🧵:As a growing group of truckers and supporters make their way to Ottawa in a protest against vaccine mandates, experts say the rhetoric online concerning the convoy is getting increasingly worrisome. bit.ly/3rakVEB
A group of truckers and concerned citizens began a cross-country trip to Ottawa over the weekend, in protest of vaccine mandates in the country. The groups expect to arrive in Ottawa this Saturday. bit.ly/3rakVEB
The movement has since gathered steam nationwide. Some experts believe that while some involved genuinely see vaccine mandates as government overreach, other groups and individuals have a long history of very overheated rhetoric. bit.ly/3rakVEB
Kurt Phillips, founder of Anti-Racist Canada, told CTVNews.ca he’s seen people online calling the convoy Canada’s version of the U.S. Capitol insurrection on Jan. 6, 2021, for the truckers to ram their trucks into Parliament. bit.ly/3rakVEB
Peter Smith, a journalist working with the Canadian Anti-Hate Network, says he’s seen people using the movement to accuse politicians of pedophilia and to accuse the government of being illegitimate. bit.ly/3rakVEB
@CTVNews As i f putting ANTI in front of a word makes certain people better. Most people are not racists or haters!