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    1. Lindsay Beyerstein‏ @beyerstein Feb 18

      I think the 50k Centretown residents speak for a lot of Canadians when they say that it sucks to be bullied by right wing fanatics presuming to speak for all Canadians.

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    2. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet Feb 18
      Replying to @beyerstein

      I think it's important to understand the diversity of motives that draw people into a mass movement & to distinguish between the far right activists & the broader support. To lump everyone together as "right wing fanatics" in fact serves the interest of the extremist activists.

      4 replies 5 retweets 14 likes
    3. Lindsay Beyerstein‏ @beyerstein Feb 18
      Replying to @HeerJeet

      You've been following the right wing for long enough to realize that even the most vehement racists can dial it down long enough to fool a sufficiently determined journo on a Dapper Nazi deadline.

      2 replies 6 retweets 54 likes
    4. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet Feb 18
      Replying to @beyerstein

      It's pretty clear the organizers are trying to hide the vocal & embarrassing extremists (hence attempts to shuffle off Pat King) but that's not the same as the ordinary Canadians (including according to polling many POC) who are sympathetic to what they see as Convoy message.

      4 replies 0 retweets 8 likes
    5. Lindsay Beyerstein‏ @beyerstein Feb 18
      Replying to @HeerJeet

      You keep framing the extremists as a tiny faction. They are the organizers. They set the agenda. Anyone who participates in their actions is taking radical action whether they think of themselves as radical or not.

      3 replies 6 retweets 56 likes
    6. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet Feb 18
      Replying to @beyerstein

      I think Michelle's article makes if very clear that the organizers are far-right extremists with seditionists goals. That's not the same as saying everyone who joined the protest is that.

      3 replies 0 retweets 7 likes
    7. Adam H. Johnson‏Verified account @adamjohnsonNYC Feb 18
      Replying to @HeerJeet @beyerstein

      That you can find “normal people” not committed to explicit fascist ideology in a largely astroturfed rightwing protest movement is true but not very meaningful from a journalistic standpoint. It wasnt when we got 1000 of these pieces during the tea party movement either I think

      2 replies 13 retweets 124 likes
    8. Adam H. Johnson‏Verified account @adamjohnsonNYC Feb 18
      Replying to @adamjohnsonNYC @HeerJeet @beyerstein

      Funding/leadership/political context are what actually matters and downplaying this serves what purpose exactly? Like, yeah, grandma is nice and didn’t have a swastika tattooed on her forehead. No shit. Okay, but what are the material forces, the primary movers

      3 replies 7 retweets 95 likes
    9. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet Feb 18
      Replying to @adamjohnsonNYC @beyerstein

      I don't think it's downplaying to say this is a fascist led movement that is recruiting & radicalizing people who are starting from a place of real grievances.

      3 replies 0 retweets 10 likes
    10. Lindsay Beyerstein‏ @beyerstein Feb 18
      Replying to @HeerJeet @adamjohnsonNYC

      Why valorize this as "real grievance"? >90% of Canadians are vaccinated. Canadians reelected a government with a hands-on view of the pandemic.

      2 replies 1 retweet 21 likes
      Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet Feb 18
      Replying to @beyerstein @adamjohnsonNYC

      Again, based on @VoiceOfFranky's polling I think the grievances aren't vax related except as signifier. The real driver of support in broader public is younger, non-college educated Canadians (including crucially POC) feeling their economic future is blighted.

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