1963 Birmingham, 2022 Ottawa
What Freedom Convoy truckers & civil rights protesters had in common.
I’ve previously discussed the similarities between the protests in Birmingham, Alabama in 1963 and the extended Freedom Convoy protest in Canada’s capital in early 2022.
Civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr would have instantly identified with the truckers’ cry for freedom. He himself talked about the “struggle for freedom,” the “freedom movement,” and “the gospel of freedom.”
Like some Ottawa residents, certain Birmingham residents were hostile to the civil rights movement. They didn’t care about desegregating society. They resented the inconvenience. They wanted the protests to end.
Both the working class truckers and the segregated black population were marginalized, demonized, disparaged by prominent voices with prominent platforms. Like the Canadian government, Birmingham authorities refused to negotiate with the protesters. After the courts outlawed public protest, Martin Luther King Jr led yet another one. He was arrested, charged with “parading without a permit,” and thrown in jail.
If you take a moment to think about things honestly and carefully, the parallels between Justin Trudeau and the officials in charge of 1963 Birmingham are startling.
Agricultural journalist Ian Cumming - who has an adopted daughter from Ethiopia and another adopted daughter from China - also sees these parallels. Late last year, he wrote in a magazine article:
History doesn’t look kindly on policeman Bull Connor in Birmingham, 1963, turning the fire hoses and dogs on black people protesting for their rights. It’s Martin Luther King’s statute in Washington DC, not Bull Connor.
Nor will it look kindly on horses trampling people, billy clubs cracking ribs and pinch bars smashing transport [truck] windows…
Prophetic words.
Oh such a true and accurate comparison but sadly - not enough Canadians get to see or read these podcasts Donna. I laid awake for hours last night and one of my thoughts are haunting me - Canadians were among the many countries of the world that produced the Greatest Generations - at least those born from about 1900 thru to about 1980 - (40 years before WW I thru till roughly 40 years beyond the end of WW 2 who fought for World Freedom - at least 3 generations - my wife and I were born near the end of the 2nd one. - - In less than 80 years - we have seen Canada - (a Country admired and respected worldwide) transform over the past few years into a country comprised of the last several generations becoming comprised of some of he WORST GENERATIONS before our eyes! - I See a country where 1/3 of Canadians are ok with our Government assisting the homeless to kill themselves while the gov’t actually evaluate the money saved by not having to assist the ones who are down and out - we have a country where so many are Ok with police and our Injustice System and Judges incarcerate without bail Christian Pastors and a freedom Fighting Grandman while letting out criminal from jail on bail to kill again! We now have a Government opposition leader who is about our only Hope who called European Parliament MP Christine Anderson a Nazi Sympathizer and White Supremist and stated he wished she had never came to Canada - One of the true HEROES who actually called out Trudeau for his actions! - We have a country where the worst sadistic killers can not be put to death but is ok sentencing sick unvaccinated person who need an organ transplant to die but is at the same time willing to harvest ALL organs from an UNVAXXED Donor - The fact that most of Canadians are OK with this to me is UNACCEPTABLE AND UNBELIEVABLE!!!!
thanks for the link to Ian's article in the Landowners publication. I was aware of the Landowner movement in 2003 that Randy Hillier was the head of although I wonder if it was spawned back in the 80s in the financial turmoil of high interest rates and collapsing land prices. There is great advice in this publication relevant to the persecution we have seen witnessed and been subject to in the past 3 years. Now I have another source of articles written by Ian and others who are standing up and shining a light on the insanity that has been unleashed. And Randy's situation needs to be highlighted also - he isn't in jail at the moment but imo he has been effectively neutered into forced submission.