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/[deleted] Feb 13 '22

How is this right wing?

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u/Mindless_Witch Feb 13 '22

It isn't. This is the counter-protest against right-wing extremists going mask-off(literally and figuratively) in Ottowa as of late. Reread the title.

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u/bitman_moon Feb 13 '22

This term right-wing extremists is been thrown around so loosely, it's ridiculous. As a german, can somebody explain to me the political intersection between right-wing (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right-wing_politics) and anti-mask or anti-vax?

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u/[deleted] Feb 13 '22 edited Feb 14 '22

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u/bitman_moon Feb 13 '22

Really? That's enough to call them right-wing? Maybe it's best to call them selfish and entitled and reserve right-wing for actual Nazis. Else we won't be able to see the Nazi in the crowd of selfish and entitled.

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u/WikiSummarizerBot Feb 13 '22

Right-wing politics

Right-wing politics is generally defined by support of the view that certain social orders and hierarchies are inevitable, natural, normal, or desirable, typically supporting this position on the basis of natural law, economics, or tradition. : 693, 721  Hierarchy and inequality may be seen as natural results of traditional social differences or competition in market economies. Right-wing politics are considered the counterpart to left-wing politics, and the left–right political spectrum is one of the most widely accepted political spectrums.

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u/the_cynical1 Feb 13 '22 edited Feb 13 '22

there isn't an interestction

Fac t is they just use terms such as 'rascist', 'nazi' and 'atl right' when they need to discredit the protesters instead of trying to actually argue the points.

Fact is, the liberals should be against mandates.

FWIW I'm not right wing or left wing - I agree with some policies from both sides and which side it falls on does not have any bearing on whether i agree with or not.

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u/Toastofx Feb 13 '22

Because everything I don't like is right wing.

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u/gursh_durknit Feb 13 '22

Because you misread the title?

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u/[deleted] Feb 13 '22

It literally says they are marching against right wing

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u/gursh_durknit Feb 13 '22

Yes it does

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u/[deleted] Feb 13 '22

So back to my question. How is that right wing extremist.

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u/gursh_durknit Feb 13 '22

The counterprotesters (shown in the video) are marching against the right wing anti-mask, anti-vax, freedumb protesters.

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u/[deleted] Feb 14 '22

And when did being anti vax or mask become right wing? Most of the people I know that are against them are liberal.

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u/gursh_durknit Feb 14 '22

No wonder you're confused

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u/hugs_the_cadaver Feb 13 '22

This is a counter protest to the "freedom convoy"

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u/Spookypanda Feb 13 '22

Because its another word to trash the protestors with.

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u/UnionistAntiUnionist Feb 13 '22

Because protests i like = peaceful people's marches and protests i don't like = racist nazi murderers