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Joe Rogan says he won't visit Canada due to Justin Trudeau's 'ridiculous free speech laws'
(nationalpost.com)
"ooga booga", he added.
this post was submitted on 24 Jul 2024
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What exactly is he talking about? Which law prohibits the specific 'free speech' he is referring to?
βThey can come down on you for a lot of things. They seized up the bank accounts for people who were protesting, the truckers. People who were donating to the truckers, they seized their bank accounts,β Rogan said.
I don't know what "a lot of things" is gesturing at, maybe he doesn't either. Use of payments censorship to shut down protests without legal proceedings is legitimately worrying, though this is something right wing commentators tend to fixate on to the exclusion of the same stuff when used against people who aren't their audience. Here's an article that I think has a good perspective on this.
All these cases happen somewhere distant to a person in the US or Canada, so could it be that the Truckers struck a nerve because this was the first time that citizens of a democratic Western nation were subject to payments oppression? The answer is no. Cashless payments censorship has a long and established tradition in Western countries. Itβs just that itβs not recognized because itβs been focussed on marginalized groups such as welfare recipients.
βThey can come down on you for a lot of things. They seized up the bank accounts for people who were protesting, the truckers. People who were donating to the truckers, they seized their bank accounts,β Rogan said.
One, this is normal. Large amounts of money moving in sketchy ways always gets FINTRAC's attention. The only reason this is getting traction is because white people got caught up in it--instead of Muslims or Tamils or suchlike--and white people finding out that laws apply to them is always funny to watch.
Second, wait until he finds out what Homeland Security can do. FINTRAC is actually pretty lightweight compared it's American equivalents.
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"Joe Rogan says he wont visit a country with a higher freedom of the press than his"
Bet he still goes anyway
bet he gets rejected at the border.
As an American, Iβm jealous
Might be for the best.
Promise?
Thanks Trudeau!
common canada and trudeau w
As far as I can tell either the National Post added Trudeau to the equation or Canada Proud, which they cite. It's sacks of rotten sphincters all the way down.
Hey finally something we can add to the "Pro" list for Trudeau!
Background investigations intensify.
Why won't you try going to Canada Joe?
K
You'd think this is good news but National Post basically exists to serve the Conservative party so all this tells me is that a lot of Canadians are loving the idea of identity politics.
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You lucky bastards, we still gotta live with him
"We didn't want that hoser here anyway, eh!"
Please tell me that's a direct quote because he's word saladed himself into giving the impression he hates free speech
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Damn, Rogan's starting to look like Blofeld.
Iβm sure Canadians are very upset.
Lucky bastards...