Posted on 04/24/2022 1:45:17 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
The dreams of the “People’s Convoy” quickly died in the Bay Area after a critical tactical error: turning onto a street with a Safeway and a group of bored kids.
The trucker convoy, which aimed to emulate the disruptive Canadian protests against COVID-19 restrictions, has failed spectacularly at every turn. During a few weeks of driving around Washington, D.C., the convoy was held up by a single bicyclist, and some convoy members said they were having difficulty finding places for bathroom breaks and, as a result, were forced to urinate in their pants.
After an anemic showing in Washington, the convoy made the long drive back across the country, landing in the Bay Area this week. Since the convoy began, practically all major COVID restrictions have been lifted in the United States, so it appears it’s switched its messaging to support other conservative causes.
On Friday afternoon, the small convoy of semitrucks, pickup trucks, minivans and other cars drove to Democratic Assemblymember Buffy Wicks’ East Bay home to protest her support of an abortion rights bill. As they honked and used bullhorns in the quiet residential neighborhood, neighbors gathered to heckle them right back, yelling at the truckers to get off their street.
Livestreams posted by convoy participants show police arriving to protect Wicks’ home, which eventually prompted the group to move on. It was here the convoy members made their mistake, driving onto busy, one-lane College Avenue on the Berkeley-Oakland border. There, slowed down by the usual Friday afternoon traffic, they were sitting ducks outside the Safeway. A large group of kids, armed with eggs purchased at the grocery store, began pelting the convoy.
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Note the editorializing in the title.
Well, these are the same scumbags who were fully onboard with the mayhem and property damage caused by Burn Loot Murder, so of course they would think this is grand.
They used to label such drivel as “opinion.” No more.
Because kids have a lot of money to spend on eggs, and just happened to have those eggs on hand.
“During a few weeks of driving around Washington, D.C., the convoy was held up by a single bicyclist”
The ineptitude of the people who claim to be “journalists” these days.
The deliberately slow moving convoy - which had to keep moving for fear of violating the law - was slowed down by a bicyclist.
On Friday afternoon I heard the commotion and horn honking on the highway. I searched local news outlets for information on what was happening and found NOTHING. Now I hear about it a couple of days later.
I ain’t buying it. Truckers peeing their pants... whatever. Even I keep a couple empty water bottles on hand, and I’m no pro (like a trucker is).
Pure propaganda. Urinate in their pants? I don’t know any truckers that don’t know how to use a water bottle.
Not a nice article, but the overall implication is true: ineffective.
Meanwhile they likewise critically call the Canadian protests “disruptive” - which is exactly what the American convoy should’ve been. But never was. Too small, too nice.
A large group of kids, armed with eggs purchased at Liberated from the grocery store, began pelting the convoy.
I see the Canadian Truckers have met American Bay Area Negros.
No way they "purchased" those eggs.
California. A beautiful state with a great future behind it.
They should have asked me along. I offered to bring sandwiches. Everything would have turned out differently.
Yolk’s on them
“I ain’t buying it. Truckers peeing their pants... whatever. Even I keep a couple empty water bottles on hand, and I’m no pro (like a trucker is).”
LOL! A couple of months ago in a snowstorm Mr K (not the one on this forum) was driving home from work and there was a big accident on the highway that held up traffic for FOUR HOURS. Mr K said it was hilarious all the guys getting out of trucks/cars and peeing on the side of the road. (He had an empty Pepsi bottle. I was like “GROSS!!!” and he responded “You wouldn’t have been able to last that long either.”)
Groan.
Those pee containers are referred to as “trucker bombs” by the roadway mowers who happen to hit one tossed in the roadywa ditch! After laying in the sun for hours/days, the bottle gets hot and pressurized, and once hit, emits a spray that sometimes hits the mowers! Gaaaah!
Those truckers should boycott SF for a year and let them libs eat each other.
Tell your hubby that my emergency urinal is a used laundry detergent jug with a lid. Pull out the pour spout and replace the lid, and wait for the time you need it.
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