Wonderful post tonight Jestre. You summed up my feelings tonight as I am sure you have done for a lot of Canadians. My biggest concern right now is Trudeau isn't lying around in his bed playing video games while in hiding. Is he planning a little event involving agent provactors with possibly help from antifa. I draw your attention to a G20 conference held in Toronto years ago and during the much deserved protests this was a tactic used to discredit the protest. On a positive note suddenly people I know who have gone down the vaccinated route are starting to question the narrative. Today I had the pleasure of two of my grandsons, aged 15 and 26 saying Trudeau has to go. I guess that's progress. Looking forward to your next post. It goes really well with my first coffee in the morning. You work so hard to get out facts and information and I have the pleasure of reading what you have found. I am a huge fan of mystery writers but alas I have not been reading much because we are living in the middle of a huge mystery. You are the detective. I look forward to the next clue.
I agree with you that people are waking up, because of the way Trudeau and other “leaders” are doubling down on the mandates. They have completely eroded any shred of trust that was left and exposed themselves as the indecent scum they are
I know and the sad thing is this is eroding our trust in our doctors. I live in British Columbia and yesterday on the news they announced the closure of several medical clinics in our province. Guess where the doctors are going. They are being hired by huge corporations and are no longer serving as doctors in the public . They are going to dispense their medical advice through a telecom service. I remember a year or so ago wondering why my telephone and cable service was suddenly getting into health services. I can't believe our so called trusted doctors are bailing out. I guess it's time to take responsibility for our own health.Actually I have been doing that for my entire life and I am 71 years old. You may want to consider doing that for yourself if you haven't already.
Sad. Doctors going towards bigger corporations are the exact opposite of what’s in the people’s best interest! I’m hoping that what comes out of all this censoring, lies, cancelling etc, is that doctors start their own private clinics so they can remain true to their calling to heal rather than become drug pushers.
And yes, I visit the doc’s office for every-two-year health checks, that’s it.
As a child I both learned and was taught something which stuck with me and has defined both my life and my perspective on things:
You haven't lost until you give up.
My father used Korea and Vietnam, and the struggles of the peoples under Soviet rule as examples; keeping my mind my own in the socialist school system was my own lesson.
And it holds true. Who won in Iraq? Not the US coalition. Do they rule there now? No. Who has won in the struggle between jws and moslems in Palestine and Israel? Not the US nor its allies. Who won in Afghanistan? Korea? Vietnam?
The one willing to go the distance, take the lumps and pay the price of not giving up wins. The one mincing about thinking semantics can change actual reality will always lose against the first one.
I watched a video of the convoy today and all the people cheering on the roadside in the bitter cold. I burst into tears. You guys are changing history and absolutely punching above your weight! Thank you, thank you, thank you.
Let’s hope the protests in Ottawa maintain momentum while everyone does their part to break through to friends and neighbours with the truth. We can do it!
What a very powerful, inspiring article; punching above our weight indeed. I salute the truckers and every single person peacefully standing up for freedom. Thank you!
Very beautifully written. I think we are reclaiming our title as ‘true North strong and free’. I go back and forth between hope and despair, and the Freedom Convoy is definitely one of the most hopeful signs in a long time. I wonder what will tomorrow bring? Will the tinpot dictator be back? How will he show his face to the public? I don’t expect any remorse from him. Will he resign? And where will we go from there? I worry and worry and pray for our wonderful country. God bless.
True, in a way, but there are very specific circumstances under which they can violate those rights. Namely, meeting a pressing and substantial objective while maintaining proportionality. There is no argument for those criteria being met. But yeah, the Charter needs to be reworked to look more like the American constitution. Exceptions will always be abused and the definition of when exceptions can occur will always be expanded.
Sounds like you have similar problems as I do. My mom unironically watches CNN outside of airports and thinks we're being completely irrational. That's part of the imaging problem we have. We've been in a bar fight with the global media for two years now. They are quick to amplify the people talking about theories that sound too unrealistic to believe (even though many turn out to be correct, mind you) or the aggressive types you mentioned. They ignore the thoughtful, introspective types like Peter Doshi, Bret Weinstein, or Robert Malone (or overtly lie about them). Trying to explain to my mom the cost benefit analysis is difficult because it is so counter to the narrative she has heard from television.
When Jimmy Kimmel says the vaccinated are 90x less likely to die, she believes it. I'm not from a well-off family. She finished her schooling at high school. I can't throw numbers at her like they can because I'm not going to lie like they do. The cost benefit analysis is complex and, individually, it may have been worth it for some people. It's hard to sell that and she doesn't have the background to understand what I mean when I say ascertainment bias... What, indeed, do we do?
You cannot counter the image problem, period. To do that you would need censorship, gatekeepers, cancellations and the rest of the leftist tool box.
And it still wouldn't help. I'll try to illustrate with a local example:
Whenever there has been a protest against the policy or politics against the swedish socialist party, who has ruled here virtually without break since 1945, the state media and regime loyal commercial media has always without fail picked out the most extreme, most irrational and exotic or downright excentic of the protesters and presented these as typical or even spokespersons for the issue at hand. If it's a party/regime loyal march, they instead pick people who will play well with the electorate, and often make several cuts before airing it, even when "live".
It's like handling bullying: you don't do it by appeasing or adapting to the bully.
Reach out through alternative channels whenever you can. Build a grass-roots movement on the net. Be gracious - focus on what everyone can get onboard with instead of everyone being in agreement on every issue. Study the history of the modern left - find out why, how and in what way they differ from the marxists of old, pre the 1970s. You have a golden source in prof. Jordan Peterson's lectures on the topic of postmodernism and totalitarianism. Several of 'Mencius Moldbug's essays are also extremely worthwhile - check them out at unqualified-reservations.org; he (?) lso has a Substack at graymirror.substack.com.
Don't despair. I don't know your age. I'm old enough to remeber when the leftists (or liberals or progressives) marched in support of the Khmer Rouge and Pol Pot. They aren't invincible: they are bullies and cowards and sadists, personality-wise. Stand firm and stand together - they can't ever win a fair stand up fight. That's why they always use labelling and shaming, to break people apart. Learn their tactics: tactics are not dependant on ideology, they are tools. Same with language, rethorics and semantics. That's why they don't want open public debate - they can't control the narrative then.
Don't give in, don't give up - especially not your self. A good 'in' with older relatives (65+) worth trying could be "Did the governement and the media act this way with the smallpox vaccine too?" The technique is called "the child's question" in my old textbooks. An innocent question which triggers cognitive dissonance in the person trying to answer it. Keep the question simple, don't be argumentative but instead honestly interested and ask the obvious logical follow-up questions, such as (in this example) "Gee, if they lock down society this much over a flu virus, imagine what they would do for ebola!".
Keep calm, keep a level head and remember if debating in a group or a social setting to keep to decorum: even if you don't win over the one you are debating, the room is full of other people who will be affected by how you and your opponent acts. Be the good example, not the cautionary tale.
Sorry if I come across as more than a little preachy, but 20 years a teacher, well it's like calluses on the brain. :)
Wonderful post tonight Jestre. You summed up my feelings tonight as I am sure you have done for a lot of Canadians. My biggest concern right now is Trudeau isn't lying around in his bed playing video games while in hiding. Is he planning a little event involving agent provactors with possibly help from antifa. I draw your attention to a G20 conference held in Toronto years ago and during the much deserved protests this was a tactic used to discredit the protest. On a positive note suddenly people I know who have gone down the vaccinated route are starting to question the narrative. Today I had the pleasure of two of my grandsons, aged 15 and 26 saying Trudeau has to go. I guess that's progress. Looking forward to your next post. It goes really well with my first coffee in the morning. You work so hard to get out facts and information and I have the pleasure of reading what you have found. I am a huge fan of mystery writers but alas I have not been reading much because we are living in the middle of a huge mystery. You are the detective. I look forward to the next clue.
I agree with you that people are waking up, because of the way Trudeau and other “leaders” are doubling down on the mandates. They have completely eroded any shred of trust that was left and exposed themselves as the indecent scum they are
I know and the sad thing is this is eroding our trust in our doctors. I live in British Columbia and yesterday on the news they announced the closure of several medical clinics in our province. Guess where the doctors are going. They are being hired by huge corporations and are no longer serving as doctors in the public . They are going to dispense their medical advice through a telecom service. I remember a year or so ago wondering why my telephone and cable service was suddenly getting into health services. I can't believe our so called trusted doctors are bailing out. I guess it's time to take responsibility for our own health.Actually I have been doing that for my entire life and I am 71 years old. You may want to consider doing that for yourself if you haven't already.
Sad. Doctors going towards bigger corporations are the exact opposite of what’s in the people’s best interest! I’m hoping that what comes out of all this censoring, lies, cancelling etc, is that doctors start their own private clinics so they can remain true to their calling to heal rather than become drug pushers.
And yes, I visit the doc’s office for every-two-year health checks, that’s it.
As a child I both learned and was taught something which stuck with me and has defined both my life and my perspective on things:
You haven't lost until you give up.
My father used Korea and Vietnam, and the struggles of the peoples under Soviet rule as examples; keeping my mind my own in the socialist school system was my own lesson.
And it holds true. Who won in Iraq? Not the US coalition. Do they rule there now? No. Who has won in the struggle between jws and moslems in Palestine and Israel? Not the US nor its allies. Who won in Afghanistan? Korea? Vietnam?
The one willing to go the distance, take the lumps and pay the price of not giving up wins. The one mincing about thinking semantics can change actual reality will always lose against the first one.
Unanimi cum ratione; viam inveniemus.
I watched a video of the convoy today and all the people cheering on the roadside in the bitter cold. I burst into tears. You guys are changing history and absolutely punching above your weight! Thank you, thank you, thank you.
I'm still up and saw your post. This all feels really emotional and in a very good way. Perhaps there will be a run on kleenex.❤
Great essay!
Let’s hope the protests in Ottawa maintain momentum while everyone does their part to break through to friends and neighbours with the truth. We can do it!
What a very powerful, inspiring article; punching above our weight indeed. I salute the truckers and every single person peacefully standing up for freedom. Thank you!
So beautifully written. Never been prouder to call myself Canadian, and stand beside these strong and brave truckers.
This is what I've learned: https://live2fightanotherday.substack.com/p/oh-canada-never-again
Trudy ran away because he is scared of not knowing what to do and more scared of upsetting the Cult than scared of the truckers.
He has gone to Daddy Klaus to ask what to do.
Very beautifully written. I think we are reclaiming our title as ‘true North strong and free’. I go back and forth between hope and despair, and the Freedom Convoy is definitely one of the most hopeful signs in a long time. I wonder what will tomorrow bring? Will the tinpot dictator be back? How will he show his face to the public? I don’t expect any remorse from him. Will he resign? And where will we go from there? I worry and worry and pray for our wonderful country. God bless.
Beautifully said. Thank you.
"a restoration of the rights guaranteed to us by the Charter" - the problem is, the Charter guarantees nada. Not much to restore, save the pretenses.
True, in a way, but there are very specific circumstances under which they can violate those rights. Namely, meeting a pressing and substantial objective while maintaining proportionality. There is no argument for those criteria being met. But yeah, the Charter needs to be reworked to look more like the American constitution. Exceptions will always be abused and the definition of when exceptions can occur will always be expanded.
Yeah, Hitler happily ruled by exceptions for 10 years straight, till the bitter end. Akin to Turdeau.
Sounds like you have similar problems as I do. My mom unironically watches CNN outside of airports and thinks we're being completely irrational. That's part of the imaging problem we have. We've been in a bar fight with the global media for two years now. They are quick to amplify the people talking about theories that sound too unrealistic to believe (even though many turn out to be correct, mind you) or the aggressive types you mentioned. They ignore the thoughtful, introspective types like Peter Doshi, Bret Weinstein, or Robert Malone (or overtly lie about them). Trying to explain to my mom the cost benefit analysis is difficult because it is so counter to the narrative she has heard from television.
When Jimmy Kimmel says the vaccinated are 90x less likely to die, she believes it. I'm not from a well-off family. She finished her schooling at high school. I can't throw numbers at her like they can because I'm not going to lie like they do. The cost benefit analysis is complex and, individually, it may have been worth it for some people. It's hard to sell that and she doesn't have the background to understand what I mean when I say ascertainment bias... What, indeed, do we do?
You cannot counter the image problem, period. To do that you would need censorship, gatekeepers, cancellations and the rest of the leftist tool box.
And it still wouldn't help. I'll try to illustrate with a local example:
Whenever there has been a protest against the policy or politics against the swedish socialist party, who has ruled here virtually without break since 1945, the state media and regime loyal commercial media has always without fail picked out the most extreme, most irrational and exotic or downright excentic of the protesters and presented these as typical or even spokespersons for the issue at hand. If it's a party/regime loyal march, they instead pick people who will play well with the electorate, and often make several cuts before airing it, even when "live".
It's like handling bullying: you don't do it by appeasing or adapting to the bully.
Reach out through alternative channels whenever you can. Build a grass-roots movement on the net. Be gracious - focus on what everyone can get onboard with instead of everyone being in agreement on every issue. Study the history of the modern left - find out why, how and in what way they differ from the marxists of old, pre the 1970s. You have a golden source in prof. Jordan Peterson's lectures on the topic of postmodernism and totalitarianism. Several of 'Mencius Moldbug's essays are also extremely worthwhile - check them out at unqualified-reservations.org; he (?) lso has a Substack at graymirror.substack.com.
Don't despair. I don't know your age. I'm old enough to remeber when the leftists (or liberals or progressives) marched in support of the Khmer Rouge and Pol Pot. They aren't invincible: they are bullies and cowards and sadists, personality-wise. Stand firm and stand together - they can't ever win a fair stand up fight. That's why they always use labelling and shaming, to break people apart. Learn their tactics: tactics are not dependant on ideology, they are tools. Same with language, rethorics and semantics. That's why they don't want open public debate - they can't control the narrative then.
Don't give in, don't give up - especially not your self. A good 'in' with older relatives (65+) worth trying could be "Did the governement and the media act this way with the smallpox vaccine too?" The technique is called "the child's question" in my old textbooks. An innocent question which triggers cognitive dissonance in the person trying to answer it. Keep the question simple, don't be argumentative but instead honestly interested and ask the obvious logical follow-up questions, such as (in this example) "Gee, if they lock down society this much over a flu virus, imagine what they would do for ebola!".
Keep calm, keep a level head and remember if debating in a group or a social setting to keep to decorum: even if you don't win over the one you are debating, the room is full of other people who will be affected by how you and your opponent acts. Be the good example, not the cautionary tale.
Sorry if I come across as more than a little preachy, but 20 years a teacher, well it's like calluses on the brain. :)
The MSM says the protesters are idiots so the koolaiders repeat that and think that makes themselves clever.
I tell them that I was part of the protest, that the mandates are wrong.
That gives them a fright.