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[Liberty4all]

Posting this as I live in downtown Toronto. The core here looks the same! Apparently “protests” about to happen this weekend ... the last 3 days been non stop construction as stores board up, and our provincial and federal goverment say NOTHING,

ITS FUCKING RIDICULOUS. We all know what’s coming at these “protests” yet nobody speaks up aside from the police who issued a weak dont you dare statement.

Meanwhile private businesses having to pay because our government at municipal, provincial (state) and federal levels aren’t doing shit even though EVERYONE knows what’s coming. Toronto already looks like NYC and the riots havent even started here yet!!!!

JordanN <—- I know you get my pissed off feels bro

 

[Xaero Gravity]

Oh joy.

 

[Liberty4all]

just one photo so nobody thinks I’m lying, the ENTIRE DOWNTOWN SHOPPING DISTRICT LOOKS LIKE THIS. Do I live in North America or the Middle East???

 

[Xaero Gravity]

How Canadian of us to politely give warning that we're going to riot.

 

[Liberty4all]

And letter from building management. My condo would be like living in the Canadian equivalent of Times Square.

 

[-Arcadia-]

To say nothing of the whole stupid situation, I’m at least glad precautions are being taken to minimize the many tragedies and damage we’ve seen in the U.S.

 

[Rock And Roll]

Stay safe guys, this is absolutely unbelievable. To think I went up north to be with my mom for covid while I was off work and I come back down this weekend for something that is going to be way worse.

Are firing ranges open? Might be a good time to get some firearm experience.

 

[Liberty4all]

The back door by the way is a fucking ghetto ally. My wife works at the hospital across the street and is getting off in the middle of this bullshit

 

[JordanN]

This all comes around the same time the Prime Minister removes our access to firearms.

 

[haxan7]

I just said a lil prayer for Canada

 

[Liberty4all]

I just said a lil prayer for Canada

thank you fellow pede

 

[GoldenEye Samurai]

Do maple leafs burn?

 

[Xaero Gravity]

Do maple leafs burn?

They can't even beat a Zamboni driver.

 

[GoldenEye Samurai]

They can't even beat a Zamboni driver.

Dually noted.

 

[Mr Hyde]

Looks surreal. Empty streets and boarded up shops. Like a post apocalyptic world. 2020 the year of crazytown.

 

[Liberty4all]

Looks surreal. Empty streets and boarded up shops. Like a post apocalyptic world. 2020 the year of crazytown.

the picture I posted doesn’t show the magnitude of it ... like Eaton Centre boarded up (insert any famous downtown mall in America For comparison), Yonge St (our big walking shopping st) a wall of boards. I feel like I’m in the third world.

 

[JordanN]

Looks surreal. Empty streets and boarded up shops. Like a post apocalyptic world. 2020 the year of crazytown.

I last visited Toronto last summer.

I still have some pictures from the trip but I bet it must be a completely different place now.

Here was Yonge and Dundas in August 2019.

 

[Liberty4all]

I last visited Toronto last summer.

I still have some pictures from the trip but I bet it must be a completely different place now.

yeah so since coronavirus started zero normal people, only drug addicts and people like me rushing to grocery and back to condo.

the addicts are WAY more aggressive now too and likely Covid positive. I fucking HATE going grocery.

that pic you linked? Boards EVERYWHERE. I live 1 minute walk from that pic.

 

[Dr.Guru of Peru]

What is that narrator going on about?

"The media isn't going to report this"? You just told me two seconds ago that the media is all over this, and there are 67,000 stories on google about Manhattan being boarded up.

 

[Liberty4all]

What is that narrator going on about?

"The media isn't going to report this"? You just told me two seconds ago that the media is all over this, and there are 67,000 stories on google about Manhattan being boarded up.

well yeah you can find the info if looking for it. But it’s not like the mainstream news is showing this shit.

 

[JordanN]

yeah so since coronavirus started zero normal people, only drug addicts and people like me rushing to grocery and back to condo.

the addicts are WAY more aggressive now too and likely Covid positive. I fucking HATE going grocery.

that pic you linked? Boards EVERYWHERE

I remember all of Yonge street was full of beggers. I had to give them $5 so they could leave me alone.

There where other parts of the city that were still nice but in downtown I could see the rich/poor divide very easily.

Homeless people sleeping everywhere on those subway vents.

 

[Liberty4all]

I remember all of Yonge street was full of beggers. I had to give them $5 so they could leave me alone.

There where other parts of the city that were still nice but in downtown I could see the rich/poor divide very easily.

Homeless people sleeping everywhere on those subway vents.

it’s gotten worse in last 20 years. But all the suburban people working/shopping downtown hid it sort of. They all gone now and it’s nobody but the 500 sq ft condo folks and the Homeless druggies.

 

[-YFC-]

Toronto? But that's in Canada. What the hell does does Canada have to protest about something that's happening/happened in America? I get people supporting something but protesting about events in another country is just stupid to me. I think I saw on TV that there were protests in England as well. My first reaction was like, why? What do you have to do with the current events in USA? It ain't your country.
Just my 2 cents.

 

[Dr.Guru of Peru]

well yeah you can find the info if looking for it. But it’s not like the mainstream news is showing this shit.

That can't be true. I was well aware that NYC was boarded up and I barely pay attention to any non COVID news these days.

 

[The Pleasure]

I just said a lil prayer for Canada

Hope it includes a lot of buddies and guys, friend.

 

[Hoya Destroyer]

These riots have really shown how limited national authorities can be.

 

[Saruhashi]

Toronto? But that's in Canada. What the hell does does Canada have to protest about something that's happening/happened in America? I get people supporting something but protesting about events in another country is just stupid to me. I think I saw on TV that there were protests in England as well. My first reaction was like, why? What do you have to do with the current events in USA? It ain't your country.
Just my 2 cents.

My take is that when you go on social media a huge number of people posting are American.
So Americans, who have every right to protest and demand some kind of reform regarding policing, are posting all their protest stuff online and getting likes and clicks and having their hot takes shared around.
Other westerners feel a bit left out and jealous.

When you look at places like London and Toronto it's basically an opportunity to get all of the credit for protesting without any of the risk of doing it in NYC where things could get quite dangerous.

The Internet sometimes really does just feel like an extension of the USA and so people are going online and getting REALLY invested in American issues (guilty!) and so this leaks back into the real world in the form of protests in countries where the issues being protested in the US are not actually an issue.

Imagine dinner tables all over the western world where people in countries that are not the USA and who have never been to the USA are passionately debating American talking points that will never affect them.

Over here it's like you are supposed to care about Trump.
I don't care though because this isn't the US and the Trump presidency has never affected us.
The reply to that is always that people in the US are suffering because of Trump and that's why I should care.
Shall I list the other nations where people are also suffering under bad governments?
If anything Americans are better equipped to deal with their own issues than places in Africa, South America etc.

People outside of the US feel invested in American issues because they are exposed to them on a daily basis via social media.

 

[Papa]

I’ve been to Toronto

It’s a fucking shithole

 

[Men_in_Boxes]

Anyone have any idea how to track the intensity of these riots/protests each day?

Are things mellowing out at all?

 

[GHG]

just one photo so nobody thinks I’m lying, the ENTIRE DOWNTOWN SHOPPING DISTRICT LOOKS LIKE THIS. Do I live in North America or the Middle East???

What's the middle east got to do with this? The malls reopened at full capacity here a couple of days ago, no riots, no boarded up stores, everyone's starting to return to a new normal (masks required).

Anyway, it's a shame about what's happening in Toronto, quite possibly one of my favourite cities in the world. Had an amazing time there with my wife a couple of years ago.

 

[Halo is Back]

I hope your city and you come out ok. Shit has been crazy in the US

 

[DeliciousDoc]

People are planning to riot in Tokyo as well. However most of them are on temporary visas and could be kicked out of the country (during covid no less) so they are "concerned" if they should or not on reddit like the wannabee revolutionaries they are. They are trying to loosely link it to some arab getting in trouble for ignoring the police chasing after him.

If they get kicked out of the country and are forced to go back to America (regardless of what their country of origin is) they will get what they deserve.

 

[Rock And Roll]

Toronto? But that's in Canada. What the hell does does Canada have to protest about something that's happening/happened in America? I get people supporting something but protesting about events in another country is just stupid to me. I think I saw on TV that there were protests in England as well. My first reaction was like, why? What do you have to do with the current events in USA? It ain't your country.
Just my 2 cents.

You have to understand Canadians are better than Americans. We are smarter than Americans. We have healthcare. Americans have guns. Guns are bad. Canadians have no guns so we are good. Americans are also all racist too and elect racist leaders except for that time they elected a black guy, on this occasion America was good. We would never elect a racist because in Canada we are multicultural. Americans are so stupid and us up here in Canada are so enlightened.

 

[Foamy]

Benefits of living in liberal strong hold.
Enjoy the fruits of your labour.

 

[badblue]

Toronto? But that's in Canada. What the hell does does Canada have to protest about something that's happening/happened in America? I get people supporting something but protesting about events in another country is just stupid to me. I think I saw on TV that there were protests in England as well. My first reaction was like, why? What do you have to do with the current events in USA? It ain't your country.
Just my 2 cents.

Most of the protests in Canada are (allegedly) going to be sympathetic protests in support of what is going on in the states, so hopefully there isn't going to be any looting/rioting. It happens every time something happens somewhere else in the world that people want to be seen supporting.

There is also an underlying feeling with a lot of people that the Canadian cops/RCMP are also bad. Not as bad as the US cops, but still bad when it comes to how they interact with natives and other minorities.

 

[Liberty4all]

here is another shot. Guess I'm not shopping today

 

[Coily]

This all comes around the same time the Prime Minister removes our access to firearms.

Canadians shouldn't have firearms unless it's for hunting

 

[Coily]

Toronto? But that's in Canada. What the hell does does Canada have to protest about something that's happening/happened in America? I get people supporting something but protesting about events in another country is just stupid to me. I think I saw on TV that there were protests in England as well. My first reaction was like, why? What do you have to do with the current events in USA? It ain't your country.
Just my 2 cents.

A Toronto cop pushed a woman off a balcony

 

[badblue]

Canadians shouldn't have firearms unless it's for hunting

Almost every Canadian that owns a gun does so for one of two reasons. Hunting or target/competitive shooting. So that is pretty much already the case.

 

[DeliciousDoc]

A Toronto cop pushed a woman off a balcony

You mean how her cousin said so but then retracted it because it was a lie? Move to America if you want to be American.

 

[Coily]

You mean how her cousin said so but then retracted it because it was a lie? Move to America if you want to be American.

You move there

 

[Rock And Roll]

A Toronto cop pushed a woman off a balcony

Joined today and sprouting this shit huh?

This did not happen, hell the family lawyer says it did not happen because they know if they did it would easily be proven false in court. That's absolutely some of the dumbest shit I've ever heard and the fact people are marching over a made up account is ridiculous.

Fuck you in advance for what you are going to do to our city.

 

[Joe T.]

Canadian media has been working to inflame racial tensions same way the media's been doing it south of the border. Last night's local CTV news broadcast in Montreal opened with 9 minutes on two separate stories doing just that. They know there's a protest here on Sunday and what better way to get a juicy story than to antagonize the masses?

 

[Nester99]

Canadian media has been working to inflame racial tensions same way the media's been doing it south of the border. Last night's local CTV news broadcast in Montreal opened with 9 minutes on two separate stories doing just that. They know there's a protest here on Sunday and what better way to get a juicy story than to antagonize the masses?

Canadian media bias is getting insane.
I can’t watch global, every reporter seems to feel the need to add thier worthless opinion.

 

[Coily]

Canadian media bias is getting insane.
I can’t watch global, every reporter seems to feel the need to add thier worthless opinion.

Canadian media is conservative bruh
Like 90% of Canadian print is conservative lean

Even the Montreal Gazette leaned Conservative where there are 0 CPC elected MPs in the greater Montreal area

 

[LoV]

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A Toronto cop pushed a woman off a balcony

Stop spreading lies you useful idiot.

Do you know how many small businesses required loans because of coronavirus? And whose going to pay for any damages? You? You want to incite violence and riots.

Coily doesn't want you owning guns so he can loot in peace.

 

[Nester99]

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Canadian media is conservative bruh
Like 90% of Canadian print is conservative lean

correct, in 2015

complete bullshit in 2020.

 

[Coily]

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correct, in 2015

complete bullshit in 2020.

watchya talking about?
All of Canadian Media ripped on Justin Trudeau hard on the JWR and SNC Lavelin affair.
The biggest reason why they got demoted to Minority government was all because of the media's non-stop on JWR and SNC Laveln.

 

[Nester99]

One scandal (of many) being reported does not remove liberal bias.

Please keep in mind liberal is the philosophy not the party in this context

watch the news and see the huge Canadian slant against trump.

the change has been dramatic since 2016

 

[Coily]

One scandal (of many) being reported does not remove liberal bias.

Please keep in mind liberal is the philosophy not the party in this context

watch the news and see the huge Canadian slant against trump.

the change has been dramatic since 2016

Trump is not a normal President.
He is no way anything like Ford, Reagan, Bush 41 or Bush 43.
Trump is an abnormally

Trump is a cuck in chief