Talking To An American Canadian-Convoy Supporter

And failing to understand

photo taken by author, artist Taylor Ringersma

I know this is dangerous territory. She was only after an answer from me that aligned with her views. But here’s the thing… did she catch her contradiction? She’s all about supporting the convoy in Canada- freedom, don’tcha know, and once they take one, they will take them all. She can’t wait to see the freedom convoy in the states, FOMO, it’s happening all over the world. And we are the best, we are the free-est, we are exceptional.

Trump wants us all to be free, too, she’ll have me know. Things were great when he was president. You know, look what happened when Putin got into power- he fixed Russia. Why shouldn’t we back Russia? I mean, Putin’s people like him very much. Who’s to say- one guy can do so much good, why shouldn’t we have that here in the states with Trump?

Putin basically gets to decide if he will remain in power. That’s why.

Wait, what?!?! We went from excited talk about freedom convoys (implemented to “protect our freedoms”) to “You know, Russia is really succeeding and doing well with an authoritarian leader, so let’s get one”. How tf does that work???

So, because Russia’s people can own guns (one of her arguments, and apparently an unstudied argument at that…) and appear free and happy (you know…