I find myself singularly uninterested in the so-called freedom convoy making its way to Ottawa. Peopled by many rabid-anti-vaxxers and those filled with a messianic zeal in the belief that they are 'standing up for freedom and democracy', they are in fact arguing for the opposite, a short-circuiting of democracy, demanding the government's immediate resignation.
They are truly deluded and contemptible.
The true measure of these benighted people can be taken in the kind of hate-filled screeds they send off to politicians, medical personnel and journalists. It is the latter that Bob Hepburn writes about, saying it is time to call out nasty, hate-filled anti-vaxers.
Here are some of the milder excerpts of missives he has received:
“If I see you on the street I would Smash your face in YOU FU*KING IGNORANT COMMIE,” wrote a person identifying themselves as Sonny.
“You are a hate-monger and a sad excuse for a journalist. What you are doing is un-Canadian. You are a piece of sh* t,” wrote Rob, who works as a multimedia specialist.
“You are a menace to society. You have obviously lost your mind and need mental help if you think unvaccinated people are a threat to society. You are deranged,” wrote Nicole from Alberta.
“This is what causes racism. You have no business knowing what goes in my body. You piece of human waste,” wrote John.
“God bless your soul if you still even have one,” wrote Diane.
“You are an arrogant moron,” wrote Dave.
“Stop spewing hate and writing sh*t articles. Grow a pair and write something useful. Gerbil looking ass,” wrote Brad.
Not surprisingly, these cowards refused Hepburn's request to publish their names, places where they live, or companies they work at if the email was sent from a business. Such hate-mongers shun the sanitizing light of day.
Hepburn ends his piece with this:
It’s time to call them out — and it’s time that others who are unvaccinated get to know the type of anti-vaxxers who believe they speak on their behalf.
And well we should. Their very words indict them.
