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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsGee, if only there was something this asshole could do to be with his dying daughter.....
Link to tweet
https://fortune.com/2022/02/15/canada-freedom-convoy-protesters-block-2-more-bridges-to-us-justin-trudeau-new-emergencies-act-powers/
Demonstrators against vaccine mandates halted traffic at two major border crossings in Western Canada and some vowed to stay even as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau used a law giving his government emergency powers to end blockades.
The main border posts in Alberta and Manitoba were closed Monday, with commercial traffic to the U.S. blocked by semi-trailers and farm equipment driven there by people opposed to COVID-19 vaccine rules.
The crossings one of which leads to Pembina, North Dakota and the other to Sweet Grass, Montana are the second- and third-busiest for freight trucks along the western border of the two countries. They saw a combined 392,000 trucks enter the U.S. from Canada last year, according to data from the U.S. Department of Transportation. Both were still closed to commercial vehicles as of 12:14 a.m. New York time on Tuesday, according to Canadas border agency.
The protests started in reaction to Canadian and U.S. laws requiring truckers crossing the border to be fully vaccinated, but theyve morphed into a rally against COVID restrictions. After a group of demonstrators blocked the Ambassador Bridge between Detroit and Ontario for six days, snarling trade, Trudeau invoked Canadas Emergencies Act on Monday.
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underpants
(182,829 posts)Totally blows my mind that people are so easily manipulated like this.
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)Well, she's probably better off without her asshole parents. They're probably just as delightful at home as they are in public.
Aristus
(66,388 posts)leftieNanner
(15,124 posts)as he loves his BS Fox News and Qanon Talking Points.
SMDH
PJMcK
(22,037 posts)Otherwise, he'd do anything to be with her.
He's a narcissistic pig and a selfish prick.
My best wishes to his daughter. He and his wife can fuck off and die.
OldBaldy1701E
(5,134 posts)ShazzieB
(16,426 posts)I_UndergroundPanther
(12,480 posts)Walleye
(31,028 posts)Deuxcents
(16,248 posts)Wouldnt ya think theyd move a mountain to be with their child?
mopinko
(70,127 posts)i cant even.
Biophilic
(3,666 posts)mopinko
(70,127 posts)i didnt see many kids, but the few i saw the parents wouldnt/couldnt leave their sides while they still had breath.
barbtries
(28,799 posts)to abandon their daughter over a jab that could, coincidentally, save their lives. it's truly sickening.
Biophilic
(3,666 posts)I honestly couldn't do it for more than a year. I can't imagine a parent, let alone 2, that would be as selfish as these 2. You just don't leave your child, or any child, alone to die, period!! You just don't.
mopinko
(70,127 posts)i used to bring my 90lb bulldogge to the inpatient unit. i'm one of those extroverted introverts, and having a dog to start the ball rolling was great. i dealt more w family and staff than patients, since most were non-responsive by the time they got to the unit. but we got folks who's caregivers needed respite, or who needed meds adjusted.
once i get going, i can talk all day. and folks are sitting around, so, yeah, singing my people's song. telling stories, hearing stories, cracking wise, entertaining bored, wild children.
loved my nurses, too.
was having health problems that were cutting into it, then came the plague and volunteers were locked out.
i miss it. it's just so simple. an ear, a dog, a hug, and someone's world is a little bit less awful. i always felt it was a privilege to be let in.
but i tell ya what, if that kid was in my ward, i'd have a hard time not getting into some kind of trouble. so many died alone the last 2 yrs, and these assholes had the privilege of being there thanks to a vaccine, and they took a pass to own the libs. if they have any other kids, maybe they should get a look.
2Gingersnaps
(1,000 posts)I dropped out of nursing school to take care of him at home. I had worked at the best extended care facility in the county while in school, but had to quit work and school to take care of him because hell would have froze over before I let a good man die in even the best extended care facility available to me. And yeah, I did lose everything by the time he died and I still don't care. Hospice was at my side to ease his passing. I love you people and am eternally grateful.
And fuck those parents, if they wanted to be there they wouldn't "lose everything." They would fucking be with her.
Lucky Luciano
(11,257 posts)North Shore Chicago
(3,316 posts)around his genitals so he will not be able to procreate again. Poor kid.
leftieNanner
(15,124 posts)LOL
MiniMe
(21,717 posts)Seriously asshat?
dmr
(28,347 posts)That sweet little girl must feel sadly confused wondering where mommy and daddy are.
My heart breaks for her.
LoisB
(7,206 posts)somehow it's her fault that they have abandoned her. I hope they don't have any other children.
barbtries
(28,799 posts)how many seemingly sane people have lost their minds to the incessant propaganda and bullshit out there.
that poor little girl. I hope and expect that her nurses love her better than her asshole parents ever did, and comfort her every day.
Tommymac
(7,263 posts)Despicable behavior.
I have no fucks to give for the parents.
The daughter I will cry for.
Delphinus
(11,831 posts)PoindexterOglethorpe
(25,862 posts)Or maybe he doesn't know that the vaccine is free and readily available? Small sarcasm there.
TNNurse
(6,927 posts)He chose not to see his daughter.
CaptainTruth
(6,594 posts)Lonestarblue
(10,011 posts)It s no longer a peaceful protest when you shut down cities and border crossings for weeks. It would seem to be illegal to do so, and authorities would have the right to arrest those blocking public streets and preventing others from using them.
The spread of this right-wing crap around the world is dangerous. Its as if its leaders want to return to the 1800s when the law in local communities depended on who had the most guns and was willing to use them on people they didnt like.
Moostache
(9,895 posts)Pennies on the dollar to make the sting stick with these idiots longer.
These people are a new low, but the people sticking them out there as avatars for "freedumb" should also bear some of the blame. Everyone who can fog a fucking mirror on Earth at this point knows of COVID, viruses, vaccines and availability. The CHOICE to be an asshole and to risk others instead of taking the proactive steps to prevent transmission AND mutations is there...now, dwell in the CONSEQUENCES of that decision Mr. And Mrs. Worst-Parents-Ever...
Bev54
(10,053 posts)The blockade in Ottawa has now been given their last notice to get out. They have to be very careful here because of the number of assholes that have their kids with them. (no doubt this asshole would have brought his daughter if he could get in to see her). I hope it goes well for the police.
Aviation Pro
(12,172 posts)I would walk through lava to be with my children under any circumstance.
I wish there was a way to reach out to this stupid motherfucker and his equally stupid spouse and tell them, "Get the fucking shots, you fucking, worthless oxygen thieves and be with your daughter. YOU.....DUMB.....FUCKS!"
pandr32
(11,588 posts)This poor child needs to feel her parents are there for her. Being a parent is a privilege of the highest magnitude and they are prioritizing themselves! They aren't even taking good care of themselves because, as this asshat laments, he could lose his stuff as the consequence of his own misguided actions--could get fined and perhaps criminal charges, too.
Moostache
(9,895 posts)What that poor child was stuck with are assholes and fools that should have been imprisoned and allowed that child to be adopted and actually loved instead of used as a political prop for lunatics.
Her parents CHOSE to abandon her in the hour of greatest need. They are amoral, scum-sucking asshats who deserve to be tormented daily for the rest of their existence.
pandr32
(11,588 posts)patphil
(6,182 posts)I can't find the words.
JI7
(89,252 posts)Dan
(3,570 posts)Your being there, is too hard to imagine.
Layzeebeaver
(1,624 posts)There were no units of measure on that quantity.
I must therefore assume it was I.Q.
Shrike47
(6,913 posts)Joinfortmill
(14,432 posts)NCjack
(10,279 posts)purge themselves with the latest chemical treatment (e.g., hot soak in bath salts), be with their daughter until the end, and go to the next protest and Trump rally.
The problem with those folks is they have no brain power. They need libruls to figure out action plan for them.
ShazzieB
(16,426 posts)These so-called "parents" are the worst kind of pea-brained asshole douchebags! Grrrr!
aeromanKC
(3,324 posts)panader0
(25,816 posts)CanonRay
(14,104 posts)AND blame the government when she dies, what a plan! Brilliant!
Bucky
(54,027 posts)appleannie1
(5,067 posts)You and your loving wife should have been first in line with your arms out if you really cared about your dying daughter. Somehow, I can't raise up the gumption to feel sorry for you or your wife.
Wingus Dingus
(8,054 posts)It goes without saying, these aren't normal or good people.
kysrsoze
(6,022 posts)People can be real idiots when confronted with someone who is dying or bed-ridden, and they'll use whatever nonsense to avoid owning up to their responsibility and acting like an adult. These assholes don't want to visit their daughter. Period.
My mom had been in and out of the hospital numerous times last year, and it appeared she was truly dying from heart failure (luckily, she is now stable (knock wood), but not expected to ever be ambulatory again). We thought this trip to the ICU was going to be her last, and I told my sister if she wanted to see my mom, she should do it now. She sent a text with this diatribe of how they're not anti-vaxxers, but she's done her research... blah, blah, blah. She ended the text with, "You don't know how hard this has been for me [and her husband]." I thought, "Well, fuck you... asshole." Haven't heard from her since, and have not bothered trying to speak to her. She hasn't seen either of my parents in a year and a half. I had flown in numerous times from 2k miles away and this turd lives 40 minutes from our parents.
Javaman
(62,530 posts)can't fix stupid.
I feel sorry for his daughter for having a complete and utter gullible halfwit for a dad though.
onecaliberal
(32,864 posts)TeamProg
(6,143 posts)Bettie
(16,110 posts)because if he did, he would get vaccinated to be with her at this time. To see her one last time.
It breaks my heart that this child knows without a doubt that her dad doesn't love her.
ETA: Reading... missed that her mom is also a heartless piece of garbage.
Ace Rothstein
(3,163 posts)They are a lost cause.
wryter2000
(46,051 posts)I was going to say I hope his wife divorces him and takes everything Trudeau hasn't already taken, but then I noticed she isn't vaxxed, either. These two deserve each other. Satan is saving them a cell to share.
Imagine, the 9 year old is dying without either of her parents. I hope to God a grandparent or uncle or aunt are there.
Fuck all of them.
live love laugh
(13,118 posts)Hoosier_Progressiv
(33 posts)They should take that girl from this father and let her be loved by a truly caring and intelligent man, instead of one so filled with hate and selfishness.
wendyb-NC
(3,328 posts)Liberal In Texas
(13,556 posts)I guess it's just ignorance and brainwashing.
Rocknation
(44,576 posts)rocktivity
2naSalit
(86,647 posts)This is a story to inflict pain and trying to elicit sympathy. I bet he's lying about even having a daughter, he surely sounds like a person who shouldn't have kids.
infullview
(981 posts)BobTheSubgenius
(11,564 posts)And the daughter SURE AS HELL doesn't deserve them.
MiHale
(9,734 posts)That when those two parents are ready for the home the daughter puts them into the worst place they can find, puts them in, forgets theyre there.
Vinca
(50,278 posts)I can't understand why even a fool like that wouldn't understand precautions necessary to keep people with compromised immune systems safe. The daughter might be hastened on her way if idiots like this are allowed to be around her.
cilla4progress
(24,736 posts)in hell....
Emile
(22,789 posts)LuckyCharms
(17,444 posts)1) He and his wife brought their daughter into this world. Your daughter did not have a choice in the matter.
2) Your daughter does not understand why her parents are not with her. There is nothing you could say to her that would make her understand.
3) Your daughter is scared and her parents are not with her.
4) Your daughter does not care about your political beliefs.
5) All your daughter knows is that she feels terrible. She likely knows that she is dying. She also knows she is being helped by strangers.
6) You will regret your actions for the rest of your life if you do not take action now to be able to see your daughter in her final days. Your feelings about vaccinations and "freedom" will look silly to you as time passes, knowing that you let your daughter die without you being there.
7) Take action now, or you and your wife are going to be going through some things that will destroy you mentally.
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)in some ways to be adequate parents or did an okay job before becoming fairly recently radicalized. The assumption is that they would always have been vulnerable to extremist thinking but maybe, hopefullly, remained within the range of "normal" until exposed to the wave of extremism sweeping many societies.
Poor child. I hope she does miss her parents. That's as it should be.
3catwoman3
(24,007 posts)...a sperm donor. Shame on them both.
I can no more wrap my mind around this than I can around the horror of the so-called "honor killings."
turbinetree
(24,703 posts)instead of the WE ...........
bif
(22,720 posts)OneGrassRoot
(22,920 posts)Bettie
(16,110 posts)These people can't be bothered to get a vaccine to be with their DYING CHILD?
What kind of people do that? How do you fail your child like that?
"This is something worth fighting for" the guy said.
Apparently, his daughter isn't worth fighting for. WTF?
Nevilledog
(51,122 posts)Jedi Guy
(3,193 posts)"You know, you can just go get vaccinated. It's free. Vaccines are plentiful. The only thing stopping you from seeing your daughter is you."
Some might call it cruel, but it's no more cruel than what he's doing to his child, leaving her to die alone because his "convictions" matter more to him than his dying daughter. Just utterly disgusting for him to present himself as some kind of victim, and for the reporter to allow it to pass unchallenged. Unbelievable.
Haggard Celine
(16,846 posts)It's just a commentary on how bad things truly are when a reporter doesn't make a remark about this. I guess he wants to maintain impartiality. I'm almost as angry with the reporter as I am with the father.
GoodRaisin
(8,924 posts)This one doesnt value his daughter.
Its depressing to read this shit.
Scrivener7
(50,955 posts)mzmolly
(50,996 posts)I_UndergroundPanther
(12,480 posts)Truck brakes fail and these awful parents heads are squashed like watermelons,goddamn narcissists. I dispise them all.
monkeyman1
(5,109 posts)Aussie105
(5,401 posts)Rigid thinking, victim mentality, twisted by propaganda, overdosing on self pity?
Probably all of those things.
I've got some younger relatives cornered like that. Can't talk reason to them unfortunately.
Even a simple line like 'Get vaccinated, you will have less to worry about' doesn't work.
Luciferous
(6,082 posts)selfish assholes.
JHB
(37,161 posts)IronLionZion
(45,457 posts)Dude chose to believe nonsense over qualified medical professionals, that's why they are keeping these kinds of dangerous people out of that care facility since they can infect other vulnerable patients.
Ferrets are Cool
(21,107 posts)blueinredohio
(6,797 posts)dalton99a
(81,516 posts)LastLiberal in PalmSprings
(12,586 posts)Fortunately, there are a lot of unmarried vaccinated truckers available.