US Trucker Convoy flops - who's to blame?

I will keep updating as the truckers' convoy reach every state, I kind of no longer trust the main media outlets these days for obvious reasons.

I see a mixture of family cars with the Truckers in the convoy, unless is people from the state joining for the duration of the parade of trucker in the state.

originally posted by: Byrd
Now that I look, I don't see it as a trending topic on this Twitter trends site or on this one (though I did get a laugh out of "taco tuesday" trending.

Tried to look at stats but soon realized I was going to get lost in the "gosh that's interesting data" bushes.

Any idea on the numbers/popularity/etc?

Ummm.... they are blatantly censoring the posters, not counting those that get through their censors so they don't show up in their censorship algorithms known as 'trending', etc etc ad nauseum?

a reply to: Byrd

Big difference between hep-C and SARS-2.
For one thing, the vax for the original Covid wanes FAST and is pretty much useless now that we are x-number of ever changing variants later.

And I'm sure you have read the valid science that too many boosters is not a healthy thing to be doing.

originally posted by: marg6043
I will keep updating as the truckers' convoy reach every state, I kind of no longer trust the main media outlets these days for obvious reasons.

I see a mixture of family cars with the Truckers in the convoy, unless is people from the state joining for the duration of the parade of trucker in the state.

I wondered about this.

Thanks for taking the effort to update.

originally posted by: DontTreadOnMe
a reply to: Byrd

Big difference between hep-C and SARS-2.
For one thing, the vax for the original Covid wanes FAST and is pretty much useless now that we are x-number of ever changing variants later.

And I'm sure you have read the valid science that too many boosters is not a healthy thing to be doing.

I'll be glad to discuss this with you on the threads related to this issue. Just PM me a link and I'll show up.

But right here I'd rather explore ideas on why the one rally that did everything exactly right and seemed to have DC spooked like the dickens (the pre-SOTU speech rally) had almost no turnout.

Anyway... do PM me about a better thread for that other discussion.

originally posted by: tanstaafl

originally posted by: Byrd
Now that I look, I don't see it as a trending topic on this Twitter trends site or on this one (though I did get a laugh out of "taco tuesday" trending.

Tried to look at stats but soon realized I was going to get lost in the "gosh that's interesting data" bushes.

Any idea on the numbers/popularity/etc?

Ummm.... they are blatantly censoring the posters, not counting those that get through their censors so they don't show up in their censorship algorithms known as 'trending', etc etc ad nauseum?

Not from what I'm seeing in the data... there's threads there and retweets and nobody reports being blocked.

I wonder if it's trending on Parleur or Truth Social or other message arenas.

Heck, it's not really trending here, either.

originally posted by: fencesitter85
Probably because the vast majority of truckers are at work. Working. Not indulging in stupid conspiracy theories and having tantrums while looking for internet validation.

This is true for the two truckers that I personally know (who've been vaccinated and don't see what the fuss is about).

However... two ain't exactly representative of the whole bunch!

originally posted by: tanstaafl

originally posted by: Byrd
a reply to: MykeNukem

In any case, the US group did get permits that the other US groups apparently haven't. While their activities are permitted protests and legal, the others may violate local ordinances.

You seem to be confused. Here in America, the Constitution secures our Right to both peacably assemble and petition our government for a redress of grievances.

No permits required.

So... are you confused? Just asking out of personal curiosity.

Nope.

You can peacefully assemble for whatever reason... but if it impacts the local traffic or buildings then you need to have it permitted. So you could stand on the corner with a sign (or you and your friends can) and wave and yell at cars. But there's a certain point at which you need to have some control for your safety and for the safety of others who may be there to protest or may simply be passing by.

Speaking as someone who's attended rallies and demonstrations over the past 5 years (including the half-million and possibly more Women's March in 2017... which I documented here on ATS.) In order to have a peaceful assembly, you talk to the city, get your route and area settled, make sure there's street closures if necessary, arrange for law enforcement plus security, find porta-potties, rent stages and sound systems (if needed), line up speakers, arrange for on-site medics (usually volunteers) and also line up volunteers (I am one) to do crowd control along the route of the march to assist anyone who's hurting/tired/having trouble - and you can also have volunteers who lead chants with the crowd.

I was working with the police in the 80's when there was a local march by the KKK. Very much despised, but they went through the process, got the permits, had the streets closed and everything else. The group of cops I was working with just loathed the idea... but it was legal.

Counterprotesters are sort of "gate crashers" at these events (we've had them) but the cops are there to keep an eye on them and as "guardians" (volunteer crowd control/security) our task was to keep the marchers going and not get involved in a fracas (Dallas Women's marches.)

I don't suppose there are many of us here who've gone to demonstrations, but I'm one of them.

a reply to: Byrd

How dare you get roads close and make a noise - how dare you inconvenience others that don't support your agenda.

You are a disgrace. People on night shifts probably lose sleep due to you.

Oh you had a permit and was following the narrative so you think it was ok.

A very small convoy came through here tonight. Was kinda like a fun party flag waving and such. Only about 20
Or 30 trucks and supposedly the rest got lost on the on-ramp. They were coming from a bigger city though. The thing is people driving by showed their support by honking.

I dunno where youre getting that, convoy came through Boise today and there was a HUGE turn out

a reply to: Byrd

You can peacefully assemble for whatever reason... but if it impacts the local traffic or buildings then you need to have it permitted. So you could stand on the corner with a sign (or you and your friends can) and wave and yell at cars.

The local Sheriff’s Office cooperated completely with the group where I was. Sheriff came up to us and chatted. They said no cars could park on the overpass but that we could stand, said they’d let us know the progress of the convoy. They did let one truck park for a bit. People brought big flags and draped them across the bridge overpass and the Sheriffs loved it and smiled. Cars and trucks alike passing through honked their horns in support, which shows how much middle America appreciates the convoy and it’s intent.
At an earlier location further north, they had people on horses to welcome the truckers. Very cool and very splendid.

a reply to: Crumbles

Just a quick rant. We were talking about biden shutting down domestic oil for the most part. He said no it isnt biden. Trump had that set in place. I dunno if he believes that or if it's a talking point.

Wow! That’s freakishly insane. It was Trump who increased our energy independence and made us an exporter of oil. That is a fact. Amazing how the talking heads of agenda driven media turned the whole thing around, even when we know it was the current admin who put us here and made us vulnerable to Russia, while putting the world on the brink of a war.
The psychological manipulation is so intense. Out us trucker convoy should have had an anti war theme. But where are the liberals now?

Pretty clear that the flopping of the trucking occurred simultaneously with the sanctioning and financial blocking of
Russia, Putin, oligarchy.

a reply to: Byrd
We and the rest of the world have seen real freedom fighters and that sure isn't these guys and from I have been reading infighting and once they lost the spotlight more people dropped out.

originally posted by: mike dangerously
a reply to: Byrd
We and the rest of the world have seen real freedom fighters and that sure isn't these guys and from I have been reading infighting and once they lost the spotlight more people dropped out.

Sure, sure.

Did you not notice that the now 10,000 strong 70 mile long convoy is approaching it's destination with still ZERO issues reported?



This entire thread was an INTENTIONAL 100% BS propaganda attempt.

Thank you for playing your propaganda role in it though.

originally posted by: Byrd
a reply to: PatriotGames4u

As you may have noticed in reading through this thread, there are multiple convoys headed that way.

What I noticed was that you apparently want everyone to believe that you knew there were multiple convoys, made that clear in the OP, and were only talking about this particular one, but the reality is your OP was an attempt to denigrate the entire concept of 'the' convoy while you apparently had no idea that there were multiple convoys, as your subsequent comments after being informed there were multiple ones makes abundantly clear.

Nice tries at deflecting (I see you've done it multiple times already).

originally posted by: Byrd
a reply to: tanstaafl

Nope.

You can peacefully assemble for whatever reason... but if it impacts the local traffic or buildings then you need to have it permitted.

Ok, by all means, point to that caveat in the Constitution.

Oh... you can't. FAIL.

Similar to the tired old FALSE claim that 'yelling fire in a crowded theater when there is no fire is not free speech'. The Supreme Court made it absolutely clear that that absolutely is free speech.

I don't suppose there are many of us here who've gone to demonstrations, but I'm one of them.

So you're a professional/food little permissions based 'protestor'. Happy for you.

As for me and mine... we don't need permission.

a reply to: Byrd

The right understands how government in the US works. The power over mandates and what not is in the states. A convoy to DC over such a thing was absurd to begin with. The courts rightly struck down bidens attempt at mandates nationwide.

Most truckers are too busy trying to feed their families.