A tale of two headlines

[sabotabby]

 If you want to understand why this country is so fucked up, just look at the news and compare the following stories.

1. The FluTruxKlan, a convoy of extremist truckers representing under 10% of the industry and endorsed by high-profile sociopaths like Elon Musk, are taking their plague trucks to Ottawa.

2. The Williams Lake First Nation has discovered at least 93 unmarked graves of children, murdered by the Canadian state and their church allies.

Guess which one has been the top story all week?

Comments

[flamingsword]

Do you ever heave a sigh so deep it feels like your soul just left you for a second?

[sabotabby]

Every few hours.

[moonblossom]

Oh yeah Sabo. I forgot to mention you, when I asked ppl about the lockdown... sorry... what do you think? I am guessing the former???? The truckers??

[sabotabby]

About whether I support the lockdowns? Yeah, although I would have an easier time if the wealthy and powerful didn't find ways around them. The thing is that I've basically been living under a self-imposed lockdown since March 2020, with very little ability to see friends or do anything fun, even when other people were pretending we were back to normal. My life has been stripped of all joy and pleasure. So it's better in lockdown because at least I'm not forced to risk my life at work, and there's no FOMO because everyone else's life sucks too.

[moonblossom]

Yeah, the lockdown sucks. :( My life is not devoid of joy bc I am lucky to have my sisters and mother and friends living with me... I feel for you. <3

[sabotabby]

The only person I see without my mask is my mom, once a week. Someone shoved me on the street the other day and it was the first human contact I've had in a month.

[moonblossom]

In the words of Stephanie Tanner? HOW RUDE. And well, that is ok to be au natural with your mama.

[lynnenne]

It’s absolutely nuts, isn’t it??

Also, “FluTruxKlan” - snerk.

[sabotabby]

In any society that is not a death cult, murdered children would be the most important news.

I wish I could take credit for FluTruxKlan but it's a trending hashtag.

[lilysea]

I wish I could take credit for FluTruxKlan but it's a trending hashtag.

...I was actually wondering if that was what THEY WERE CALLING THEMSELVES!

[sabotabby]

They probably do now! Although now Karen Convoy is trending, lol.

Of course, the overwhelming majority of truckers in this country are BIPOC, vaccinated, and have nothing to do with this nonsense, but we don't hear their voices at all.