremism researchers following the movement, the
convoy
now consists of several dozen tractor-trailer trucks and
hundreds of
cars. The group is staging in Hagerstown, Maryland, on Friday and >>>>>>> ramping up for its final protest somewhere in Washington, D.C., on >>>>>>> Saturday."
"The group’s demands are now vague and tied to
what they call
“accountability,†according to Sara
Aniano, an extremism
researcher who has spent the last month following the convoy in >>>>>>> its
Telegram chats.
“That could mean financial accountability. It
could be physical
accountability. It could be legal accountability. Their
inability to
distinguish what exactly that means is where the concern
lies,†said
Aniano, who recently published a report on
QAnon’s growth after Jan.
6 for the International Centere for the Study of Radicalization, a >>>>>>> London-based nonprofit group."
"But as its Covid mission has become less clear, the
group’s
channels have turned to Russia’s invasion of
Ukraine, where
conspiracy-minded thinking has flourished. While some group
members
have admonished Russian President Vladimir Putin for the invasion, >>>>>>> QAnon and anti-vaccine contingents within the groups have
seized on a
false conspiracy theory that the war is a cover for a military
operation backed by former President Donald Trump in Ukraine.
The conspiracy theory, which is baseless and has roots in QAnon
mythology, alleges that Trump and Putin are secretly working
together
to stop bioweapons from being made by Dr. Anthony Fauci in
Ukraine and
that shelling in Ukraine has targeted the secret laboratories.
Fauci,
director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious
Diseases,
has emerged in the past year as a main target for far-right
conspiracy
theories."
"“In their fantasy, Trump comes back, and the
military tribunals
commence over Covid tests,†Aniano said.
“But I don’t think they
know what they want. They are just mad, and they want a reason to >>>>>>> express that.†"
"Accountability". I love it. I just bygod love it. It's right up
there
with the also overused "literally" and "efficacy" and
"everything's on
the table" and "at the end of the day going forward".
Someone must be held accountable!
Who must be held accountable for what?
It doesn't matter who or what.
At the end of the going forward, just literally hold someone
efficaciously accountable for something.
"‘Freedom Convoy’ spinoff rallies in Md. with about
1,000 vehicles and
unclear plans"
"HAGERSTOWN, Md.  They drove pickup trucks, RVs,
18-wheelers and
minivans, some making a 2,500-mile journey from Southern California. >>>>> More joined as the convoy passed through Amarillo, Tex., or
rallied at a
farm equipment supplier in Monrovia, Ind. And others came in
Friday, as
about 1,000 vehicles converged at a speedway in Hagerstown, Md.,
under
the rallying cry of “freedom.â€Â
The truckers and their supporters are now the closest they have
been to
the nation’s capital, where they want to hold lawmakers >>>>> “accountableâ€Â
for the government’s pandemic responses. Their plans for
coming days
remained opaque on Saturday afternoon, but organizers said they
intended
to stay in Hagerstown  about an hour’s drive from
the Beltway  for the
rest of the day and hold a rally in the evening.
The convoy’s motives are muddy, too. People gathered in >>>>> the western
Maryland city described frustrations with workplace vaccine
mandates and
other measures meant to limit the spread of the coronavirus
 even
though those rules have now been lifted in many places. The speedway >>>>> crowds chanted anti-President Biden slogans and displayed support
for
former president Donald Trump. Extremism analysts point to a
broader set
of right-wing causes that have motivated participants.
Trucks and cars filed into the speedway complex Saturday morning,
passing under an American flag waving from a cable between two
30-foot
booms attached to semi tow-trucks. Within, truckers and their
supporters
were waking up after the Friday night rally. Most in the crowd were
White men, but there were also some young children and dogs.
Rows and rows of tanker trucks, flatbeds, box trailers, RVs and
pickup
trucks lined the parking lot, bearing license plates from Utah,
Maine,
Arkansas, Texas and other states. A chorus of honking horns
blared from
the area where the convoy vehicles were stacked in lines,
awaiting their
next move.
On Friday night, Brian Brase, a convoy organizer, looked out at the
crowd  some dressed in red-white-and-blue beanies and >>>>> waving American
flags  and told them to celebrate the distance they had
traveled. But
they would have to wait longer to learn their final destination
and what
to do when they get there.
“Well, we’re going to do something,†he said,
laughing. “What this is is
yet to be determined. Please be patient.â€Â"
[snip]
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2022/03/05/peoples-convoy-protest-hagerstown/
TB
Sounds like they're all dressed up - With no place to go? I >>>> can relate to their unfulfilled angst, or at least, see that
calling in others... Some folks just love to protest against
things they see as some kind of an injustice.... It's a bonding
time for those involved, where they're a winning team, "stickin'
to the status quo!"Â Â It's a lot like die hard sports fan
behavior....
Che Guevara Jr...
      I think you're onto something here. Sooner or later
someone is going to turn protestin' into a competitive sport, with
teams. They could steal ideas from other unreality shows and add
new ones. Give it all sorts of pizazz, romance and sex appeal. It
could be progressive and include all sorts of ridiculous convoys.
They could start with protestin' in the middle of nowhere and work
their way up to the BIG TIME--DC, BAY-BE! Or maybe Moscow. They'll
leave the NFL in the dust and make a ton of money. Eventually we'll
probably elect a winning team captain to be the President of the
United States and a former topless/bottomless protestin'
cheerleader will probably be his first lady.
At the end of the day going forward, that would make Presidential
campaigning literally a lot more interesting than it's ever been in
all of my history.
I think the internet has made it inevitable that politics will become more entertaining. I don't blame Sarah Palin or the orange
clown. They were just pioneers in their field. Who would have thunk
it? I can remember when trolls were considered among the lowest of the
low. Child molesters and spammers were about the only people lower.
Now it's a valid career choice and it can get you elected to the
highest office in the land. One of my favorite recent idiot quotes is
that he knew he needed to include "just the right amount of crazy" in
his tweets.
I had gotten tired of that old "presidential" bullshit. But I found that I missed it and have developed a fondness for old fashioned
boring bureaucrats. Hopefully they'll still be there, in the
background, after the TV stars take over.
Mean while, back with the truckers. Remember the truckers?
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/05/us/trucker-convoy-washington-protest.html
"Truckers protesting Covid mandates are amassing outside the capital.
The convoy and its supporters could move into Washington to hold
rallies."
https://www.newsweek.com/trucker-convoy-delays-dc-arrival-plans-all-day-maryland-rally-instead-1685238
"Sara Aniano, a researcher focusing on far-right conspiracy theories
and misinformation, said that the lack of clarity around
"accountability" raises concerns.
"That could mean financial accountability. It could be physical accountability. It could be legal accountability. Their inability to distinguish what exactly that means is where the concern lies," said
Aniano, according to NBC News.
She also noted that supporters of the convoy believe that they are the
ones responsible for the loosening of COVID-19 rules in the U.S."
https://www.usnews.com/news/top-news/articles/2022-03-06/peoples-convoy-truck-protest-drives-laps-around-washington
"'People's Convoy' Truck Protest Drives Laps Around Washington
By Reuters
|
March 6, 2022, at 10:36 a.m."
"WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Hundreds of trucks, recreational vehicles and
cars were circling the outskirts of Washington on Sunday, threatening
to cause traffic backups around the capital as part of a protest
against COVID-19 restrictions.
The so-called "People's Convoy," which originated in California and
has drawn participants from around the country, is calling for an end
to all pandemic-related restrictions. It was inspired by
demonstrations last month that paralyzed Ottawa, Canada's capital city.
The convoy's message has been undercut in recent weeks as major U.S.
cities have rolled back mask mandates and other measures against
COVID-19. President Joe Biden, a Democrat, signaled in his State of
the Union speech on Tuesday that the country was entering a new, more controlled phase of the pandemic without business lockdowns or school closures.
But that did not stop hundreds of vehicles from gathering on Friday
and Saturday at the Hagerstown Speedway, a racetrack in Maryland about
80 miles (129 km) northwest of downtown Washington.
On Sunday morning, many left in convoy to drive slow laps around the Beltway, a highway that encircles the city. They honked their horns as
they set off, while onlookers waved American flags, according to a
Reuters witness.
It remained unclear whether the convoy would drive into downtown
Washington. Organizers said the plan for Sunday was to stay on the
Beltway then head back to Hagerstown."
It might be a good show................, or maybe not. I think a lot of people are going to be disappointed if they don't make a bigger splash. Naturally, everyone will declare victory. It's a time honored tradition.
Technobarbarian wrote:
In keeping with the new fad to overuse previously little-used words and phrases in order to seem more educated and intellectual, I allege that I predict that trolls will soon come to be known as "controversialists".
And I have cherry-picked the Cambridge Dictionary definition to support
that allegation:
-------------------------------------------
controversialist
noun [ C ]
a person who likes to disagree with other people and say things that
make people angry...
--------------------------------------------
While those truckers were convoying across the country from California,
they should have transported some Chinese goods to relieve the supply
chain "issue".
And while I'm allegating, I further allege that before we celebrate
declaring the victory of 'back to normal', that we wait for The Science
to tell us that this is not the calm before the storm of the rise of the
next Covid mutant. And after all, if we Follow the Science, we'll never
be wrong - we'll just be evolving.
Technobarbarian wrote:
On 3/5/2022 8:17 PM, film...@gmail.com wrote:
On Saturday, March 5, 2022 at 4:26:30 PM UTC-8, Technobarbarian wrote:
On 3/4/2022 2:18 PM, bfh wrote:
Technobarbarian wrote:Hay, more "accountability":
"Convoy picks up cars and anti-Ukraine talking points ahead of
Washington arrival
The American offshoot of the “Freedom Convoy†is staging in
Hagerstown, Maryland, on Friday and ramping up for its final protest >>>>>> somewhere in Washington, D.C., on Saturday."The American offshoot of >>>>>> the “Freedom Convoy†that brought chaos to >>>>>> Canada’s capital is
promising to stop traffic outside of Washington, D.C., on Saturday, >>>>>> but exact plans remained vague Friday as the group hit its last pit >>>>>> stop in Maryland.
The convoy, which was organized on pro-Trump and anti-vaccine
channels
on the Telegram messaging app, has picked up hundreds of cars and
several trucks since the group left a rural parking lot in Adelanto, >>>>>> California, on Feb. 22.
According to extremism researchers following the movement, the convoy >>>>>> now consists of several dozen tractor-trailer trucks and hundreds of >>>>>> cars. The group is staging in Hagerstown, Maryland, on Friday and
ramping up for its final protest somewhere in Washington, D.C., on >>>>>> Saturday."
"The group’s demands are now vague and tied to what they call
“accountability,†according to Sara Aniano, an extremism
researcher who has spent the last month following the convoy in its >>>>>> Telegram chats.
“That could mean financial accountability. It could be physical
accountability. It could be legal accountability. Their inability to >>>>>> distinguish what exactly that means is where the concern
lies,†said
Aniano, who recently published a report on QAnon’s growth
after Jan.
6 for the International Centere for the Study of Radicalization, a >>>>>> London-based nonprofit group."
"But as its Covid mission has become less clear, the group’s
channels have turned to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, where
conspiracy-minded thinking has flourished. While some group members >>>>>> have admonished Russian President Vladimir Putin for the invasion, >>>>>> QAnon and anti-vaccine contingents within the groups have seized on a >>>>>> false conspiracy theory that the war is a cover for a military
operation backed by former President Donald Trump in Ukraine.
The conspiracy theory, which is baseless and has roots in QAnon
mythology, alleges that Trump and Putin are secretly working together >>>>>> to stop bioweapons from being made by Dr. Anthony Fauci in Ukraine >>>>>> and
that shelling in Ukraine has targeted the secret laboratories. Fauci, >>>>>> director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious
Diseases,
has emerged in the past year as a main target for far-right
conspiracy
theories."
"“In their fantasy, Trump comes back, and the military >>>>>> tribunals
commence over Covid tests,†Aniano said. “But I >>>>>> don’t think they
know what they want. They are just mad, and they want a reason to
express that.†"
"Accountability". I love it. I just bygod love it. It's right up there >>>>> with the also overused "literally" and "efficacy" and "everything's on >>>>> the table" and "at the end of the day going forward".
Someone must be held accountable!
Who must be held accountable for what?
It doesn't matter who or what.
At the end of the going forward, just literally hold someone
efficaciously accountable for something.
"‘Freedom Convoy’ spinoff rallies in Md. with about 1,000 >>>> vehicles and
unclear plans"
"HAGERSTOWN, Md. — They drove pickup trucks, RVs, 18-wheelers and >>>> minivans, some making a 2,500-mile journey from Southern California.
More joined as the convoy passed through Amarillo, Tex., or rallied
at a
farm equipment supplier in Monrovia, Ind. And others came in Friday, as >>>> about 1,000 vehicles converged at a speedway in Hagerstown, Md., under >>>> the rallying cry of “freedom.â€
The truckers and their supporters are now the closest they have been to >>>> the nation’s capital, where they want to hold lawmakers
“accountableâ€
for the government’s pandemic responses. Their plans for coming days
remained opaque on Saturday afternoon, but organizers said they
intended
to stay in Hagerstown — about an hour’s drive from the Beltway
— for the
rest of the day and hold a rally in the evening.
The convoy’s motives are muddy, too. People gathered in the western >>>> Maryland city described frustrations with workplace vaccine mandates
and
other measures meant to limit the spread of the coronavirus — even >>>> though those rules have now been lifted in many places. The speedway
crowds chanted anti-President Biden slogans and displayed support for
former president Donald Trump. Extremism analysts point to a broader
set
of right-wing causes that have motivated participants.
Trucks and cars filed into the speedway complex Saturday morning,
passing under an American flag waving from a cable between two 30-foot >>>> booms attached to semi tow-trucks. Within, truckers and their
supporters
were waking up after the Friday night rally. Most in the crowd were
White men, but there were also some young children and dogs.
Rows and rows of tanker trucks, flatbeds, box trailers, RVs and pickup >>>> trucks lined the parking lot, bearing license plates from Utah, Maine, >>>> Arkansas, Texas and other states. A chorus of honking horns blared from >>>> the area where the convoy vehicles were stacked in lines, awaiting
their
next move.
On Friday night, Brian Brase, a convoy organizer, looked out at the
crowd — some dressed in red-white-and-blue beanies and waving
American
flags — and told them to celebrate the distance they had traveled. >>>> But
they would have to wait longer to learn their final destination and
what
to do when they get there.
“Well, we’re going to do something,†he said, laughing. >>>> “What this is is
yet to be determined. Please be patient.â€"
[snip]
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2022/03/05/peoples-convoy-protest-hagerstown/
TB
Sounds like they're all dressed up - With no place to go? I can
relate to their unfulfilled angst, or at least, see that calling in
others... Some folks just love to protest against things they see as
some kind of an injustice.... It's a bonding time for those
involved, where they're a winning team, "stickin' to the status
quo!" It's a lot like die hard sports fan behavior....
Che Guevara Jr...
I think you're onto something here. Sooner or later someone is >> going to turn protestin' into a competitive sport, with teams. They
could steal ideas from other unreality shows and add new ones. Give it
all sorts of pizazz, romance and sex appeal. It could be progressive
and include all sorts of ridiculous convoys. They could start with
protestin' in the middle of nowhere and work their way up to the BIG
TIME--DC, BAY-BE! Or maybe Moscow. They'll leave the NFL in the dust
and make a ton of money. Eventually we'll probably elect a winning
team captain to be the President of the United States and a former
topless/bottomless protestin' cheerleader will probably be his first
lady.
At the end of the day going forward, that would make Presidential
campaigning literally a lot more interesting than it's ever been in all
of my history.
On 3/6/2022 12:44 AM, bfh wrote:
Technobarbarian wrote:
On 3/5/2022 8:17 PM, film...@gmail.com wrote:
On Saturday, March 5, 2022 at 4:26:30 PM UTC-8, Technobarbarian
wrote:
On 3/4/2022 2:18 PM, bfh wrote:
Technobarbarian wrote:Hay, more "accountability":
"Convoy picks up cars and anti-Ukraine talking points ahead of
Washington arrival
The American offshoot of the “Freedom
Convoy†is staging in
Hagerstown, Maryland, on Friday and ramping up for its final
protest
somewhere in Washington, D.C., on Saturday."The American
offshoot of
the “Freedom Convoy†that brought
chaos to Canada’s capital is >>>>>>> promising to stop traffic outside of Washington, D.C., on
Saturday,
but exact plans remained vague Friday as the group hit its last >>>>>>> pit
stop in Maryland.
The convoy, which was organized on pro-Trump and anti-vaccine
channels
on the Telegram messaging app, has picked up hundreds of cars and >>>>>>> several trucks since the group left a rural parking lot in
Adelanto,
California, on Feb. 22.
According to extremism researchers following the movement, the
convoy
now consists of several dozen tractor-trailer trucks and
hundreds of
cars. The group is staging in Hagerstown, Maryland, on Friday and >>>>>>> ramping up for its final protest somewhere in Washington, D.C., on >>>>>>> Saturday."
"The group’s demands are now vague and tied to
what they call
“accountability,†according to Sara
Aniano, an extremism
researcher who has spent the last month following the convoy in >>>>>>> its
Telegram chats.
“That could mean financial accountability. It
could be physical
accountability. It could be legal accountability. Their
inability to
distinguish what exactly that means is where the concern
lies,†said
Aniano, who recently published a report on
QAnon’s growth after Jan.
6 for the International Centere for the Study of Radicalization, a >>>>>>> London-based nonprofit group."
"But as its Covid mission has become less clear, the
group’s
channels have turned to Russia’s invasion of
Ukraine, where
conspiracy-minded thinking has flourished. While some group
members
have admonished Russian President Vladimir Putin for the invasion, >>>>>>> QAnon and anti-vaccine contingents within the groups have
seized on a
false conspiracy theory that the war is a cover for a military
operation backed by former President Donald Trump in Ukraine.
The conspiracy theory, which is baseless and has roots in QAnon
mythology, alleges that Trump and Putin are secretly working
together
to stop bioweapons from being made by Dr. Anthony Fauci in
Ukraine and
that shelling in Ukraine has targeted the secret laboratories.
Fauci,
director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious
Diseases,
has emerged in the past year as a main target for far-right
conspiracy
theories."
"“In their fantasy, Trump comes back, and the
military tribunals
commence over Covid tests,†Aniano said.
“But I don’t think they
know what they want. They are just mad, and they want a reason to >>>>>>> express that.†"
"Accountability". I love it. I just bygod love it. It's right up
there
with the also overused "literally" and "efficacy" and
"everything's on
the table" and "at the end of the day going forward".
Someone must be held accountable!
Who must be held accountable for what?
It doesn't matter who or what.
At the end of the going forward, just literally hold someone
efficaciously accountable for something.
"‘Freedom Convoy’ spinoff rallies in Md. with about
1,000 vehicles and
unclear plans"
"HAGERSTOWN, Md.  They drove pickup trucks, RVs,
18-wheelers and
minivans, some making a 2,500-mile journey from Southern California. >>>>> More joined as the convoy passed through Amarillo, Tex., or
rallied at a
farm equipment supplier in Monrovia, Ind. And others came in
Friday, as
about 1,000 vehicles converged at a speedway in Hagerstown, Md.,
under
the rallying cry of “freedom.â€Â
The truckers and their supporters are now the closest they have
been to
the nation’s capital, where they want to hold lawmakers >>>>> “accountableâ€Â
for the government’s pandemic responses. Their plans for
coming days
remained opaque on Saturday afternoon, but organizers said they
intended
to stay in Hagerstown  about an hour’s drive from
the Beltway  for the
rest of the day and hold a rally in the evening.
The convoy’s motives are muddy, too. People gathered in >>>>> the western
Maryland city described frustrations with workplace vaccine
mandates and
other measures meant to limit the spread of the coronavirus
 even
though those rules have now been lifted in many places. The speedway >>>>> crowds chanted anti-President Biden slogans and displayed support
for
former president Donald Trump. Extremism analysts point to a
broader set
of right-wing causes that have motivated participants.
Trucks and cars filed into the speedway complex Saturday morning,
passing under an American flag waving from a cable between two
30-foot
booms attached to semi tow-trucks. Within, truckers and their
supporters
were waking up after the Friday night rally. Most in the crowd were
White men, but there were also some young children and dogs.
Rows and rows of tanker trucks, flatbeds, box trailers, RVs and
pickup
trucks lined the parking lot, bearing license plates from Utah,
Maine,
Arkansas, Texas and other states. A chorus of honking horns
blared from
the area where the convoy vehicles were stacked in lines,
awaiting their
next move.
On Friday night, Brian Brase, a convoy organizer, looked out at the
crowd  some dressed in red-white-and-blue beanies and >>>>> waving American
flags  and told them to celebrate the distance they had
traveled. But
they would have to wait longer to learn their final destination
and what
to do when they get there.
“Well, we’re going to do something,†he said,
laughing. “What this is is
yet to be determined. Please be patient.â€Â"
[snip]
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2022/03/05/peoples-convoy-protest-hagerstown/
TB
Sounds like they're all dressed up - With no place to go? I >>>> can relate to their unfulfilled angst, or at least, see that
calling in others... Some folks just love to protest against
things they see as some kind of an injustice.... It's a bonding
time for those involved, where they're a winning team, "stickin'
to the status quo!"Â Â It's a lot like die hard sports fan
behavior....
Che Guevara Jr...
      I think you're onto something here. Sooner or later
someone is going to turn protestin' into a competitive sport, with
teams. They could steal ideas from other unreality shows and add
new ones. Give it all sorts of pizazz, romance and sex appeal. It
could be progressive and include all sorts of ridiculous convoys.
They could start with protestin' in the middle of nowhere and work
their way up to the BIG TIME--DC, BAY-BE! Or maybe Moscow. They'll
leave the NFL in the dust and make a ton of money. Eventually we'll
probably elect a winning team captain to be the President of the
United States and a former topless/bottomless protestin'
cheerleader will probably be his first lady.
At the end of the day going forward, that would make Presidential
campaigning literally a lot more interesting than it's ever been in
all of my history.
https://www.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/comments/t85j30/protest_in_paris_france/
Protest in Paris, France
On 3/6/2022 12:44 AM, bfh wrote:
Technobarbarian wrote:
On 3/5/2022 8:17 PM, film...@gmail.com wrote:
On Saturday, March 5, 2022 at 4:26:30 PM UTC-8, Technobarbarian wrote: >>>> On 3/4/2022 2:18 PM, bfh wrote:
Technobarbarian wrote:Hay, more "accountability":
"Convoy picks up cars and anti-Ukraine talking points ahead of
Washington arrival
The American offshoot of the “Freedom Convoy†is staging in
Hagerstown, Maryland, on Friday and ramping up for its final protest >>>>>> somewhere in Washington, D.C., on Saturday."The American offshoot of >>>>>> the “Freedom Convoy†that brought chaos to >>>>>> Canada’s capital is
promising to stop traffic outside of Washington, D.C., on Saturday, >>>>>> but exact plans remained vague Friday as the group hit its last pit >>>>>> stop in Maryland.
The convoy, which was organized on pro-Trump and anti-vaccine
channels
on the Telegram messaging app, has picked up hundreds of cars and >>>>>> several trucks since the group left a rural parking lot in Adelanto, >>>>>> California, on Feb. 22.
According to extremism researchers following the movement, the convoy >>>>>> now consists of several dozen tractor-trailer trucks and hundreds of >>>>>> cars. The group is staging in Hagerstown, Maryland, on Friday and >>>>>> ramping up for its final protest somewhere in Washington, D.C., on >>>>>> Saturday."
"The group’s demands are now vague and tied to what they call
“accountability,†according to Sara Aniano, an extremism
researcher who has spent the last month following the convoy in its >>>>>> Telegram chats.
“That could mean financial accountability. It could be physical
accountability. It could be legal accountability. Their inability to >>>>>> distinguish what exactly that means is where the concern
lies,†said
Aniano, who recently published a report on QAnon’s growth
after Jan.
6 for the International Centere for the Study of Radicalization, a >>>>>> London-based nonprofit group."
"But as its Covid mission has become less clear, the group’s
channels have turned to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, where
conspiracy-minded thinking has flourished. While some group members >>>>>> have admonished Russian President Vladimir Putin for the invasion, >>>>>> QAnon and anti-vaccine contingents within the groups have seized on a >>>>>> false conspiracy theory that the war is a cover for a military
operation backed by former President Donald Trump in Ukraine.
The conspiracy theory, which is baseless and has roots in QAnon >>>>>> mythology, alleges that Trump and Putin are secretly working together >>>>>> to stop bioweapons from being made by Dr. Anthony Fauci in Ukraine >>>>>> and
that shelling in Ukraine has targeted the secret laboratories. Fauci, >>>>>> director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious
Diseases,
has emerged in the past year as a main target for far-right
conspiracy
theories."
"“In their fantasy, Trump comes back, and the military >>>>>> tribunals
commence over Covid tests,†Aniano said. “But I
don’t think they
know what they want. They are just mad, and they want a reason to >>>>>> express that.†"
"Accountability". I love it. I just bygod love it. It's right up there >>>>> with the also overused "literally" and "efficacy" and "everything's on >>>>> the table" and "at the end of the day going forward".
Someone must be held accountable!
Who must be held accountable for what?
It doesn't matter who or what.
At the end of the going forward, just literally hold someone
efficaciously accountable for something.
"‘Freedom Convoy’ spinoff rallies in Md. with about 1,000 >>>> vehicles and
unclear plans"
"HAGERSTOWN, Md. — They drove pickup trucks, RVs, 18-wheelers and
minivans, some making a 2,500-mile journey from Southern California. >>>> More joined as the convoy passed through Amarillo, Tex., or rallied >>>> at a
farm equipment supplier in Monrovia, Ind. And others came in Friday, as >>>> about 1,000 vehicles converged at a speedway in Hagerstown, Md., under >>>> the rallying cry of “freedom.â€
The truckers and their supporters are now the closest they have been to >>>> the nation’s capital, where they want to hold lawmakers
“accountableâ€
for the government’s pandemic responses. Their plans for coming days
remained opaque on Saturday afternoon, but organizers said they
intended
to stay in Hagerstown — about an hour’s drive from the Beltway
— for the
rest of the day and hold a rally in the evening.
The convoy’s motives are muddy, too. People gathered in the western
Maryland city described frustrations with workplace vaccine mandates >>>> and
other measures meant to limit the spread of the coronavirus — even
though those rules have now been lifted in many places. The speedway >>>> crowds chanted anti-President Biden slogans and displayed support for >>>> former president Donald Trump. Extremism analysts point to a broader >>>> set
of right-wing causes that have motivated participants.
Trucks and cars filed into the speedway complex Saturday morning,
passing under an American flag waving from a cable between two 30-foot >>>> booms attached to semi tow-trucks. Within, truckers and their
supporters
were waking up after the Friday night rally. Most in the crowd were >>>> White men, but there were also some young children and dogs.
Rows and rows of tanker trucks, flatbeds, box trailers, RVs and pickup >>>> trucks lined the parking lot, bearing license plates from Utah, Maine, >>>> Arkansas, Texas and other states. A chorus of honking horns blared from >>>> the area where the convoy vehicles were stacked in lines, awaiting
their
next move.
On Friday night, Brian Brase, a convoy organizer, looked out at the >>>> crowd — some dressed in red-white-and-blue beanies and waving >>>> American
flags — and told them to celebrate the distance they had traveled.
But
they would have to wait longer to learn their final destination and >>>> what
to do when they get there.
“Well, we’re going to do something,†he said, laughing.
“What this is is
yet to be determined. Please be patient.†"
[snip]
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2022/03/05/peoples-convoy-protest-hagerstown/
TB
Sounds like they're all dressed up - With no place to go? I can
relate to their unfulfilled angst, or at least, see that calling in >>> others... Some folks just love to protest against things they see as >>> some kind of an injustice.... It's a bonding time for those
involved, where they're a winning team, "stickin' to the status
quo!" It's a lot like die hard sports fan behavior....
Che Guevara Jr...
I think you're onto something here. Sooner or later someone is
going to turn protestin' into a competitive sport, with teams. They
could steal ideas from other unreality shows and add new ones. Give it
all sorts of pizazz, romance and sex appeal. It could be progressive
and include all sorts of ridiculous convoys. They could start with
protestin' in the middle of nowhere and work their way up to the BIG
TIME--DC, BAY-BE! Or maybe Moscow. They'll leave the NFL in the dust
and make a ton of money. Eventually we'll probably elect a winning
team captain to be the President of the United States and a former
topless/bottomless protestin' cheerleader will probably be his first
lady.
At the end of the day going forward, that would make Presidential campaigning literally a lot more interesting than it's ever been in all
of my history.
https://www.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/comments/t85j30/protest_in_paris_france/
Protest in Paris, France
TB
Technobarbarian wrote:
On 3/6/2022 12:44 AM, bfh wrote:
Technobarbarian wrote:
On 3/5/2022 8:17 PM, film...@gmail.com wrote:
On Saturday, March 5, 2022 at 4:26:30 PM UTC-8, Technobarbarian wrote: >>>>>> On 3/4/2022 2:18 PM, bfh wrote:
Technobarbarian wrote:Hay, more "accountability":
"Convoy picks up cars and anti-Ukraine talking points ahead of >>>>>>>> Washington arrival
The American offshoot of the “Freedom
Convoy†is staging in
Hagerstown, Maryland, on Friday and ramping up for its final
protest
somewhere in Washington, D.C., on Saturday."The American
offshoot of
the “Freedom Convoy†that brought chaos
to Canada’s capital is
promising to stop traffic outside of Washington, D.C., on Saturday, >>>>>>>> but exact plans remained vague Friday as the group hit its last pit >>>>>>>> stop in Maryland.
The convoy, which was organized on pro-Trump and anti-vaccine
channels
on the Telegram messaging app, has picked up hundreds of cars and >>>>>>>> several trucks since the group left a rural parking lot in
Adelanto,
California, on Feb. 22.
According to extremism researchers following the movement, the >>>>>>>> convoy
now consists of several dozen tractor-trailer trucks and
hundreds of
cars. The group is staging in Hagerstown, Maryland, on Friday and >>>>>>>> ramping up for its final protest somewhere in Washington, D.C., on >>>>>>>> Saturday."
"The group’s demands are now vague and tied to
what they call
“accountability,†according to Sara
Aniano, an extremism
researcher who has spent the last month following the convoy in its >>>>>>>> Telegram chats.
“That could mean financial accountability. It
could be physical
accountability. It could be legal accountability. Their
inability to
distinguish what exactly that means is where the concern
lies,†said
Aniano, who recently published a report on
QAnon’s growth after Jan. >>>>>>>> 6 for the International Centere for the Study of Radicalization, a >>>>>>>> London-based nonprofit group."
"But as its Covid mission has become less clear, the
group’s
channels have turned to Russia’s invasion of
Ukraine, where
conspiracy-minded thinking has flourished. While some group members >>>>>>>> have admonished Russian President Vladimir Putin for the invasion, >>>>>>>> QAnon and anti-vaccine contingents within the groups have seized >>>>>>>> on a
false conspiracy theory that the war is a cover for a military >>>>>>>> operation backed by former President Donald Trump in Ukraine.
The conspiracy theory, which is baseless and has roots in QAnon >>>>>>>> mythology, alleges that Trump and Putin are secretly working
together
to stop bioweapons from being made by Dr. Anthony Fauci in
Ukraine and
that shelling in Ukraine has targeted the secret laboratories. >>>>>>>> Fauci,
director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious
Diseases,
has emerged in the past year as a main target for far-right
conspiracy
theories."
"“In their fantasy, Trump comes back, and the
military tribunals
commence over Covid tests,†Aniano said. >>>>>>>> “But I don’t think they
know what they want. They are just mad, and they want a reason to >>>>>>>> express that.†"
"Accountability". I love it. I just bygod love it. It's right up >>>>>>> there
with the also overused "literally" and "efficacy" and
"everything's on
the table" and "at the end of the day going forward".
Someone must be held accountable!
Who must be held accountable for what?
It doesn't matter who or what.
At the end of the going forward, just literally hold someone
efficaciously accountable for something.
"‘Freedom Convoy’ spinoff rallies in Md. with about
1,000 vehicles and
unclear plans"
"HAGERSTOWN, Md.  They drove pickup trucks, RVs, >>>>>> 18-wheelers and
minivans, some making a 2,500-mile journey from Southern California. >>>>>> More joined as the convoy passed through Amarillo, Tex., or
rallied at a
farm equipment supplier in Monrovia, Ind. And others came in
Friday, as
about 1,000 vehicles converged at a speedway in Hagerstown, Md.,
under
the rallying cry of “freedom.â€Â
The truckers and their supporters are now the closest they have
been to
the nation’s capital, where they want to hold lawmakers >>>>>> “accountableâ€Â
for the government’s pandemic responses. Their plans for
coming days
remained opaque on Saturday afternoon, but organizers said they
intended
to stay in Hagerstown  about an hour’s drive from
the Beltway  for the
rest of the day and hold a rally in the evening.
The convoy’s motives are muddy, too. People gathered in the
western
Maryland city described frustrations with workplace vaccine
mandates and
other measures meant to limit the spread of the coronavirus
 even
though those rules have now been lifted in many places. The speedway >>>>>> crowds chanted anti-President Biden slogans and displayed support for >>>>>> former president Donald Trump. Extremism analysts point to a
broader set
of right-wing causes that have motivated participants.
Trucks and cars filed into the speedway complex Saturday morning,
passing under an American flag waving from a cable between two
30-foot
booms attached to semi tow-trucks. Within, truckers and their
supporters
were waking up after the Friday night rally. Most in the crowd were >>>>>> White men, but there were also some young children and dogs.
Rows and rows of tanker trucks, flatbeds, box trailers, RVs and
pickup
trucks lined the parking lot, bearing license plates from Utah,
Maine,
Arkansas, Texas and other states. A chorus of honking horns blared >>>>>> from
the area where the convoy vehicles were stacked in lines, awaiting >>>>>> their
next move.
On Friday night, Brian Brase, a convoy organizer, looked out at the >>>>>> crowd  some dressed in red-white-and-blue beanies and >>>>>> waving American
flags  and told them to celebrate the distance they had
traveled. But
they would have to wait longer to learn their final destination
and what
to do when they get there.
“Well, we’re going to do something,†he said,
laughing. “What this is is
yet to be determined. Please be patient.â€Â"
[snip]
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2022/03/05/peoples-convoy-protest-hagerstown/
TB
Sounds like they're all dressed up - With no place to go? I >>>>> can relate to their unfulfilled angst, or at least, see that >>>>> calling in others... Some folks just love to protest against
things they see as some kind of an injustice.... It's a bonding
time for those involved, where they're a winning team, "stickin' >>>>> to the status quo!"  It's a lot like die hard sports fan
behavior....
Che Guevara Jr...
      I think you're onto something here. Sooner or later
someone is going to turn protestin' into a competitive sport, with
teams. They could steal ideas from other unreality shows and add new
ones. Give it all sorts of pizazz, romance and sex appeal. It could
be progressive and include all sorts of ridiculous convoys. They
could start with protestin' in the middle of nowhere and work their
way up to the BIG TIME--DC, BAY-BE! Or maybe Moscow. They'll leave
the NFL in the dust and make a ton of money. Eventually we'll
probably elect a winning team captain to be the President of the
United States and a former topless/bottomless protestin' cheerleader
will probably be his first lady.
At the end of the day going forward, that would make Presidential
campaigning literally a lot more interesting than it's ever been in
all of my history.
https://www.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/comments/t85j30/protest_in_paris_france/
Protest in Paris, France
Works for me.
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