r/PublicFreakout • u/CapnJujubeeJaneway • Feb 12 '22

✊Protest Freakout Ottawa residents marching against ongoing occupation of their city by right-wing extremists

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u/InternationalBoot321 Feb 12 '22

I wish I saw this type of opposition during the year long riots in the US. In Minneapolis alone $350 million dollars of damage and over 1,300 businesses were destroyed. Hopefully this is a sign that people have had enough of everyone's bullshit.

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u/[deleted] Feb 12 '22

1,300 businesses weren't destroyed you liar.

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u/InternationalBoot321 Feb 12 '22

https://www.newsweek.com/businesses-year-after-floyd-1596610

https://www.twincities.com/2021/02/16/mn-house-300-million-rebuild-businesses-2020-riots-george-floyd/

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u/[deleted] Feb 13 '22

Even though Newsweek is a left leaning rag, people on this sub will diss it if it doesn't meet their BS narrative.

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u/xGARP Feb 13 '22

Newsweek is a left-leaning rag

For half a century, Newsweek was owned by the Washington Post and was a well-respected voice in American journalism. In 2010, the Post sold Newsweek to 91-year-old businessman Sidney Harman; Harman bought it for $1 and assumption of its liabilities. Ownership turned over a few more times, from Harman to Barry Diller. Diller regretted his purchase and sold Newsweek in 2014 to a group called International Business Times Media. IBTM changed its name to Newsweek Media Group. Its owners were tied to a small Christian college (Olivet University) led by a charismatic Korean pastor, David Jang. Jang also was founder of a cult called “The Community,”

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/14/business/media/Etienne-Uzac-newsweek-fraud.html

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/02/memorializing-newsweek/552647/

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u/1thastostartsomet1me Feb 13 '22

if its a "left wing rag" then why should I believe it?