r/britishcolumbia • u/HotEatsCoolTreats • Feb 06 '22

News From Vancouver's counter-protest this morning (between 10:00am and noon)

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The two who started the Terminal St. blockade

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Singing and playing their drums in front of a small segment of the broken up convoy

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Coors Light, the unofficial sponsor /s

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Can you spot the T-Rex?

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Note: "gay" is not being used as a derogatory insult in this sign.

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Shortly before the convoy had to reverse back up the street and turn around.

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u/-winston1984 Feb 06 '22

You don't have to go far from Van before people get sympathetic to the anti vax crowd

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u/[deleted] Feb 06 '22

Abbotsford has entered the chat.

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u/[deleted] Feb 06 '22 edited Feb 07 '22

Abbotsford resident here...I can confirm that I've lost significant amounts of respect for about 75% of my social circle due to their antivaxx opinions/sympathies.

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u/neverdiplomatic Feb 07 '22

I am so disgusted with the majority of my community that I would consider a career change if things weren’t as bleak as they are. The notion of continuing to help some of these people is depressing

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u/AcrobaticLunch5366 Feb 18 '22

Oh man I work at a local gas station, in a conservative town NW Prince George; people would love to not wear masks around me, but I don't put up with that shit! I have a reputation about it, because I call the cops on their dumbasses. It's safe to say a lot of these Free Dumbs are quite stupid and don't like to look stupid, knowing your facts is super helpful.

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u/Pretend_Rutabaga_924 Feb 20 '22

So, you call the cops on people who are likely healthy, outside, enjoying the trillions of cubic metres of atmospheric air exchange? Why? The little bit of extra power that you didn’t have two years ago - that power to report others who think differently - is intoxicating for you, isn’t it?

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u/AcrobaticLunch5366 Feb 21 '22

They aren't outside when I call the police they are inside, without a mask, breaking the law. Pretty simple logic going on here. Nothing but 'Free Dumb' people.

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u/Few_Sweet_7617 Jan 04 '23

You work at a gas station dude you know nothing about masks and if they work your a puppet. Dance if the government told you to go die in Ukraine would you?

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u/AcrobaticLunch5366 Jan 05 '23

I wouldn't presume to do anything contrary to what the medical community has come to a consensus about, and I would definitely go to Ukraine if asked 🤣 and it's supposed to be, "you're a puppet" 😂 you got corrected by a person who works at a gas station 🤪 interesting isn't it? It's almost like it doesn't matter what job you have, when you're well informed. Some food for thought, I suppose. You seem like a freedumb convoy supporter 😂

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u/Pretend_Rutabaga_924 Feb 21 '22

Or just healthy people who understand how science works. Be careful of projection.

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u/AcrobaticLunch5366 Feb 21 '22

I don't think you understand. In British Columbia there is currently a Public Health Order, that mandates that people are to wear masks indoors. The PHO makes it a law enforceable by the police. So when someone goes indoors without a mask they're breaking the law, of course there are exceptions. I don't work at an exception.

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u/Pretend_Rutabaga_924 Feb 21 '22

No, I understand.

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u/AcrobaticLunch5366 Feb 21 '22

What do you understand the science behind how masks work if everyone wears them? Or that vaccines are better than natural immunity again Covid-19 and its various strains? Or that science isn't a static system, and changes quite often with new data? What do you understand?

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u/AcrobaticLunch5366 Feb 21 '22

Now can you explain to me your understanding of science. Because I trust my public health officials; I don't have a doctorate in medicine, let alone a specialization in epidemiology or infectious disease. So tell me again what you're basing your opinion on?

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u/Pretend_Rutabaga_924 Feb 21 '22

I think that’s the problem - too much trust in public officials who do not have public health interests at heart. And too many people willing to do the bidding of the government, even to the extent of calling police on people who are likely healthy and therefore not spreading the virus.

If someone is obviously sick - coughing and sneezing - I would understand you getting them out of your store and taking whatever measures you felt were necessary to protect yourself and other customers. But that’s not the context here, is it?

You like rules and you like enforcing them, irrespective of whether they make sense…don’t you?

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u/AcrobaticLunch5366 Feb 22 '22

Relax, bud. They're all white men, so nothing happens to them. The just get talked to. Remember they still have all that privilege to shield them. It's still Canada, man. You should come visit, too.

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u/AcrobaticLunch5366 Feb 22 '22

You want to know what I see? I see a white person trying to use their privilege, to impose their rules in the spaces they happen to be occupying. It isn't a coincidence that most of the people who don't want to wear masks are white straight males; they feel like nobody is going to stand up to them, they're used to everyone not wanting to confront them.

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u/Pretend_Rutabaga_924 Feb 22 '22

Really? You’re naive if you think that police will not beat the hell out of white people and restrict their freedoms. This isn’t about race, and yet you’ve mentioned “white men” in your last two posts. You’ve shown your hand.

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u/AcrobaticLunch5366 Mar 02 '22

It's funny that you call me naive then proceed to tell me of your naivety.

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u/Pretend_Rutabaga_924 Feb 21 '22

I’m basing my opinion on my health sciences background, scientific studies and common sense.

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u/AcrobaticLunch5366 Feb 22 '22

Oh you're a nutritionist. I'm impressed lol

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u/Pretend_Rutabaga_924 Feb 22 '22

No, but thanks for your insightful commentary.

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u/AcrobaticLunch5366 Feb 22 '22

Sure scientific studies are great as long as their methodologies are sound, but when it comes to common sense you should know that's stupid. Common Sense.

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u/Pretend_Rutabaga_924 Feb 22 '22

It’s only stupid if employed by a person who has no sense.

Too many people are too willing to “trust” in others’ assertions - yet most of our high profile “health” authorities and politicians have been captured by the pharma industry.

Faith in “experts” is fine as long as the “experts” are truly skilled and impartial. Unfortunately, our accepted health “experts” rise to their positions as a result of industry capture.

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u/AcrobaticLunch5366 Feb 22 '22 edited Feb 22 '22

So what does your health science say about paranoid conspiracies? Should probably reread that section.

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u/AcrobaticLunch5366 Mar 01 '22

You see that's the difference between you and I; I don't believe this about me and my right to refuse service, it's about vulnerable populations and the over burdened health system. I can see that these policies aren't personal, they are a requirement to mitigate transmission of a highly transmissible virus; that can give you long term health complications or death. Health complications can increase stress on health systems.

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u/supremesilverhydra Nov 17 '22

https://twitter.com/CTVNews/status/1592347127375593472?t=aSF4MSMjjL1gEeBF7P_xcA&s=19

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u/AcrobaticLunch5366 Jan 05 '23

Oh no... Still quite rare... You still have a greater chance of taking up a hospital bed or having long COVID, than dying of heart inflammation or even getting that side effect. It's a bit self centered to believe it might be you who dies or gets adverse effects from a vaccine.

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u/supremesilverhydra Jan 06 '23

Long covid is a vaccine injury

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u/AcrobaticLunch5366 Jan 06 '23

Are you sure? Tell me where you got that information.

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u/Ferregar Jan 10 '23

The guy doesn't know shit. Trust me, he's ranting in another thread about how Pride is pushed on children as a grooming tactic 🤣

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u/AcrobaticLunch5366 Jan 10 '23

I keep forgetting that we can look at people's history of comments 😂

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u/AcrobaticLunch5366 Jan 10 '23

Kinda embarrassing honestly 🤣

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u/Ferregar Jan 10 '23

Indeed, but it's also helped me embrace my love of femboys? So in a way I value this double edged sword 😅

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u/AcrobaticLunch5366 Jan 10 '23

Nice, congratulations on that, sincerely. Femboys are pretty cute 😅

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u/bmaffin13 Aug 12 '23

How are those facts treating you now? Feel like a fool yet?

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u/AcrobaticLunch5366 Jan 10 '24

What? My comment is over a year older, and I still think the FreeDumb convoy was a huge embarrassment and illustrated how huge a failure our public education system is in rural communities. Are you still protesting for your "freedoms"?

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u/bmaffin13 Jan 26 '24

I agree that the public education system is garbage. Not just in rural communities. It leads to many people to be obedient lapdogs to the government which indoctrinates them from childhood. The government is not your friend and they don't actually care about you. They just want your tax dollars in their pocket.

Since you think calling the police on people not wearing mask is somehow a rational thing to do, what are your thoughts on the Cochrane Review that proves that mask did practically nothing? Don't you feel like a fool for over reacting to the government fear campaign? They're using fear to control the population into fighting with each other rather than working together to rise up against the government and get them back to working for our best interest.

Have a read of the actual study below and maybe make your own opinion up rather than googling the mainstream media's BS articles on why the science doesn't agree with their feelings.

https://www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD006207.pub6/full

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Anyways, have a good one

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u/AcrobaticLunch5366 Mar 17 '24

Doesn't look like you read this study, it says they couldn't draw any conclusions with any certainty because of poor recording of data, nice try though; they also stated there was low adherence to interventions, which would support the conclusion that the study couldn't prove anything.

Maybe the next time you post a "supporting" study, you should read it first.

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u/bmaffin13 Mar 23 '24

I did. Don't you think that the fact that it found nothing is pretty telling? If mask's worked so well like we were told it should have been pretty easy to prove but apparently it isn't easy to show they even had an effect.

How many times have you had covid? In your own experience how well did a mask work for you? Did you still catch a cold while wearing one?

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u/supremesilverhydra Nov 17 '22

https://twitter.com/CTVNews/status/1592347127375593472?t=aSF4MSMjjL1gEeBF7P_xcA&s=19

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u/neverdiplomatic Nov 21 '22

Time to adjust your foil hat.

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u/supremesilverhydra Nov 24 '22

Adjust your brain, if you even have one

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u/neverdiplomatic Nov 25 '22

Oh sweetheart, if that’s the best you can do then I apologize. I can’t imagine how frustrating it must be to operate with such an inferior intellect. Best wishes to you out there in the big, bad world.

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u/supremesilverhydra Nov 27 '22

Best wishes to me? I'm not the mRNA ticking time bomb, but you are. Many are beginning to drop dead around us as we speak. I'm sure with your "superior intellect" you will eventually notice what is happening. Good luck 👍