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Old 02-28-2022, 11:22 PM
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Originally Posted by cordycord
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Canada is going through a serious bank run right now. And not surprisingly, it's not being widely reported. It's because people who donated $10/$20/$50 to the truckers had accounts frozen. Now that the "emergency" is over, people are pulling their accounts. If freezing accounts is not rights being taken away, I don't know what qualifies.

And tomorrow we'll watch the combined Congressional houses sitting together, without mask requirements. You've got enough VND's (very nearly dead) in the crowd that Covid could wipe out a third of the House and Senate, but apparently masks aren't that needed after all...

It's all politics and power, after all.

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2...e-bidens-sotu/
Bank freezes were lifted 5 days ago.


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Bank freezes were lifted 5 days ago.
Run on Canada Banks?

So it seems you have no problem with family bank accounts being frozen over a $50 dollar donation. That puts you on "team skinny moustache."

Now all the banks are seeing a run on their money. There are lines out the door, daily limits, and a fear that some banks will even fail.

Brilliant tactic by Castreau.

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People used to walk around saying they'd punch fascists, but in practice they actually condone them.
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Originally Posted by cordycord
So it seems you have no problem with family bank accounts being frozen over a $50 dollar donation. That puts you on "team skinny moustache."

Now all the banks are seeing a run on their money. There are lines out the door, daily limits, and a fear that some banks will even fail.

Brilliant tactic by Castreau.
I can find no credible evidence of a bank run.

I'm not sure I know exactly what transpired in Canada. They may have over reacted, or the reaction may have been appropriate. Regardless, I don't believe absolute freedom exists...nor should it.
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Originally Posted by Socals14
I don't believe absolute freedom exists...nor should it.
It's so much easier when people are just like "yeah, I'm a fascist."
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Originally Posted by Stock
It's so much easier when people are just like "yeah, I'm a fascist."
You have to know what fascism is to use the word.
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Originally Posted by Stock
It's so much easier when people are just like "yeah, I'm a fascist."
Think about this carefully...your rights, whatever they may be, define the limits of your freedom.
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Originally Posted by Socals14
You have to know what fascism is to use the word.
Probably has nothing to do with the unilateral authoritarian power to economically control the people you disagree with on a whim.


inb4: left-wing right-wing.
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Originally Posted by Braineack
inb4: left-wing right-wing.
Left ving ahnd right ving are part of same torkey.

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Originally Posted by Braineack
Probably has nothing to do with the unilateral authoritarian power to economically control the people you disagree with on a whim.
inb4: left-wing right-wing.
So Canada is a fascist state now? Or do you believe Canadians have the unlimited right to protest and disrupt commerce and movement? Where do YOU draw the line?

Here is decent NYT summary of the events; I would argue their protest not only bordered on the absurd to begin with (demands to lift public health mandates), but quickly devolved into a demonstration for and by secessionists. I'm not sure how that movement is perceived in Canada.

https://www.nytimes.com/article/cana...-protests.html
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Originally Posted by Socals14
Where do YOU draw the line?
The line is in constant motion, based upon the tides of social inertia.

Blocking highways was bad when BLM-supporters were doing it. But it's good when anti-vaxers are doing it.

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Originally Posted by Joe Perez
The line is in constant motion, based upon the tides of social inertia.

Blocking highways was bad when BLM-supporters were doing it. But it's good when anti-vaxers are doing it.
Hold on to your value judgements. The BLM protests were not consistently met with high praise or peaceful tolerance either. Second, public support matters; some political thinkers believe it may be all that matters. Does it not provide legitimacy for a movement? I would be wary of a false equivalency between these events and consider each on their own.
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Originally Posted by Socals14
Hold on to your value judgements. The BLM protests were not consistently met with high praise or peaceful tolerance either.

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Originally Posted by Socals14
Hold on to your value judgements. The BLM protests were not consistently met with high praise or peaceful tolerance either. Second, public support matters; some political thinkers believe it may be all that matters. Does it not provide legitimacy for a movement? I would be wary of a false equivalency between these events and consider each on their own.
If BLM ran for president in 2020 they would have received 810 million votes...
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Originally Posted by Socals14
I can find no credible evidence of a bank run.

I'm not sure I know exactly what transpired in Canada. They may have over reacted, or the reaction may have been appropriate. Regardless, I don't believe absolute freedom exists...nor should it.
https://rumble.com/vvm42u-jordan-pet...in-canada.html

So you're waiting to hear about a bank run from the same people who told you that Trump had hookers pee on a bed in Moscow? Or that there was an attempt to overthrow the U.S. government on January 6, 2021? Or that there's nothing on Hunter Biden's laptop because shut up?

It is easier to digest information when it's spoon-fed to you.
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Originally Posted by cordycord
https://rumble.com/vvm42u-jordan-pet...in-canada.html

So you're waiting to hear about a bank run from the same people who told you that Trump had hookers pee on a bed in Moscow? Or that there was an attempt to overthrow the U.S. government on January 6, 2021? Or that there's nothing on Hunter Biden's laptop because shut up?

It is easier to digest information when it's spoon-fed to you.
Great source. I get all my political and economic news from grainy videos shot at home from a therapist.
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I leave it up to the media -- and polls -- to tell me who does and does not have "public support."
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