Instead of scattering random handfuls of loose stool all over the internet, this Selvers guy might want to focus on finishing his toilet training.
18 February 2019 at 09:46
Jackie said...
The Con media won't cover it adequately because they're too busy chasing squirrels in Quebec for ratings and political capital and are funded by Big Oil. They're in the tank (pun intended) for the Cons through and through.
As if character assassination weren't bad enough, just think of the advertising revenue bonanza they'd stand to accrue if some yellow vest wingnut really did pull an Oswald on Trudeau.
The whole lot of them are a combination of vultures and high school bullies. Worse than the British media. They deserve to be boycotted to oblivion.
18 February 2019 at 13:26
On Tuesday last week, "The National" on CBC uncritically profiled the Yellow Vests movement and provided a forum for overt hate groups such as the former Nouns of Odin now going by the name the Clann. There was little to no mention of the racism rife within the movement and no mention of the violent threats directed towards political figures on the left (or at least those the reactionaries consider to be on the left). As bad as this coverage was, news papers including the "Calgary Herald" and "Toronto Star" provided even worse coverage.
Story: Yesterday CBC The National aired a segment misrepresenting the Yellow Vests Canada movement and it makes no mention of the extent of hate & death threats which characterize the Canada movement. Factcheck: https://t.co/BtB9L6k7m8#cdnpoli h/t @VestsCanada@ARCCollective
— Canadian Anti-Hate Network (@antihateca) February 14, 2019
Reporting on hate movements and hate groups that misrepresent themselves is difficult. It requires deep research/observation of less public-facing spaces, and/or building on the investigative work of orgs (happy to help) like @VestsCanada@ARCCollective. That didn't happen here.
— Canadian Anti-Hate Network (@antihateca) February 14, 2019
While we have concerns about how The National reported on the Yellow Vests Canada mvmt convoy, both the Calgary Herald and Star have published stories with zero reference to the overt racism & death threats which have come to characterize Yellow Vests Canada. Do better. #cdnpoli
— Canadian Anti-Hate Network (@antihateca) February 14, 2019
Visit the Yellow Vests Canada Facebook page. It's self-evident their main concern isn't oil and gas, but Muslims, Trudeau, leftists and conspiracies. For the overt racism, death threats, and conspiracy theories about how the Fort Mac fire was done by Muslims, see @VestsCanada.
— Canadian Anti-Hate Network (@antihateca) February 14, 2019
FYI @TorontoStar@calgaryherald@CBCTheNational@goldsbie@JesseBrown@CANADALAND.
Also see: https://t.co/7pMgfj1wibhttps://t.co/BtB9L6k7m8
— Canadian Anti-Hate Network (@antihateca) February 14, 2019
Several outlets have reported on the Yellow Vests Canada convoy without making reference to the overt racism and death threats which have come to characterize the movement. In response, we sent a press release with the facts to every newsroom in Canada. We hope it helps. #cdnpolipic.twitter.com/z0RKK1EVla
— Canadian Anti-Hate Network (@antihateca) February 15, 2019
I rarely ascribe intentions to bad reporting. Few news orgs set-out to mislead the public. But a CBC radio report just described a convoy of trucks heading to Ottawa as a movement "with one simple message..Pipelines". Not 1 mention of #YellowVestsCanada or anti-immigrant activism
— Jesse Brown (@JesseBrown) February 15, 2019
It was so bad, even Faith Goldy was angry, though I somehow suspect she was angry for different reasons:
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The articles however provided cover for right-wing politicians to be able to support the event since they could now claim, citing these news sources, that the Yellow Vest sponsored convoy to Ottawa is solely about oil pipe lines despite what they themselves know to be true:
Jason Kenney and Doug Ford just endorsed the far-right, anti-immigrant United We Roll/Yellow Vests Convoy https://t.co/dCgOijoUr0#cdnpoli#abpoli#onpoli
— North99 (@wearenorth99) February 17, 2019
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ARC and especially Yellow Vests Canada Exposed and the Canadian Anti-Hate Network have been exposing the racism and violent rhetoric behind the reactionary Yellow Vests movement in Canada for more than two months. We've done what the major media hasn't done; critically examine the ideology underlying this movement and bring to light the people behind it. Those include people like this guy:
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Dave Selvers is the organizer for the Yellow Vest Convoy in Sault Ste. Marie:
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In a "Sault This Week" article from early January, members of the local Yellow Vest group which included Selvers stated:
George Brown, an active member of the Yellow Vests wants to make clear that he and fellow Yellow Vests are not against immigration.It just needs to be “done legally and fulfil needs for Canadians”, to help Canada’s homeless and destitute, Canada’s veterans and first nations, Brown said.Yellow Vesters are not against helping those who must flee their countries because of violence and corruption, he added.“Those in the middle east both Christian and Muslim need to be looked after”.
Given his association with the paranoid M103 protests though, one might pause to question Selvers' own (as well as the movement in general) commitment to protecting refugees and supporting immigration:
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In fact the Canadian Anti-Hate Network has reported that this Yellow Vest Convoy supporter and local organizer has a long history of posting racist, Islamophobic, and misogynistic comments on social media:
NEW: Sault Ste. Marie Yellow Vests organizer Dave Selvers calls immigration minister @HonAhmedHussen an “ugly n***** . . . responsible for flooding Canada with useless n***** muslim terrorists.” #YellowVestsCanada convoy to arrive there imminently #cdnpolihttps://t.co/ZOV2VN8i8lpic.twitter.com/gZ0r1OTnb0
— Canadian Anti-Hate Network (@antihateca) February 17, 2019
My own dive into his Facebook profile found a gun-obsessed, conspiracy-minded individual who revels in his hatred of Muslims and "non-white" Canadians and who has called for the execution of Canadian politicians:
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Most of the following were posted during the past week:
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For all his talk of treason, one might find it a bit ironic that Selvers would also post a comment that encourages the United States to invade Canada to remove a democratically elected government:
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He really seems to like Donald Trump:
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None of this was especially difficult to find. If I, Yellow Vests Canada Exposed, and the Canadian Anti-Hate Network find this with our limited resources, then why won't the major media do more than a cursory and shallow examination of this racist movement?
And of course Selvers is NOT the exception. He IS the rule:
Though there are some really great journalists working in the msm trying to cover the movement, Yellow Vests Canada Exposed alone has done a far better job of covering this story than any of the major media.
These are only since February 15:
This guys is expecting to see thousands on parliament hill next week. We as of yet have not seen evidence for more than 50 vehicles in the convoy, and that's since they left Alberta. The most we've been able to verify by watching their videos is 42. #YellowVestsCanadapic.twitter.com/3fO0nz5EEd
— Yellow Vests Canada Exposed (@VestsCanada) February 15, 2019#YellowVestsCanada Someone else advocating hanging @JustinTrudeau. Just before a post about the yellow vest convoy heading for Ottawa. These people aren't radicals though. pic.twitter.com/fyG3yO5AfG
— Yellow Vests Canada Exposed (@VestsCanada) February 15, 2019#YellowVestsCanada No radicals in the convoy group. I'm pretty sure that was mentioned by Glen. pic.twitter.com/LYlGtOr8dz
— Yellow Vests Canada Exposed (@VestsCanada) February 15, 2019
It turns out Canada's dog-whistling caravan is trying to raise money. This combination of astroturf group and #YellowVestsCanada racists are grifting their way across Canada. It looks to me as if @gofundme #8 term and condition is being violated. #cdnpoli#ConvoyToOttawapic.twitter.com/filbYYP5cf
— Neil Before Zod™ (@ThatsMrNeil) February 15, 2019
1. Just past #Winnipeg, at Deacon’s Corner, the #YellowVestsCanada / #UnitedWeRoll Convoy was met with a group of largely indigenous land defenders & antifascists. Comments were taken from the UWR main @facebook page : pic.twitter.com/NjYWI6kYcl
— Yellow Vests Canada Exposed (@VestsCanada) February 16, 2019
2. Just past #Winnipeg, at Deacon’s Corner, the #YellowVestsCanada / #UnitedWeRoll Convoy was met with a group of largely indigenous land defenders & antifascists. Comments were taken from the UWR main @facebook page, and one from YVC: Backup : pic.twitter.com/IZJolxqsnr
— Yellow Vests Canada Exposed (@VestsCanada) February 16, 2019
3. Carritt claims this is a non-violent protest, and radicals aren’t welcome. However, on several videos from @Facebook, we heard quite startling comments, incl someone responding “you wouldn’t want to get your vehicle dirty” when someone on radio said don’t hit them. #cdnpolipic.twitter.com/ztCzLO9d1m
— Yellow Vests Canada Exposed (@VestsCanada) February 16, 2019
4. For anyone wondering if the land defenders and antifascists were aggressive, there was no blockade. A lane was closed by police. There was a banner, and some drumming. The convoy moved on without incident within moments.
— Yellow Vests Canada Exposed (@VestsCanada) February 16, 2019
5. Some references to Heather Heyer are also being made, as well as disgusting memes like this. pic.twitter.com/a5tiah4T6d
— Yellow Vests Canada Exposed (@VestsCanada) February 16, 2019
More threats against @JustinTrudeau and elected officials from #YellowVestsCanada on @facebook. Glen Carritt says violent radicals aren’t part of his group but the Backup Facebook group regularly updates and supports the #UnitedWeRoll convoy #cdnpolipic.twitter.com/jz8W3ZvASi
— Yellow Vests Canada Exposed (@VestsCanada) February 16, 2019
1. From the “help our own before you help refugees crowd,” the comments here about FN reserve conditions are deplorable. From misinformation, to outright racism. #YellowVestsCanada#cdnpolipic.twitter.com/7GKUX7IjvY
— Yellow Vests Canada Exposed (@VestsCanada) February 16, 2019
2. From the “help our own before you help refugees crowd,” the comments here about FN reserve conditions are deplorable. From misinformation, to outright racism. #YellowVestsCanada#cdnpolipic.twitter.com/FwHW9phJcM
— Yellow Vests Canada Exposed (@VestsCanada) February 16, 2019
ID Canada flags have been spotted at #YellowVestsCanada rallies. They are “European identarians.” White nationalists. #cdnpolihttps://t.co/F3Rjn3ari5
— Yellow Vests Canada Exposed (@VestsCanada) February 16, 2019pic.twitter.com/CX7Mdgh5py
— Yellow Vests Canada Exposed (@VestsCanada) February 16, 2019
More fantasies of violence against Trudeau from #YellowVestsCanada#cdnpoli@facebook allows them to organize. @gofundme allows them to crowdfund. #cdnpolipic.twitter.com/HcAzKBY4pZ
— Yellow Vests Canada Exposed (@VestsCanada) February 16, 2019
What racism? pic.twitter.com/D2vYA1yHIL
— Yellow Vests Canada Exposed (@VestsCanada) February 16, 2019
We received this DM yesterday. It has been edited to remove the ID of the sender. #YellowVestsCanada#unitedweroll#cdnpolipic.twitter.com/93jA825rNu
— Yellow Vests Canada Exposed (@VestsCanada) February 16, 2019
The sender also told us that he was called an “asshole media propagandist” because he was there taking photos for the town paper.
— Yellow Vests Canada Exposed (@VestsCanada) February 16, 2019
For what it’s worth, we’ve been unable to count more than 42 trucks in the videos we’ve seen, and it was reported to us by folks in MB that they counted 28 trucks. Media is reporting numbers from organizers, from 150 to 240+. Give us numbers if you see the convoy. #cdnpoli
— Yellow Vests Canada Exposed (@VestsCanada) February 16, 2019
Keane Bexte is on the #YellowVestsCanada convoy from rebel media "breaking" news that counter protestors plugged up 1 lane of highway (in an agreement with RCMP) slowing down their progress & the response is telling of their tolerant base. Here's a sample, so civil! pic.twitter.com/xVCLhonYml
— Yellow Vests Canada Exposed (@VestsCanada) February 16, 2019
1. It seems #YellowVestsCanada and convoy supporters feel threatened enough to go and harass the fine people of FF1 for meeting them on the highway last night in Manitoba. Guess that freeze peach only works one way #cdnpolipic.twitter.com/avYJziD2Md
— Yellow Vests Canada Exposed (@VestsCanada) February 17, 2019
2. What’s interesting is the admission that Free Bird Media is on the convoy, in a seemingly official capacity. We know that UWR admin and organizer Carl Edward Fleury works with FBM sometimes, and we haven’t touched on that much yet. pic.twitter.com/Bk8PuQIsb8
— Yellow Vests Canada Exposed (@VestsCanada) February 17, 2019
3. Free Bird Media is an extremist, anti-Muslim “news” outfit (lol) run by, well, radicals. The kind Glen Carritt says aren’t welcome on his convoy. You can read more about FBM and their leader, Alex Van Hamme, here: https://t.co/IDXQDrzYD0
— Yellow Vests Canada Exposed (@VestsCanada) February 17, 2019
4. And you can read more about UWR admin and organizer Carl Edward Fleury here. Oh, and he used to be the head of the C3 Alberta chapter. Good thing Carritt is keeping out those radicals. https://t.co/RqhhTO9JgX
— Yellow Vests Canada Exposed (@VestsCanada) February 17, 2019
5. And more on Fleury here. https://t.co/irQgfLPJbO
— Yellow Vests Canada Exposed (@VestsCanada) February 17, 2019
6. And here: https://t.co/MTJHGadnoq
— Yellow Vests Canada Exposed (@VestsCanada) February 17, 2019
1. These people. Apparently David can bring the whole thing down (what he knows will shock you!) And #YellowVestsCanada suggests the Rebel, Ezra Levant, Q Anon, Rudy Giuliani, Trump, and Tommy Robinson for assistance. I need a drink. #cdnpolipic.twitter.com/4DMxSprT75
— Yellow Vests Canada Exposed (@VestsCanada) February 17, 2019
2. These people. Apparently David can bring the whole thing down (what he knows will shock you!) And #YellowVestsCanada suggests the Rebel, Ezra Levant, Q Anon, Rudy Giuliani, Trump, and Tommy Robinson for assistance. I need a drink. #cdnpolipic.twitter.com/sOjy3rXH8D
— Yellow Vests Canada Exposed (@VestsCanada) February 17, 2019
Here’s one of the admins of the convoy, posting comments convoy updates in Canadian Combat Coalition groups. Good thing there’s no radicals. https://t.co/GB4SYN7ZNG
— Yellow Vests Canada Exposed (@VestsCanada) February 17, 2019
What started as a "how is this racist, this isnt yellowvests" from a weasely Tim turned into "well they should kill the politicians". Upon examining Tim's profile photo, 1 of us noticed something odd about it. pic.twitter.com/BAez10xuNY
— Yellow Vests Canada Exposed (@VestsCanada) February 17, 2019
2. The symbol seemed familiar and as it turns out, is from a white supremacist org called church of the creator, a neo-nazi/white Christian disaster from the 90s. Tim, a yellowvest supporter and exposed white supremacist, had some explaining to do. pic.twitter.com/GA46tq7FJV
— Yellow Vests Canada Exposed (@VestsCanada) February 17, 2019
3. "I buy from somalian folks and respect other cultures" we don't believe you, Tim. His church believes there is a race war coming, and based on Tim's tweets on his own page, he believes that too. In fact he believes the UN is looking to bring that to pass. pic.twitter.com/6bPkUqkED1
— Yellow Vests Canada Exposed (@VestsCanada) February 17, 2019
4. This is part of what #YellowVestsCanada is about, this is who it attracts. Reading the UN compact clears up this misconception but that messes with the narrative pushed by white supremacists and their surrounding ideologies which unfortunately, is built into this movement.
— Yellow Vests Canada Exposed (@VestsCanada) February 17, 2019
5. Shout out to @PisseArtiste for helping point out the weaselling ol' Tim was trying to do.
— Yellow Vests Canada Exposed (@VestsCanada) February 17, 2019
More racism against indigenous folks in defence of the Convoy. #YellowVestsCanada#cdnpoli#UnitedWeRoll these are the people it attracts, despite Carritt saying no racists. pic.twitter.com/ibaiJ2slDL
— Yellow Vests Canada Exposed (@VestsCanada) February 17, 2019
From the FF1 @facebook page. #YellowVestsCanada#cdnpoli#UnitedWeRoll#convoypic.twitter.com/oz79VQxUHZ
— Yellow Vests Canada Exposed (@VestsCanada) February 17, 2019
Proud Boy, YV Hamilton @facebook admin, and all around agitator, and Tim Reid Gavin was at the #Hamilton#YellowVestsCanada march. #cdnpoli. More on Tim here: https://t.co/EovQmuostxpic.twitter.com/EBbmW2k6Ft
— Yellow Vests Canada Exposed (@VestsCanada) February 17, 2019
This video was posted to the official #UnitedWeRoll convoy @Facebook page, and the sign caught my attention. I went to the website indicated, and found the following inaccurate fear mongering. #YellowVestCanada#cdnpolipic.twitter.com/JUSMcnpLCr
— Yellow Vests Canada Exposed (@VestsCanada) February 17, 2019
Carl Fleury, admin of the Convoy group and “journalist” for super racist Free Bird Media, stating Doug Ford will be in Arnprior to greet them tonight.
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Close this window Jump to comment formInstead of scattering random handfuls of loose stool all over the internet, this Selvers guy might want to focus on finishing his toilet training.
18 February 2019 at 09:46
The Con media won't cover it adequately because they're too busy chasing squirrels in Quebec for ratings and political capital and are funded by Big Oil. They're in the tank (pun intended) for the Cons through and through.
As if character assassination weren't bad enough, just think of the advertising revenue bonanza they'd stand to accrue if some yellow vest wingnut really did pull an Oswald on Trudeau.
The whole lot of them are a combination of vultures and high school bullies. Worse than the British media. They deserve to be boycotted to oblivion.
18 February 2019 at 13:26