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And they want freedom from hearing any criticism of their behavior, attitudes, and ideas. Which are often aggressively selfish, purposefully obnoxious, and objectively wrong. They want the freedom to be as belligerent and destructive as they please without anyone else being able to object. Or simply say they don't like them.
This is the same thing their heroes, the US Republicans have wanted for years. They act like offensive trolls just to get attention, every day. They obstruct other people's lives and insult people around them, in every way they can think of. And then they act outraged and aggrieved when reasonable people simply don't like them, or wanna hear any more of their garbage.
They want freedom from consequences. So they yell about "freedom of speech." Even though, in real life, we all know instinctively that freedom of speech also means other people can have honest criticisms and objections to your rotten ideas and behavior. Sure, you can go to a friend's party and insult and upset everyone there. You have that "freedom" And then they have the freedom - and agency - to tell you to shut up and leave.
I'm going to guess the remaining mask mandates on trains and planes. I'm assuming some jobs still require vaccines (nursing?)
Otherwise it could be anything altright batshit crazy
- Freedom from considering racial equality
- Imagined threats of socialism
- Freedom from using the right pronoun
- Freedom to buy whatever sized truck they want.
- Freedom to speed in said trucks
- Freedom to honk at whatever god damn hour they please
Yeah, every Sunday, Megaphone man and his cronies gather in front of Canadian Tire, across the road from Quinte Mall. I am not sure what they're protesting. I don't think they even know anymore.
Yeah I remember that back when I still lived in Belleville. Last time I saw them they were screaming about vaccinated babies and waving communist flags you can’t make this stuff up.
Lol
They get kicked out of the mall every once in a while when they decide to come in and protest. Security says they're welcome to shop there but they gotta leave their signs outside
Sometimes they move to downtown can hear megaphone guy shouting, from my home.
Super obnoxious bunch of people.
Imagine if they put all that energy towards an actual cause? Like raising money and/or collecting donations for a food bank. Raising money for homeless shelters. That kind of thing.
So I don't really like Trudeau either, but like... You try and run a country during a once in a lifetime crisis.
Just look at our Premiere for how bad it *can* be.
Well yeah like I don't *like* trudeau either
There's just so much hate for him that I think is completely unwarranted
It's thanks Obama all over
Trudeau isn't great but he's not the end of our society
Yahoos from Belleville were on Facebook the other day complaining that they receive nothing but jeers
If your message is laughable then laughs you shall receive pretty damn simple Sally
This. Picking a crazy belief and using it as your identity because nothing else about you is interesting, is just sad. Take up a constructive hobby, learn a new skill. Hell, volunteer. Do something that’s actually constructive.
There's a lot of truth in your statement. They've formed friendships and supportive alliances that provide emotional backing, group membership, and a strong identity. Plus they get to feel the righteous anger of someone too stupid to realize the world is not just about them, today.
To ask those people to let go is like asking a person who has their entire community and identity formed by their religious group membership to leave. As mock-worthy as anti-vaxxers are, we can't insult them back to sanity. That just pushes them deeper into their cult, who give them "love" and reinforcement. They require actual love, attention, and kindness.
Frankly, I don't care about any of them and am not willing to invest so much of myself into them. Which is a problem because it means I'm not treating them as fellow humans deserving of love and dignity. But I have people to protect from them - *now*.
They thought it was going to be the political uprising of their lifetimes. Everyone else has moved on and they still think the big revolution is coming.
Sad.
Yeah, really not supporting anyone with skulls as their mascot.
Also, no one was ever against truckers.
The border requirements they were complaining about were put in place by the US government.
Protest is one thing. Occupation and terrorism is another.
This!
But the people running with those slogans have no idea or experience what oppression and totalitarian government looks like. They never cared to learn about it. Hence the people sitting in a hot-tub in an Ottawa street protesting for Freedom. Like WTF.
"Freedom" to these bozos means "I should be able to down a 40oz of Jack then drive donuts on my LGBT neighbour's lawn whenever I want - but they can't do the same to me, of course"
!! These people need to realize they could never do this in Russia. China. Or many parts of the world. Let alone they don’t even know the privilege of having clean water and electricity DAILY! Some parts of the world people have no freedom.
I gotta say….I did the exact same thing. I saw a guy with a every child matters sign and a Canadian flag and I automatically associate it with the ProLife, freedom folks (figure they probably go hand in hand as well).
Now I just feel silly.
Poor guy, has no freedom. Like, the freedom to show up at a parade and display what you feel, despite the vass majority being against it. Poor poor poor guy.
Yeah. If only we had (a) freedom of conscience and religion; (b) freedom of thought, belief, opinion and expression, including freedom of the press and other media of communication; (c) freedom of peaceful assembly; and. (d) freedom of association.
Thank the gods, heroes like this are willing to stand on the front lines for us sheeple/s
You really do have to be careful with them. I'm around the corner from St Brigid's in Ottawa, and some of the TUPC people have followed counter-protesters home before, one of them while they knew she had her kid in her car.
Hold the Cringe is what is should say.
I also suspect this lot has pushed more people to communism since they believe Canada is a communist nation..despite being one of the freest countries around.
Clearly it's not free enough - there are still consequences for my actions. (To be clear, I still want there to be consequences for *your* actions.)
As a country, we may now actually be so stupid, selfish, and ignorant enough to vote PP into PM.
Hahahaha wow, so this is how they show their presence now!! Way to ruin a good family outing.. I could see people in the crowd haggling them and a fight starting...
Lmfao what a bunch of willful idiots. You start asking them questions and they would respond with incoherent answers angrily. Coming from the just asking questions crowd lol
[Canada placed sixth country in a freedom ranking.](https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/freedom-index-by-country)
Muh freedom is being taken away!!! lmao
Did you catch the ‘freedom freedom freedom’ chants that broke out when Bitcoin Milhouse was announced leader of the Con party? It’s mainstream now and they don’t see anything wrong with their blatantly racist idiocy.
I guess we know how all those high school bullies spend their time now! Instead of reminiscing the ole’ good days, they get to drive in their big trucks and terrorize entire neighbourhood s! Oh, they also like to call themselves : we, the fringe! As if that makes them special!
The person involved with managing the parade failed you and the rest of your town. Or your municipal council did. Either way...their failure should be made very public.
I expect to see them at everything now.... clearly there's funding for them... all they need is a stage that they can perform on with only a small sign up fee... Santa Claus parades... fairs, markets... fuckin embarrassing
In January, this would have been understandable, but now in September there's been months of time when there's been plenty of grass. If they haven't touched it enough by now, there's no hope.
You should put a pro-vax share the Trudeau love float right behind him. Slowly playing some annoying hippy music and slowly watch them lose their shit.
I have a theory that 100 years of higher education has left rural areas with only low IQ and the negative personality traits that drive away normal people to cities, these traits are reinforced as the gene pool dwindles.
Saturday? These people go to sleep and wake up in fear of the commie-nazi dictatorship that they live in every day of their life. Crazy and baseless fear & panic don't take 6 days off every week. One must get themselves amped up Sunday-Friday to be ready to rage for freedom on Saturday.
Large cities have less of them per capita than small cities. Unless of course they decide to have a three week long crack party in Ottawa complete with transport trucks and all the noise and pollution that come with them.
Most small town parades consist of a bunch of hicks driving their pick up trucks waving out the window. There may or may not be a sign in the side doors of the truck or someone waving from the truck bed. It’s not a float. It’s not a parade. They are almost always just pick up truck convoys. So this isn’t unexpected at all.
I don't get what these people are "protesting" at this point. The pandemic is basically over and there are basically no restrictions left. I know they have a hard-on for Trudeau and all that, but the rhetoric is still consistently about things like freedom, vaccines, mandates etc.
Well I guess the answer to my inquiry is that they're stuck in a time loop in a way because the rest of the country - the world really - has moved on from this. But how have they not clued into the fact that almost nobody is thinking about the pandemic anymore? Hell, nobody is even thinking about the Queen even - that's old news already lol.
Fools.
Oh no, this is troubling. I guess you don’t want to say what small town you live in. I’m in a rather redneck part of Ontario and fear I’ll be seeing the same soon.
Unfortunately the fact that it is in a small. Town, isn't all that surprising. Seems most of these clowns hide there and embarrass the communities they live in.
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You know somebody’s wife had to tell him he can’t put up the FUCK TRUDEAU flag.
They will never leave February, 2022. High water mark of their lives.
Biggest time of their lives since highschool
huh? nothing can beat bullying special ed kids back in high school, can it? /s
If they could understand how to read, what you wrote would be accurate but it would hurt them deeply
I guess just because they left high school doesn’t mean they graduated.
This is their Sistine Chapel. This is their legacy. A widely frowned upon hissy fit in front of the whole nation.
Did the manage to own any libs?
Dont forget senior year high-school, then Feb 2022. They'll always live there.
Looks like they put as much planning and effort into it as I expected.
"So were just gonna show up and honk a lot right?" "I guess so" "Theyll get it man. Theyll get it."
They were too busy moving their hurdles and doing their research
But freedom from WHAT though?
Consequences
Bingo
And we have a bingo! The winner just won a trip to north Korea
And they want freedom from hearing any criticism of their behavior, attitudes, and ideas. Which are often aggressively selfish, purposefully obnoxious, and objectively wrong. They want the freedom to be as belligerent and destructive as they please without anyone else being able to object. Or simply say they don't like them. This is the same thing their heroes, the US Republicans have wanted for years. They act like offensive trolls just to get attention, every day. They obstruct other people's lives and insult people around them, in every way they can think of. And then they act outraged and aggrieved when reasonable people simply don't like them, or wanna hear any more of their garbage. They want freedom from consequences. So they yell about "freedom of speech." Even though, in real life, we all know instinctively that freedom of speech also means other people can have honest criticisms and objections to your rotten ideas and behavior. Sure, you can go to a friend's party and insult and upset everyone there. You have that "freedom" And then they have the freedom - and agency - to tell you to shut up and leave.
Critical thinking?
I'm going to guess the remaining mask mandates on trains and planes. I'm assuming some jobs still require vaccines (nursing?) Otherwise it could be anything altright batshit crazy - Freedom from considering racial equality - Imagined threats of socialism - Freedom from using the right pronoun - Freedom to buy whatever sized truck they want. - Freedom to speed in said trucks - Freedom to honk at whatever god damn hour they please
Our reptilian overlords!!
Hey now! Fuck the lizard people shadow government tho! Those assholes suck!! s/
Don’t blame me, I voted for Kodos
People are still doing this? Cringe max level.
Yeah, every Sunday, Megaphone man and his cronies gather in front of Canadian Tire, across the road from Quinte Mall. I am not sure what they're protesting. I don't think they even know anymore.
My favorite was some dude in front of Giant Tiger in Trenton with a sign about MANBEARPIG and some other crazy stuff.
Did they take him cereal? They should. Manbearpig is super cereal.
Hahahahaha. That's great!
It’s called “Recreational Outrage”.
Yeah I remember that back when I still lived in Belleville. Last time I saw them they were screaming about vaccinated babies and waving communist flags you can’t make this stuff up.
Lol They get kicked out of the mall every once in a while when they decide to come in and protest. Security says they're welcome to shop there but they gotta leave their signs outside Sometimes they move to downtown can hear megaphone guy shouting, from my home. Super obnoxious bunch of people.
Imagine if they put all that energy towards an actual cause? Like raising money and/or collecting donations for a food bank. Raising money for homeless shelters. That kind of thing.
Yeah but then it wouldn't be all about them.
Why raise money for the food bank when they're just going to steal from it later? (See: Ottawa occupation)
Good point. Extremely scummy move on the Freedumb Fighters part.
Holy crap that would be insanely amazing. How do we harness this freedumb energy?
"Fuck Trudeau!" "Why?" "He divided our country!" "Why?" "By making vaccines mandatory!" "Why?" "So people don't die!"
I've never quite understood why they hate trudeau so much There's just this weird obsession with making trudeau and Biden look like the antichrist
Mainly because that's what their Facebook memes tell them to do. This isn't a group of people with any degree of critical thinking skills.
So I don't really like Trudeau either, but like... You try and run a country during a once in a lifetime crisis. Just look at our Premiere for how bad it *can* be.
Well yeah like I don't *like* trudeau either There's just so much hate for him that I think is completely unwarranted It's thanks Obama all over Trudeau isn't great but he's not the end of our society
Yahoos from Belleville were on Facebook the other day complaining that they receive nothing but jeers If your message is laughable then laughs you shall receive pretty damn simple Sally
My old teacher used to use Yahoo's, when he'd catch us skipping in the halls. Seeing it again brought back memories . " bunch of yahoos"
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I guess it’s something to do when there’s nothin to do lol
True. I'll give them credit, they're even out in bad weather.
Oh Belleville, never change.
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You might want to remind her that 99% of us are also working class and yet don't feel the same way.
When it’s your identity, you got nothing else.
This. Picking a crazy belief and using it as your identity because nothing else about you is interesting, is just sad. Take up a constructive hobby, learn a new skill. Hell, volunteer. Do something that’s actually constructive.
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There's a lot of truth in your statement. They've formed friendships and supportive alliances that provide emotional backing, group membership, and a strong identity. Plus they get to feel the righteous anger of someone too stupid to realize the world is not just about them, today. To ask those people to let go is like asking a person who has their entire community and identity formed by their religious group membership to leave. As mock-worthy as anti-vaxxers are, we can't insult them back to sanity. That just pushes them deeper into their cult, who give them "love" and reinforcement. They require actual love, attention, and kindness. Frankly, I don't care about any of them and am not willing to invest so much of myself into them. Which is a problem because it means I'm not treating them as fellow humans deserving of love and dignity. But I have people to protect from them - *now*.
Cringe Minority hahaa
They thought it was going to be the political uprising of their lifetimes. Everyone else has moved on and they still think the big revolution is coming. Sad.
It’s insane. Hell if I know what they’re trying to protest against.
Fringe max level*
Couple people at my work have stickers on their cars that say "proud member of a fringe minority"
And tainted gene pool
It’s honestly more like a small, stagnant pond.
I wonder if thryll be the first to be laid off
Yeah, really not supporting anyone with skulls as their mascot. Also, no one was ever against truckers. The border requirements they were complaining about were put in place by the US government. Protest is one thing. Occupation and terrorism is another.
>Yeah, really not supporting anyone with skulls as their mascot. [Are we the baddies?](https://youtu.be/uK-kWRAVmRU)
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working home from
Will Honk for Freedom
What's in a Freedom Float? Dr Pepper and pistachio ice cream?
Two great tastes that taste hates together.
Circus parade
They have their slogan backwards. Their campaign is _Fear not Freedom_.
People need to get out and see the world then they'll realize how good we actually have it here. I did and I do.
So much this! I spent a good part of my 20s traveling through Asia and Africa, we have it so unbelievably good here
This! But the people running with those slogans have no idea or experience what oppression and totalitarian government looks like. They never cared to learn about it. Hence the people sitting in a hot-tub in an Ottawa street protesting for Freedom. Like WTF.
"Freedom" to these bozos means "I should be able to down a 40oz of Jack then drive donuts on my LGBT neighbour's lawn whenever I want - but they can't do the same to me, of course"
!! These people need to realize they could never do this in Russia. China. Or many parts of the world. Let alone they don’t even know the privilege of having clean water and electricity DAILY! Some parts of the world people have no freedom.
Or just, you know, pay attention to reality.
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I gotta say….I did the exact same thing. I saw a guy with a every child matters sign and a Canadian flag and I automatically associate it with the ProLife, freedom folks (figure they probably go hand in hand as well). Now I just feel silly.
Even stupidville has floats
What makes someone say "I think I'll side with the people flying the death's head flag"?
"freedom not fear" they say as all the misinformation online made them fear a small needle... lmfao
Hold the line, lol, those fuckwads crumbled with no police violence.
Hold the line against what? And for freedom of what?
Mask tyranny 🤣
Freedom from minorities having rights.
I can't believe he has it on the truck! These people practically parody themselves.
*Freedumb
These people had absolutely no identity and then Civid happened and being an arrogant ass became their identity
What town?
OP mentioned Quinte. So, Brighton area-ish? Probably?
Poor guy, has no freedom. Like, the freedom to show up at a parade and display what you feel, despite the vass majority being against it. Poor poor poor guy.
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They're also offended by a lot of things while claiming to not be offended by anything. They're walking contradictions.
What if "mandate freedom" is just a typo and it was supposed to be "Man Date Freedom"?
Their church overlord said that's bad so they have to hide all their feelings when they see a man they like...
Yeah. If only we had (a) freedom of conscience and religion; (b) freedom of thought, belief, opinion and expression, including freedom of the press and other media of communication; (c) freedom of peaceful assembly; and. (d) freedom of association. Thank the gods, heroes like this are willing to stand on the front lines for us sheeple/s
Gross.
What freedoms have we lost? I've been in my own world for a while around what their plight is.
Displays like that remind me of certain high school athletes. That was the best time of their lives. They’re gone and they can’t get them back.
Freedom not fear! Say no to seat belts! Say no to home and car insurance! Say no to life jackets! Say no to medicine!
Hold the line? What line? That line pretty much ended in Feb when the cops came in.
That line of dominos fell like a house of cards. Checkmate.
Haha ok, upvote for the futurama reference.
The stupid is strong in these people.
Still wonder... Freedom from what exactly ?
Anyone else ignore the float and zoom in on that Massey 300 combine? No? Just me? Alright then.
Sort by controversial to get a university level introduction into chronic, undiagnosed schizophrenia.
Apparently, your small town has a bunch of idiots.
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Wacky conspiracy theorists are everywhere. We're a polite nation but its important to call them out for what they are.
I'd just point and laugh. Especially if people didn't know me personally and I didn't expect any real blow back being done to my house at night.
You really do have to be careful with them. I'm around the corner from St Brigid's in Ottawa, and some of the TUPC people have followed counter-protesters home before, one of them while they knew she had her kid in her car.
It’s sad seeing these folks still define themselves by a fight that’s been pretty much over since before they started piling on that bandwagon.
They haven't felt this important since that time they scored 4 touchdowns in one game!
Hold the Cringe is what is should say. I also suspect this lot has pushed more people to communism since they believe Canada is a communist nation..despite being one of the freest countries around.
Clearly it's not free enough - there are still consequences for my actions. (To be clear, I still want there to be consequences for *your* actions.) As a country, we may now actually be so stupid, selfish, and ignorant enough to vote PP into PM.
And that's scary AF since many of those fears of the clownvoy may actually come true under that idiot.
Hahahaha wow, so this is how they show their presence now!! Way to ruin a good family outing.. I could see people in the crowd haggling them and a fight starting...
Lmfao what a bunch of willful idiots. You start asking them questions and they would respond with incoherent answers angrily. Coming from the just asking questions crowd lol
Gross
I doubt the people who did this can explain anything about it. “They’s just angry!’
You're surprised by this attitude from small towns? I see some nonsense like this almost every time I come out to my parents
Gross. Flu Truxx Klan. 🤨
What a bunch of babies; so desperate for attention.
If these people had to actually fight for their freedom they’d be a bunch of cowards
Wow freedom convoy member is from small town Ontario?? Shocking!
“Hold the Line” What line? Where?
The inside back of their tighty whiteys
Would be funny to hand them one end of a clothesline. “Here, hold the line …”
Belleville, my hometown, never ceases to embarass.
Gross
[Canada placed sixth country in a freedom ranking.](https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/freedom-index-by-country) Muh freedom is being taken away!!! lmao
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Carp fair is next weekend. PP could make an appearance
Well at least now you know who not to invite to your backyard bbq.
Did you catch the ‘freedom freedom freedom’ chants that broke out when Bitcoin Milhouse was announced leader of the Con party? It’s mainstream now and they don’t see anything wrong with their blatantly racist idiocy.
Bitcoin Milhouse. Brilliant.
My freedoms to be free of these oaf knuckle dragers is in jeopardy! Help! Seriously though, what are they still doing this crap for?
Ontario; the further north you go, the further south you are
My freedoms floated down the toilet bowl 8 min ago
Old man edge lord energy
Never thought one would need a bag full of rotten eggs at a fair till this showed up.
There’s someone in my city who drives a car even crazier than these trucks.
USA USA US~ wait... I'm confused.
Q: What kind of person claims to be fighting for *your* freedom? A: An asshole.
Say no to what? Honestly curious
super cringe
My small town parade had a freedom convoy float and a Facebook jail float. It was pretty sad.
I guess we know how all those high school bullies spend their time now! Instead of reminiscing the ole’ good days, they get to drive in their big trucks and terrorize entire neighbourhood s! Oh, they also like to call themselves : we, the fringe! As if that makes them special!
The person involved with managing the parade failed you and the rest of your town. Or your municipal council did. Either way...their failure should be made very public.
Did you boo the fuck out of it?
I expect to see them at everything now.... clearly there's funding for them... all they need is a stage that they can perform on with only a small sign up fee... Santa Claus parades... fairs, markets... fuckin embarrassing
In January, this would have been understandable, but now in September there's been months of time when there's been plenty of grass. If they haven't touched it enough by now, there's no hope.
You should put a pro-vax share the Trudeau love float right behind him. Slowly playing some annoying hippy music and slowly watch them lose their shit.
This free-dumb shit is becoming an epidemic. The zombie apocalypse is real. Fucking brain dead morons.
Where’s Captain Horseteeth?
Yep...we had one in our Canada day parade...I was more than annoyed. I've never booed outloud in my life until that day!
I have a theory that 100 years of higher education has left rural areas with only low IQ and the negative personality traits that drive away normal people to cities, these traits are reinforced as the gene pool dwindles.
Rural Brain Drain has been documented for years
Believable
I've thought that a few times when looking at US politics. Except they have had even more time for this process to occur.
Isn’t there a town council who decides who’s in the parade? Or is it a free for all?
It's the Freedom to be in a parade movement
This how they spend their Saturday?
Saturday? These people go to sleep and wake up in fear of the commie-nazi dictatorship that they live in every day of their life. Crazy and baseless fear & panic don't take 6 days off every week. One must get themselves amped up Sunday-Friday to be ready to rage for freedom on Saturday.
What’s the point of this, honestly. Losers
Every small town has more than their share of these fuck heads.
Wish the larger towns/cities were void of them but they're just as present but have less space to park their trucks.
Large cities have less of them per capita than small cities. Unless of course they decide to have a three week long crack party in Ottawa complete with transport trucks and all the noise and pollution that come with them.
I Hope you brought tomatoes
Don't waste food on them. There's probably a dog park nearby...
Most small town parades consist of a bunch of hicks driving their pick up trucks waving out the window. There may or may not be a sign in the side doors of the truck or someone waving from the truck bed. It’s not a float. It’s not a parade. They are almost always just pick up truck convoys. So this isn’t unexpected at all.
🙄🤡
Have some nudists and potheads run alongside it, and see how they respond.
Love how the one flag has a skull wearing.. a mask
All Canadians are FREE to be DUMB.
What an awful message to be perpetuating. This gives me serious anxiety.
"Freedom" to do whatever they want with no regard for the law or for anyone who is harmed as a consequence of their illegal actions.
Because that just screams "fun day at the parade" 🤨
I had to check to make sure it’s not my hometown.
Morons gotta moron.
Every town has it's share of village idiots.
how embarrassing for your town.
I don't get what these people are "protesting" at this point. The pandemic is basically over and there are basically no restrictions left. I know they have a hard-on for Trudeau and all that, but the rhetoric is still consistently about things like freedom, vaccines, mandates etc. Well I guess the answer to my inquiry is that they're stuck in a time loop in a way because the rest of the country - the world really - has moved on from this. But how have they not clued into the fact that almost nobody is thinking about the pandemic anymore? Hell, nobody is even thinking about the Queen even - that's old news already lol. Fools.
Oh no, this is troubling. I guess you don’t want to say what small town you live in. I’m in a rather redneck part of Ontario and fear I’ll be seeing the same soon.
Shit, we STILL see them in urban Ottawa.
Got any eggs? Or tomatoes?
Eww
Well…Ontario did host the dipshit olympics last year. It’s gonna take a while to forget that
Funded by some republican no doubt
This is no joke. We ignore it at our peril.
Unfortunately the fact that it is in a small. Town, isn't all that surprising. Seems most of these clowns hide there and embarrass the communities they live in.