Rebel News Podcast - DAVID MENZIES ｜ Freedom Convoy Counter-Protest; Miss Understood on RebelNews+

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00:01:14.460 Welcome to Rebel Roundup, ladies and gentlemen, and the rest of you,

00:01:32.420 in which we look back at some of the very best commentaries of the week by your favorite rebels.

00:01:37.460 I'm your host, David Menzies.

00:01:39.220 Remember how the Freedom Convoy in Ottawa was demonized by the government and the mainstream media?

00:01:46.280 It was all a bunch of ludicrous propaganda, of course.

00:01:49.920 But Alexa Lavois recently went to Ottawa to cover a Freedom Convoy counter-protest 0.73

00:01:56.640 staged by the usual suspects, you know, the spirit unicorn soy boy soldiers and the Antifa types.

00:02:03.400 And wow, talk about a basket full of deplorables.

00:02:08.280 Alexa will join me to sort out who's who in the Ottawa Zoo.

00:02:13.580 And hey, folks, we recently added a new premium content show.

00:02:18.780 It's called Misunderstood.

00:02:21.640 Gee, what's that?

00:02:22.620 Well, just to ensure that there are no misunderstandings,

00:02:26.360 the show's co-hosts, Catherine Krasinowski and Natasha Biazzi,

00:02:32.500 shall drop by in studio to explain all.

00:02:36.860 And finally, letters.

00:02:38.180 We get your letters.

00:02:39.040 We get your letters every minute of every day.

00:02:41.600 And I'll share some of your responses regarding our visit to a Trudeau photo op last Friday

00:02:47.860 that took place at a Toronto Ukrainian Catholic church.

00:02:51.620 Alas and alack, independent journalists were not allowed to go into the church.

00:02:57.760 Indeed, some of the parishioners who were deemed to be not liberal enough

00:03:03.720 were also blocked from going into the church.

00:03:07.380 As for the PM speech, it was all about democratic slippage, emboldening Vladimir Putin.

00:03:13.780 No, seriously, at least on the plus side, I didn't get manhandled by Justin's RCMP goon squad this time.

00:03:22.440 Those are your Rebels.

00:03:23.640 Now let's round them up.

00:03:25.040 So, hey, Alexa, for urban news, I'm in the city hall where counter-protests just happened.

00:03:44.680 We are still the Saturday, 5th of March, and it's two weeks after the convoy left.

00:03:50.960 But they are protesting against the convoy, saying that they are full of white supremacists, 0.77

00:03:56.440 racists, misogynists, and other names that I will not tell now.

00:04:02.280 But I'm coming here to see their point of view, what they have to say to me,

00:04:07.860 and look at, oh, we have been treated so far.

00:04:12.480 Let's check it out.

00:04:13.200 I'm wondering, what is the protest about today?

00:04:24.160 This is a reaction to the occupation of Ottawa a couple of weeks ago by the truckers,

00:04:30.320 and this is to show solidarity with the community and emphasize love and not hate.

00:04:37.360 And what is the damage that the convoy have caused in your life?

00:04:43.020 Well, I live downtown, so I heard a lot of noise.

00:04:46.180 I got fumes from diesel.

00:04:50.800 I had people yelling at me from trucks as they drove by.

00:04:54.060 It was really nasty.

00:04:55.380 I felt like I was under siege.

00:04:58.180 Nothing like what's going on in Ukraine right now, but I did feel under siege.

00:05:02.580 Learning to live with COVID is coded language.

00:05:05.360 That means it's okay if disabled people die. 1.00

00:05:09.160 No, it's a statement.

00:05:10.180 How many science degrees do you have?

00:05:11.720 I have a degree in biology.

00:05:14.060 In biology?

00:05:14.920 Okay.

00:05:15.400 So you don't understand that 20% of the population...

00:05:18.280 You didn't say I don't understand.

00:05:19.200 I'll ask you a question.

00:05:20.320 Well, okay, I'm done.

00:05:21.620 I'm listening to this.

00:05:23.020 Thank you.

00:05:24.860 No, no, no.

00:05:25.640 I'm just asking.

00:05:26.420 I just try to understand what's going on.

00:05:29.200 This is the people who had to survive the occupation by the far-right convoy of difficult people.

00:05:38.760 Many of them were traumatized, especially the people living downtown.

00:05:43.200 That maybe seeing the Canadian flag doesn't make you nervous again,

00:05:45.880 because we had three weeks of the Canadian flag in trucks, meaning there's bullies coming.

00:05:51.400 Watch out.

00:05:52.000 And people felt very frightened of that.

00:05:54.060 You call the convoy the left-extreme, the left-wing, white?

00:06:01.820 Yep.

00:06:02.580 Why?

00:06:03.940 Well, let's see.

00:06:07.160 I realize that not all of them were Nazis, because, you know, only several of them had Nazi flags.

00:06:13.760 I realize not all of them were white nationalists, because only several of them had white nationalist flags.

00:06:20.020 Um, yes, this was a very ultra-right conservative protest of, yes, anti-vaxxers who had their rights to, you know, to protest.

00:06:31.240 And we lived in a city where people took over downtown to tell us, 0.82

00:06:34.840 No, you're a weak person. 0.86

00:06:36.960 Take off that mask. 1.00

00:06:38.040 It's an oppressive Illuminati conspiracy theory nonsense. 1.00

00:06:42.100 Yeah, well, f*** them. 1.00

00:06:43.180 They have enemies for life now. 1.00

00:06:44.660 Every one of them.

00:06:45.420 If they ever come back and brag that they were part of this convoy, they have enemies for life.

00:06:50.740 Do you think that some of the people just right here are Nazi and white supremacists as well?

00:06:58.820 No, I don't think so.

00:07:00.920 But maybe you could find some, you know.

00:07:02.720 So, what organization are you guys with?

00:07:04.520 They're with Nazis of Canada. 0.90

00:07:06.340 Nazis of Canada from the French sector.

00:07:08.620 So, I'm a Nazi now.

00:07:10.140 No, I was just having a joke.

00:07:11.300 Is it a judgment?

00:07:13.120 I don't know.

00:07:14.280 I don't know.

00:07:15.020 You came here to the judgments.

00:07:16.220 You had the judgments when you came here.

00:07:17.880 No, I just asked what is going on here.

00:07:20.020 You're harassing people.

00:07:22.660 I'm not harassing people.

00:07:23.380 Yeah, you are.

00:07:24.060 I've been watching you.

00:07:25.220 You're harassing people.

00:07:26.080 I'm asking people questions.

00:07:26.500 Okay, I've asked you to leave.

00:07:28.620 Please leave.

00:07:31.000 I'm a public space.

00:07:32.500 At the moment, I'm free and I can stay here.

00:07:34.940 You're harassing people.

00:07:36.060 I'm not harassing.

00:07:36.980 I'm asking questions.

00:07:37.780 I've seen you following people around.

00:07:39.520 Go.

00:07:39.880 Yeah, because I'm asking questions.

00:07:40.940 You've been asked to leave.

00:07:41.400 If I'm asking you to leave.

00:07:43.060 But what is your authority on me for asking me to leave to a public space?

00:07:46.760 Oh, my God.

00:07:47.760 I think all of us are feeling pretty uncomfortable, so it would be great if you'd leave.

00:07:50.900 I'm just asking questions, asking, like, why?

00:07:53.080 Yeah, and you've asked a bunch.

00:07:54.260 I don't want to be on this.

00:07:55.740 You've asked a bunch of questions.

00:07:56.820 I think it's time to go.

00:07:57.840 Yeah, but I'm just asking, like, what is going on here?

00:08:00.960 Maybe just take a break and let everybody cool off.

00:08:02.960 People are feeling a bit harassed, so maybe just take a break.

00:08:07.020 I'm just asking a question.

00:08:08.180 I've never been feeling harassed nowhere else than here.

00:08:11.500 But people are telling you how they feel about it, right?

00:08:14.240 And so just please hear them.

00:08:15.740 Please hear them.

00:08:16.720 Well, so much for that advertised theme of, quote, emphasize love, not hate, end quote,

00:08:22.700 because the love kind of evaporated as soon as the questions got a little prickly.

00:08:29.420 And that, of course, justified these twits to label Alexa Lavoie as a Nazi. 0.93

00:08:36.520 Incredible.

00:08:37.700 And joining me now is our Quebec-based lioness herself, Alexa Lavoie.

00:08:44.080 How are you doing there, Alexa?

00:08:45.360 Hello.

00:08:46.120 I'm pretty good.

00:08:47.100 And you, David?

00:08:47.980 Excellent.

00:08:48.420 You know, Alexa, that video was really something, but I have to say I wasn't really surprised.

00:08:55.500 I've had the misfortune of interviewing members of the lunatic left, too.

00:09:00.420 And I'm always stunned that when these loons are challenged on their viewpoints, they get so easily triggered 0.85

00:09:09.540 and they quickly, you know, deferred to F-bombs and intimidation tactics and even outright violence.

00:09:18.540 Alexa, why is that?

00:09:20.100 Because they claim to be all about love, don't they?

00:09:24.100 They claim about love and being like, here is like no hate zone, nothing.

00:09:30.560 But what I saw so far is like, they say that the convoy, the Freedom Convoy people were harassing them.

00:09:39.360 But I was there for not even like 10 minutes that I've been harassing myself by them, putting some paper in my face,

00:09:47.880 in the camera for stopping us to film.

00:09:50.600 And as much violence and hate against us, I was like, what did I do so far?

00:09:57.740 Just asking questions to understand what is going on here at the City Hall, because he had like a big protest.

00:10:04.080 And I just wanted to know their point of view.

00:10:07.580 And, you know, Alexa, these Antifa types, these so easily triggered leftists,

00:10:12.400 they always get a free pass by the mainstream media.

00:10:15.720 They can do no wrong.

00:10:17.680 And yet, just look at how the Freedom Convoy in Ottawa for the three weeks plus it was there.

00:10:24.560 Look how it was characterized by government.

00:10:26.980 Look how it was depicted by the media.

00:10:29.260 These were deplorables. 0.97

00:10:31.000 These were white supremacists, Nazis, you name it. 0.94

00:10:35.040 And yet, you spent more time than anyone at this company in Ottawa covering the Freedom Convoy protest.

00:10:43.320 Is that what you discovered?

00:10:46.680 No.

00:10:47.580 So, you know, it's why I'm going to do, I'm actually doing a video about the Nazi flag and the Confederation flag that we saw so far on the ground.

00:10:58.180 But it's what I was saying, like, first impression on the first day of the Freedom Convoy,

00:11:04.900 Oh, surprisingly, we saw one Confederation flag and one Nazi flag that we didn't see for the 21 next day of the Freedom Convoy.

00:11:16.880 Only the first day of the Freedom Convoy was, oh, we just saw it for a couple of, maybe one hour for the Confederation flag and maybe a couple of minutes for the Nazi flag.

00:11:29.460 And all the people were against this.

00:11:33.700 All truckers, all supporters were like, they were not part of us.

00:11:38.420 Yes.

00:11:38.560 But same if everybody was saying it, nobody wanted to show that and say, oh, maybe it was part of better people or maybe they were there for discredit the movement.

00:11:51.920 And no, they were like, oh, because we saw one flag, we will categorize the thousands and thousands and thousands of people that were there.

00:12:01.260 Yes, you're 100 percent right.

00:12:03.840 I was there for several days myself, Alexa.

00:12:06.420 We saw bouncy castles for little kids.

00:12:09.280 We saw a hot tub.

00:12:10.760 I saw people walking around the streets of downtown Ottawa that were part of the convoy with garbage bags picking up litter.

00:12:18.080 It was incredible.

00:12:19.280 And on the subject of that Nazi flag, you know, I'm not one to subscribe to conspiracy theorists,

00:12:24.980 but a lot of people have speculated if this was some Photoshop thing or maybe this was something that the anti-convoy people did.

00:12:35.180 They dressed up pretending to be part of the convoy and waved the Nazi flag so as to discredit the convoy.

00:12:42.060 I'm wondering, Alexa, because I know there's one media organization out there that's put out a reward.

00:12:46.660 I think it's for $6,500 for the identity of that person holding the swastika.

00:12:54.180 And nobody's come forward.

00:12:56.740 Don't you find that odd?

00:12:59.200 But you will see it in my video.

00:13:03.200 So the men who were carrying the Confederation flag was completely masked with sunglasses.

00:13:11.940 And it was really difficult to see his identity.

00:13:17.580 And for the Nazi flag had been just shown a couple of minutes on the side of a hotel and it disappeared afterwards.

00:13:27.900 So who can identify these people?

00:13:32.660 And especially, oh, the Nazi flag was on the side of a hotel where the headquarter of the police was on the same hotel, but no police saw it.

00:13:44.240 Yeah, it is a mystery.

00:13:48.700 And you'd think there'd be a, even if he had some friends, you'd think somebody would rat him out for that $6,500 paycheck.

00:13:56.840 But, you know, Alexa, getting back to these protesters, the counter protests, you know, it's perverse.

00:14:03.620 They are depicting themselves as though they're victims.

00:14:07.120 You know, they heard horn honking for such a long time.

00:14:10.300 Alexa, could you imagine somebody in Ukraine looking at some of those stories about the post-convoy stress disorder they're suffering because some trucks were honking their horns when the people in Ukraine are getting their houses shelled by an invading Russian army?

00:14:30.260 I mean, are we that soft?

00:14:32.340 Are we that weak right now?

00:14:33.720 Or is it just those select members on the far left?

00:14:37.280 I just, I just see, because I ask, I say, what is the damage of your life, like, from the convoy?

00:14:45.420 Some people were like, I was smelling like gas and throw from the truck and I was disturbing by the sound.

00:14:54.280 And I was like, OK, hopefully you don't live like in a country as India, where I've been there two times. 1.00

00:15:04.060 And you don't just smell the gas, you smell all other kind of smell.

00:15:09.420 And I was like, that wasn't like too bad.

00:15:14.520 I was there like four months and I was not really bothered by the smell.

00:15:19.100 And everyone, like, they were bringing the sound when we know that an injunction had been like put in place for 10 days on the 23 days.

00:15:31.040 And after the injunction, people were more like aware of the noise.

00:15:37.380 So they were not honking as much as the beginning.

00:15:40.520 I think at the beginning is what, again, what I was saying, the first impression to pass a message.

00:15:46.300 We are here.

00:15:47.640 We are here and we will stay.

00:15:50.240 I think it's why the people were honking much at the beginning.

00:15:55.260 But afterwards, you were there too.

00:15:57.960 It was not as noisy as the first day that the convoy arrived on scene.

00:16:05.080 No, we were staying in downtown Ottawa hotels and it just sort of, you know, blended into the background noise.

00:16:13.600 I sure had to set my alarm.

00:16:15.860 It didn't cause me any sleep.

00:16:17.520 But, you know, Alexa, one last thing I want to talk to you about, those demonstrators who so easily fall into the mindset of calling you nasty names, walking in front of you, causing interference, threatening physical violence.

00:16:35.860 To me, Alexa, that means you've won the debate without even asking a single question.

00:16:41.480 If their arguments are so fragile that they get so easily triggered by your questions that they result to goon tactics, well, they don't have much of an argument of substance to begin with.

00:16:57.520 I don't think they have any argument to give to me because I was like, I just ask you a simple question.

00:17:03.420 You have the chance to explain me and to make your voice heard.

00:17:08.220 I'm asking you a question and you are not able to answer properly my question.

00:17:13.500 And some of my question was like, where do you take your information come from for the convoy that you say that they were Nazi and white supremacists and white nationalists?

00:17:26.940 Can you tell me where your information come from?

00:17:29.920 And they were just like, because they are.

00:17:32.580 No, no.

00:17:33.240 Where your information come from?

00:17:36.380 And they were just repeating me the same thing.

00:17:39.440 And I was like, OK, you just don't want to collaborate with me.

00:17:42.660 And you don't like if you had at least like a really good information that's come from good sources.

00:17:51.600 Oh, I will understand.

00:17:53.140 And we can like chat around it and we can have different point of view.

00:17:59.020 But we can actually reach the middle and like, you know, I can see your point.

00:18:04.100 You can see what I tried to ask you for question.

00:18:07.480 But it had nothing to debate.

00:18:10.760 You have nothing to question about.

00:18:13.020 And all my question was a result of no answer.

00:18:17.920 Yeah, it's amazing.

00:18:18.660 They're adults, but they act like elementary school children.

00:18:21.500 Before we depart, Alexa, I'm sure our audience wants to know what the heck is happening with the investigation,

00:18:28.900 if there is one, regarding you being shot at point blank range by some sort of a canister that a police officer shot you.

00:18:38.500 Thankfully, it hit your thigh. 0.53

00:18:40.360 I know it caused you tremendous grief and pain.

00:18:43.160 But had that canister hit your head, we might not be even having this conversation today.

00:18:48.900 I know Interim Chief Bell is hot on the trail of those who said nasty words to the members of the mainstream media.

00:18:59.240 But has there been an investigation opened on your brutal assault, Alexa?

00:19:05.200 So the complaint I've been giving to the police and it's SIU.

00:19:12.840 But the SIU is not for the RCMP and it appears that it's probably an RCMP member who did that.

00:19:25.880 So my folder has been transferred to the RCMP investigation.

00:19:34.220 So at this point is what I know so far about it.

00:19:38.700 I know that I've never received a call yet.

00:19:43.260 Nobody reached to me to know my version of the story.

00:19:48.080 But at least I write my version on the complaint.

00:19:51.340 So they probably have it on their hand on the paper.

00:19:55.200 So let's see what will happen afterwards.

00:19:58.000 But yeah, the investigation right now, the complaint has been put in place.

00:20:03.160 So we'll see afterwards.

00:20:04.220 Well, I'm happy to hear that.

00:20:05.820 It sounds like right now it's paralysis by analysis, but we are not going to let this lie.

00:20:11.280 No, Siree.

00:20:12.320 We are going to get justice for you, Alexa.

00:20:14.780 Nobody deserved that kind of hellacious treatment.

00:20:18.920 Alexa, thank you for being so brave to wander into that mass gathering of lunatics.

00:20:25.500 And you handled yourself so terrifically by not kowtowing to any of their fear tactics.

00:20:36.620 So thank you again.

00:20:37.620 Great video.

00:20:39.000 Thank you very much.

00:20:40.300 Have a great day.

00:20:41.600 You too, Alexa.

00:20:43.380 And folks, that was Alexa Lavoie from Quebec City. 0.91

00:20:46.880 Keep it here.

00:20:47.900 More of Rebel Roundup to come right after this.

00:20:50.120 Some people are kind of unable to potentially reproduce due to a rise in pasteurized dairy

00:21:01.820 and veganism.

00:21:03.760 Veganism has risen 600 percent. 0.97

00:21:06.680 Yeah.

00:21:07.020 Over the past seven years.

00:21:08.820 And apparently 51 percent of adults in the U.S. are now struggling with a chronic illness.

00:21:13.380 It makes sense.

00:21:14.120 So we're designed to eat animals.

00:21:15.220 We've been eating animal byproducts for like a bajillion years.

00:21:18.740 A diet that doesn't offer you all the nutrients you're supposed to be getting would impact

00:21:22.520 something like fertility.

00:21:23.760 The modern American diet consists mainly of corn, wheat, and soy.

00:21:28.520 Hmm.

00:21:29.200 Which, that's American diet.

00:21:30.740 So here in Canada, we know that our diets mainly consist of cheese curds, gravy, and french

00:21:35.680 fries.

00:21:36.060 Mm-hmm.

00:21:36.520 I had that for breakfast.

00:21:37.660 So we should be fine.

00:21:38.980 Soy and men. 0.98

00:21:40.180 Soy.

00:21:40.740 I'm very anti-soy. 1.00

00:21:41.920 It doesn't work.

00:21:42.740 No.

00:21:42.960 It can cause a zinc deficiency.

00:21:44.620 It's apparently important for male fertility. 0.94

00:21:46.980 So if you're a male vegetarian, you might try eating meat.

00:21:50.160 You should maybe eat meat.

00:21:51.380 Or a zinc supplement.

00:21:52.960 Hey folks, I'm pleased to tell you that if you are a Rebel News Premium Content subscriber,

00:21:59.240 you are now receiving a new show, namely Misunderstood.

00:22:04.600 And as they used to say back in the vaudeville days, Misunderstood, it's a show that's all about

00:22:11.160 a little song, a little dance, a little seltzer down your pants.

00:22:15.920 Actually, the show has nothing to do with what I just said.

00:22:19.760 So to make sure that we are not misunderstanding anything about Misunderstood, well, who better

00:22:28.060 than to bring on to the show the two co-hosts of Misunderstood, namely Natasha Biazzi and Catherine

00:22:36.940 Karoznowski.

00:22:38.620 Ladies, thank you so much for coming on the show. 0.53

00:22:42.120 And your show was just, I think it just launched last month.

00:22:45.900 What in blue blazes is Misunderstood all about?

00:22:50.660 I think you nailed it.

00:22:54.400 It's about seltzer down your pants.

00:22:56.260 Misunderstood is about pop culture, politics, and conservatism all in one fun little pink

00:23:05.520 package.

00:23:06.560 Yeah.

00:23:07.120 We feel like the left has kind of overtaken the culture war and they've done a very good

00:23:12.600 job.

00:23:13.180 And so we kind of wanted to bring that to Canada, create a space for like young women in Canada

00:23:17.640 to feel like they can connect with, you know, pop culture with a conservative POV.

00:23:22.600 You know, it's very interesting, ladies, because I think you're right.

00:23:25.720 When it comes to pop culture, that has been co-opted by the left.

00:23:30.260 I mean, Hollywood, professional sports, everywhere you look, even the comic book industry, it's

00:23:36.920 in a complete leftist bent.

00:23:39.380 Why is that?

00:23:40.380 I mean, I know, Natasha, we spoke about this the other day on the live stream that so much

00:23:47.320 of society, from education to law enforcement, the justice system, you name it, has a, I would

00:23:58.200 call it a Marxist bent to it.

00:24:00.880 And is it all about indoctrinating people, young people, that is, not how to think, but

00:24:08.200 what to think?

00:24:09.880 Yeah.

00:24:11.140 Absolutely.

00:24:12.000 Effectively.

00:24:12.480 Yeah.

00:24:13.200 I think part of it, maybe too, is that so many of these artists and left-wing people,

00:24:18.680 like art is such an emotional thing and their emotions, I think like the left really plays

00:24:24.160 at people's emotions and that's why they're able to kind of capture them and indoctrinate

00:24:28.340 them a little easier because, you know, your heart, your heart speaks, you know, like you're

00:24:32.860 easily motivated by that, I think.

00:24:35.060 Yeah.

00:24:35.280 We talked about this on an episode we did a few weeks ago.

00:24:37.800 It was an article.

00:24:38.460 It was feelings don't care about your facts and it was all about, and it kind of opened

00:24:42.660 my eyes because we all, we've all heard the term facts don't care about your feelings.

00:24:46.060 When you flip it, people don't want to be yelled at about statistics.

00:24:49.880 Sometimes they want an emotional answer to something that's an emotional problem.

00:24:54.440 So when you're just like, oh yeah, but like the facts, the facts, like what really happened?

00:24:57.820 It's like that can push people away.

00:24:59.740 And we're trying to gently bring people to not our side, but to open their own eyes so that

00:25:05.020 they can look at the world and be, think critically about what's going on around them.

00:25:09.120 And here's the thing, Catherine, can we have these honest discussions anymore with all the

00:25:15.020 wokeism out there?

00:25:16.440 We live in a day and age of cancel culture.

00:25:18.660 I remember classical liberals of half a century ago, they argued about things like freedom of

00:25:25.220 speech, freedom of expression.

00:25:27.100 Now you say one wrong thing.

00:25:29.980 It's the death penalty. 0.99

00:25:31.040 You are a persona non grata. 0.90

00:25:34.100 We've seen it time and time again.

00:25:36.480 What is driving that?

00:25:39.260 That's a good question.

00:25:40.600 I think people are letting their emotions rule them.

00:25:43.060 I think that, I think that's a thousand percent it.

00:25:45.720 I think it's just like a arms race about who can be the most offended and we've taken it way

00:25:50.940 too far.

00:25:52.040 And so, and this isn't something else we've talked about on the show.

00:25:55.080 If the left keeps canceling people, we're going to have more people on the right because

00:25:59.560 they're all going to be canceled and like as the needle moves far and far more left,

00:26:03.720 we're going to have a bigger group on our side.

00:26:05.880 So we're like, go ahead, like cancel whoever you want because we-

00:26:08.440 We'll take them.

00:26:09.100 Exactly.

00:26:09.520 We'll take them.

00:26:10.080 Like when you get canceled, come to the left or sorry, come to the right because we're

00:26:14.000 happy to have you and we'll have conversations with you.

00:26:16.080 And hopefully we won't be bigots like they are on the left and just be like, oh, you said

00:26:20.760 this, you said that, that's so wrong.

00:26:21.840 It's like, let's have a conversation.

00:26:22.840 We can change.

00:26:23.460 People can change their views.

00:26:24.740 They can learn.

00:26:26.340 These are things the left doesn't do.

00:26:27.580 You know, what I'm building on that, ladies, I think if we jump into the hot tub time machine 1.00

00:26:32.420 and go back 50 or 60 years ago, if you looked at it, you know, the hippies were the cool

00:26:37.880 ones on campus, the ones protesting the Vietnam War, you know, requesting more civil rights.

00:26:44.360 And right now I would make the argument that if you are rebellious, you are right of center

00:26:50.100 on campus.

00:26:50.980 And attaching that to what we've seen the last two years with the pandemic, what I see

00:26:57.100 in terms of the indoctrination is that if there's one demographic that is all in with

00:27:03.640 what big government and big bureaucrats and big medicine are telling us, it's the younger 1.00

00:27:08.700 people.

00:27:09.260 They are masked up even when, even in places they don't have to be masked up.

00:27:14.160 And I'm just wondering, geez, half a century ago, you were the rebels on campus.

00:27:19.680 Now you're the sheep.

00:27:21.240 How do you make sense of that?

00:27:23.760 I don't.

00:27:24.940 Yeah, I think we talked about this earlier on the live stream.

00:27:27.560 I think social media's really had a big impact on people because there's so much social pressure

00:27:33.320 and it's all public now.

00:27:34.640 Um, so it's like, if you post something, let's say in favor of rebel news and your left wing

00:27:40.620 friends see that or someone else or an employer, they're going to pounce on you and your reputation

00:27:44.600 is basically done.

00:27:47.000 Like you're over.

00:27:47.920 And there's like, we talk about cancel culture and stuff.

00:27:50.380 Um, it's just so easy to be canceled.

00:27:52.120 And I think that's why people are so scared to swim upstream.

00:27:55.180 I think, um, something that brought me to Christianity actually pretty recently was I found that these

00:28:04.140 pastors who are getting thrown in jail, they're like so rock and roll. 0.99

00:28:07.420 They're like bad asses. 1.00

00:28:08.760 And I was like, I didn't realize Christianity was so freaking bad ass. 1.00

00:28:12.320 And it used to be musicians who were saying, you know, be yourself, be authentic, whatever. 0.98

00:28:16.760 But they're now telling you, get mad, get vaxxed, mask up.

00:28:20.200 Otherwise you can't come see us play.

00:28:21.560 And I'm seeing more of a rebellious nature that speaks to my rebellious spirit coming

00:28:25.920 from like the church, which is crazy.

00:28:28.360 Yeah.

00:28:28.840 That's crazy.

00:28:29.620 Because they're rebels with a cause.

00:28:31.140 Yeah.

00:28:31.420 Well, yeah.

00:28:31.940 I mean, just look at, you know, from several weeks ago, Neil Young trying to de-platform

00:28:37.300 Mr. Rogan.

00:28:39.040 And you're right. 0.91

00:28:40.360 When you look at the Pawlowskis, they are, you know, the bad ass, kick ass freedom fighters. 1.00

00:28:46.400 And yet when we look at the role of government, I think last year, ladies, the most overlooked,

00:28:53.420 underreported story was all the Catholic churches that had been burned or vandalized or defaced

00:29:00.560 with graffiti.

00:29:01.760 It was not only was it a non-story, but you had, I think it was Gerald Butt saying, oh,

00:29:06.460 he understands it.

00:29:08.060 Could you imagine if those had been, say, mosques or Hindu or Sikh temples?

00:29:13.440 I mean, I think there'd be a Royal Inquiry launch right now.

00:29:15.940 There should be.

00:29:16.700 Like, no place of worship should be burned down.

00:29:18.360 I agree.

00:29:18.740 That should be a hard stop.

00:29:19.860 I even had people on my personal Instagram when I posted about, like, I was like, hey,

00:29:24.440 maybe let's not burn churches.

00:29:25.740 And people were like, yeah, but, you know, after everything the Catholic church has done, 0.56

00:29:29.600 and I'm like, no, no, no, stop right there.

00:29:31.500 Let's not burn churches.

00:29:32.920 Yeah.

00:29:33.260 I think there is a clear attack on the Christian church in Canada.

00:29:37.060 I mean, look at Bill C-4.

00:29:38.400 It's effectively censoring and silencing pastors from speaking, like, a biblical truth about marriage

00:29:44.080 and sexuality and stuff like that.

00:29:45.560 Like, there's definitely a clear focus, I think, to, I don't know if it's to eradicate

00:29:50.140 the church, but there's something happening there for sure.

00:29:52.680 Yeah.

00:29:52.980 And I think it's absolutely shameful.

00:29:55.080 Yeah.

00:29:55.560 Tell me, we have lived through two years like no other.

00:30:00.700 This pandemic, I think really the real virus was about overbearing government control as

00:30:08.200 opposed to something that was wiping out the population.

00:30:11.360 Tell me, when you look back at the last two years, and my goodness, there's so many examples

00:30:17.260 to choose from.

00:30:18.320 What do you think were the most egregious acts by government, by health authorities,

00:30:24.900 by bureaucracies in terms of stifling our rights and freedoms, ladies? 1.00

00:30:29.160 Pastors in jail comes to mind.

00:30:33.540 Arthur Pulaski still in jail today.

00:30:36.580 Solitary confinement.

00:30:38.080 Masking kids.

00:30:38.780 I think now I was going to say masking children, I think is the worst.

00:30:42.560 It's completely stifled their development.

00:30:44.440 It's, I mean, the effect the pandemic's had on kids is evil.

00:30:47.640 Like, they aren't able to socialize.

00:30:49.740 I mean, their scrades are in, like, in the garbage can.

00:30:53.100 Like, it's just, it hasn't been good for them.

00:30:54.720 No, I agree.

00:30:55.960 And, you know, what's really, I find, equally disturbing in Ontario as of March 1st, the

00:31:02.900 Vax Pass has been cancelled.

00:31:05.740 Come March 21st, the mask mandate is cancelled.

00:31:09.440 And yet, you see businesses that are no longer under the tyranny of government, ladies, and

00:31:15.700 they're saying, no, you want to take a seat in our restaurant?

00:31:18.260 You're still going to show me your medical history in terms of Vax Pass.

00:31:21.340 And I bet you, come the 21st, there's going to be businesses that say, I still want you

00:31:25.880 wearing the face diaper.

00:31:27.560 What's happened?

00:31:29.260 Well, I think it's going to be interesting when, when I'm questioned in public, when I'm

00:31:33.020 not wearing a mask, people often say, well, it's a bylaw.

00:31:35.460 It's a bylaw.

00:31:36.080 So when it's no longer a bylaw, what's the excuse?

00:31:39.420 And when it's like, well, okay, Dr. Kieran Moore, the chief medical officer for Ontario

00:31:43.300 saying you don't need to wear a mask anymore, like, trust the science is out the window

00:31:46.560 too.

00:31:46.800 So like, what will they say?

00:31:47.900 And I think it's up to a business, like, again, as a conservative, I think the business

00:31:53.720 has the right to choose to do that.

00:31:55.920 I also will just not go there.

00:31:57.540 That's fine.

00:31:58.300 I think that's a great point.

00:31:59.580 Yeah.

00:32:00.040 All right, then.

00:32:00.920 Well, listen, I, uh, we're almost out of race track here, ladies.

00:32:04.460 Is there anything I neglected to ask you about that you think would be very relevant to future

00:32:10.780 viewers of Misunderstood?

00:32:13.280 Yeah.

00:32:13.520 I just think it's really important to care about culture.

00:32:16.640 I know that like the news and politics is really important, but if you don't, if you

00:32:21.440 don't try to win back the culture wars, like you can't win young people over and young people

00:32:26.280 are the future of this nation.

00:32:27.740 Like our, our vote matters and what we think matters because like we've talked about on

00:32:32.060 our show, like we're future lawyers, politicians.

00:32:34.460 And if you don't capture us while we're young and impressionable, like this country is going

00:32:39.060 to go to the crapper.

00:32:41.460 So, you know, engage with culture.

00:32:43.420 Um, and you know, allow young people to have a voice to talk about Kim Kardashian because

00:32:48.460 Kim Kardashian influences people.

00:32:50.700 Yeah.

00:32:50.960 Unfortunately.

00:32:52.060 Yes, she's done.

00:32:53.060 That was years ago.

00:32:54.740 She's had like seven more buttons. 0.51

00:32:57.060 Somebody's taped it up again.

00:32:58.380 Well, you know what?

00:33:01.600 Best of luck with the show.

00:33:02.960 I've enjoyed the episodes you've aired so much so far.

00:33:06.100 And you watch it.

00:33:08.060 I send him links.

00:33:09.640 There you go.

00:33:10.900 And thank you so much for coming on.

00:33:12.580 There you have it, folks.

00:33:14.100 Nat and Kat, as they're known as here at Rebel News, they're witty.

00:33:18.060 They're charming.

00:33:18.860 They even drive cool cars.

00:33:20.380 If only they drove standard, then they'd be perfect females. 1.00

00:33:24.020 She can drive standard.

00:33:24.600 I cannot.

00:33:25.540 She can drive standard.

00:33:27.600 Misinformation.

00:33:28.560 Keep it here.

00:33:29.240 More of Rebel Roundup to come right after this.

00:33:36.800 On Friday afternoon, all were welcome to attend Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's whiz-bang

00:33:42.580 photo-op session at a Toronto Ukrainian Catholic church.

00:33:47.220 Well, not everyone.

00:33:49.220 You see, while the Justin Trudeau liberals can't stop talking about diversity and inclusion,

00:33:55.920 there's precious little tolerance for, well, diversity of opinions.

00:34:00.920 And there's pretty much zero tolerance for espousing critical views pertaining to this

00:34:07.320 current federal government.

00:34:09.600 Trudeau desperately wants to be seen as a strong man.

00:34:12.640 But the truth is, he's got very thin skin and an ego that's so easily bruised.

00:34:20.160 How else do you explain the fact that F Trudeau flags are apparently banned from being displayed

00:34:27.300 upon Parliament Hill these days?

00:34:29.600 Check out this video footage from Saturday.

00:34:31.820 What's the problem?

00:34:35.540 Are they saying that's banned now?

00:34:37.780 They're saying that F Trudeau flags are not allowed on the Hill.

00:34:41.160 Ah, that's a new law, is it?

00:34:43.300 Can I just...

00:34:44.120 No, go for it.

00:34:45.380 All right.

00:34:46.020 So, just like the rules for this flag, they're going to have to have to have to have to have

00:34:51.840 an offensive offensive on the Hill.

00:34:54.520 You know, all things considered, we've had it worse than that.

00:34:58.780 So, I guess they're saying that, um, that, uh, this is a...

00:35:10.340 They're saying this sign is not allowed anymore.

00:35:17.820 This must be personally from Justin.

00:35:22.340 Well, so much for freedom of expression.

00:35:25.620 In any event, we visited St. Demetrius the Great Martyr Ukrainian Catholic Church in West

00:35:32.540 End Toronto back on Friday to see what the PM had to say and knock me down with a feather.

00:35:40.400 We yet again discovered that the only media allowed inside a Trudeau presser were those

00:35:47.980 journalists who are state-funded trained SEALs, you know, members of the CBC and CTV and the like.

00:35:56.940 Justin knows full well that when it comes to media coverage, it's a prudent strategy to have

00:36:02.620 the scribes dependent upon federal government funding.

00:36:06.900 So, it is the Canadian mainstream media these days is a real-life Ministry of Truth, an Orwellian

00:36:14.100 journalistic version of the sinkhole, albeit sacred cow, that is SNC-Lavalin.

00:36:21.040 Now, guarding the entrance was a pair of presumably undercover Mounties.

00:36:24.980 I say presumably, folks, because the RCMP, well, these members of law enforcement don't tend

00:36:31.640 to identify themselves, nor do they provide badge numbers these days.

00:36:36.920 So, let's just call this power couple, oh, I don't know, Mr. and Mrs. Dudley Do-Right.

00:36:42.800 And the Do-Right's quickly informed us we were media non grata.

00:36:48.200 Check it out.

00:36:49.400 It's for invited guests and media only.

00:36:52.700 Right.

00:36:53.340 We are media.

00:36:55.020 Invited guests and media only.

00:36:58.020 Please get that out of my face. 1.00

00:37:00.140 Why are you afraid?

00:37:01.020 Because, no, I just, I don't feel comfortable with you having this this close to me.

00:37:06.460 Really?

00:37:06.760 That's odd because your fellow henchman roughed me up in December.

00:37:11.100 Do you remember that?

00:37:12.780 I was not there.

00:37:14.660 Okay.

00:37:15.700 So, we're media, so why can't we get it?

00:37:21.160 It's by invitation only.

00:37:23.720 In the media, by invitation only?

00:37:25.760 Yes.

00:37:26.040 Okay.

00:37:27.020 So, in other words, CTV, CBC, it's only state-funded media that can come in here.

00:37:32.560 Is that correct?

00:37:33.180 I don't know the answer to that.

00:37:34.120 Sir, we don't choose who comes.

00:37:36.140 We have a list.

00:37:37.040 I go by the list.

00:37:38.260 And we're following.

00:37:39.160 You're just following orders, right?

00:37:41.120 I'm doing my job.

00:37:42.260 Yeah.

00:37:42.460 Well, I'm trying to do my job, which is a report.

00:37:45.780 And so, why can CTV and CBC, there's their van right there.

00:37:49.620 Why can they get in and we can't?

00:37:51.820 I have no idea.

00:37:53.020 It's only the state-funded media?

00:37:55.220 I can't answer that.

00:37:56.820 Okay, then.

00:37:57.600 Yeah.

00:37:57.760 So, can you find out what the answer is then?

00:38:02.120 First of all, media's already in, and doors are now closed.

00:38:05.280 There's a list.

00:38:06.520 Unfortunately, you're not on the list, and that's all I can tell you.

00:38:09.360 Well, the event isn't scheduled for, is it 20 o'clock, I believe?

00:38:15.100 And Justin Trudeau is always late, so what differences make of the going?

00:38:22.320 I'm not sure what you're not understanding, sir.

00:38:24.640 Well, I'm not understanding, because the event hasn't started.

00:38:27.340 The Prime Minister's not here yet, correct?

00:38:29.520 I can't speak to that.

00:38:31.120 Okay.

00:38:32.040 Well, if there's not a problem with us getting in, or not interrupting anything, what's the issue then?

00:38:38.240 The issue is, you're not on the list, and the doors are now closed.

00:38:42.420 And that's what the issue is.

00:38:43.580 So, it was that we were banished from going inside the church, and as we discovered just moments later,

00:38:50.460 we were also banned from standing outside the church, too, under threat of being arrested for trespassing?

00:38:59.560 Gee, so much for sanctuary.

00:39:02.020 Check it out.

00:39:03.160 We're at the...

00:39:04.800 Who are you?

00:39:06.100 I'm with the RCMP.

00:39:07.140 Okay, what's your name and your badge number?

00:39:08.800 Sir, can I ask you...

00:39:09.580 Your name and your badge number.

00:39:10.720 Are you going to be trespassing while you're here, sir?

00:39:12.180 Your name and your badge number.

00:39:13.560 You're obligated to give that to me?

00:39:14.760 No.

00:39:14.920 Oh, you're going to beat me up like you did in December?

00:39:18.000 I wasn't around in December.

00:39:19.080 Oh, no.

00:39:19.680 You know nothing.

00:39:21.020 You saw nothing.

00:39:22.260 Huh?

00:39:22.460 You're refusing then to remove the sidewalk.

00:39:25.340 Sidewalk's down there.

00:39:26.220 Yeah, we're media, and we're covering the event.

00:39:28.840 Sidewalk's down there.

00:39:29.220 Your name and your badge number.

00:39:30.920 Moving to the sidewalk.

00:39:31.660 Your name and your badge number.

00:39:32.920 It's fine.

00:39:33.360 I'll get Toronto Police for you.

00:39:36.140 That's how they roll, folks.

00:39:37.800 I'm on...

00:39:39.100 I'm not even in the church.

00:39:40.580 I'm on a driveway.

00:39:42.000 And, again, he doesn't give his name, his badge number.

00:39:45.660 He could be Joe Blow.

00:39:46.600 You know, I'm pinching myself, folks.

00:39:48.500 Are we still living in Canada, or are we in North Korea?

00:39:52.760 Then again, I should consider myself lucky.

00:39:56.020 Astute viewers of Rebel News might recall what happened to me at the hands of Trudeau's

00:40:01.360 Royal Canadian Mounted Henchmen back in December.

00:40:04.820 Namely, I was physically manhandled for the egregious crime of standing on a public sidewalk.

00:40:12.000 Check it out.

00:40:13.660 Get off me. 0.85

00:40:15.660 Hey, I can...

00:40:16.660 Hey, this is assault.

00:40:19.740 I'm on a side...

00:40:21.000 What is this?

00:40:22.420 I'm on a sidewalk.

00:40:27.200 I am on a sidewalk.

00:40:28.700 What is this?

00:40:29.860 You cannot touch me.

00:40:31.360 No brush can work.

00:40:33.000 Hey, it's me.

00:40:35.000 I'm like...

00:40:36.040 Are you kidding?

00:40:38.840 Are you kidding?

00:40:39.860 I told you.

00:40:40.580 What is this?

00:40:44.140 You can't...

00:40:45.220 Am I under arrest?

00:40:47.080 Oh, sunny ways.

00:40:48.980 Sunny ways, indeed.

00:40:50.800 And get this, folks.

00:40:52.060 Once ensconced in that Ukrainian Catholic Church, Justin bemoaned that the so-called slippage 1.00

00:40:59.740 in democratic values is what has emboldened Vladimir Putin to invade Ukraine.

00:41:05.560 Yeah, this cat wants to censor the internet.

00:41:09.920 This is the guy who invoked the Emergencies Act for shutting down a peaceful protest.

00:41:15.380 He actually said that.

00:41:17.180 Sorry, Trudeau, but when it comes to slippage, you're more slippery than a German bobsled team 0.92

00:41:23.720 on a greased track. 0.99

00:41:26.140 In any event, you had plenty to say about our tone-deaf and uber-hypocritical Prime Minister. 0.96

00:41:33.900 Ryan Mack writes, 0.86

00:41:35.720 Castro making an appearance at a church while not too long ago he was happy to ignore the

00:41:43.440 vandalism and burning of churches.

00:41:46.320 But he's a real class act.

00:41:48.360 Oh, indeed, and I should point out, there were counter-protesters outside the church,

00:41:53.820 and some of them were congregants of that church.

00:41:57.740 Why weren't they invited in?

00:41:59.620 Well, one demonstrator said the priests determined they weren't left-wing enough,

00:42:06.380 and God forbid that Trudeau should be asked an impolite question.

00:42:10.960 Unbelievable.

00:42:12.400 Dan Bessler writes,

00:42:13.680 Never in my life have I seen a prime minister use goons with no badge numbers and no names.

00:42:21.360 Totally the law of the land.

00:42:23.340 Well, I think it's the law of the land too, Dan.

00:42:26.100 But then again, by his actions, Justin Trudeau fancies himself above the law.

00:42:32.460 So little wonder, really, that the Royal Canadian Mounted Henchmen think likewise.

00:42:39.820 Janice Cheval writes,

00:42:41.380 Poor Ukrainian Catholic Church in Toronto probably has to be exorcised from demons after he left.

00:42:51.000 Wow, that would be one heck of a job indeed.

00:42:55.220 But if anyone knows an exorcist out there that wants to take on such a Herculean challenge,

00:43:02.400 Well, let's hear it.

00:43:05.160 I'm gung-ho to cover that event, even if it turns out to be scarier than that 1973 horror classic.

00:43:14.080 Deft Anesthetic writes,

00:43:15.500 Sometimes this reporter is in la-la land.

00:43:19.260 It took a few seconds of the footage for me to understand that it was invite-only.

00:43:25.660 This is a non-story.

00:43:27.760 Find better things to cover and stop acting like my teenage daughter when she doesn't get her way.

00:43:34.700 Well, actually, Mr. Deft, it's not a non-story at all.

00:43:38.540 The fact that Justin only allows the state-funded trained seals of the mainstream media inside a church to cover his photo op

00:43:48.300 is an appalling restriction when it comes to freedom of the press.

00:43:52.520 Assuming you support the very concept of a free press, that is.

00:43:57.920 And by the way, tell your daughter I'm on her side.

00:44:02.440 DriftRacerB writes,

00:44:03.740 You know, just imagine a leader of a Western democratic country proclaiming his love for the basic dictatorship that is China, 0.63

00:44:28.880 which is what Trudeau did several years ago.

00:44:30.720 How unsettling is that?

00:44:32.740 But here's the deal.

00:44:35.020 Trudeau visiting a Ukrainian church in Toronto or hobnobbing with leaders in Europe

00:44:41.580 has nothing at all to do with the PM doing anything of value regarding the Ukrainian invasion.

00:44:49.300 Justin just seems to want to look like he's doing something sincere when it comes to ending the bloodshed.

00:44:57.360 And the hope for quid pro quo?

00:45:00.100 Well, it's gratification from the Ukrainian-Canadian community via the ballot box. 0.96

00:45:06.060 Well, sorry, Mr. Prime Minister, I happen to know a lot of people of Ukrainian descent.

00:45:11.940 They're not so easily duped.

00:45:14.560 And they sure aren't buying what you're selling.

00:45:17.480 Which is to say, sir, so many of them originally emigrated to Canada to flee tyranny.

00:45:24.480 And they can spot a tyrant in the making from a kilometre away.

00:45:30.000 Well, that wraps up another edition of Rebel Roundup.

00:45:32.960 Thanks so much for joining us.

00:45:34.400 See you next week.

00:45:35.240 And hey, folks, never forget, without risk, there can be no glory.

00:45:39.480 Good night.

00:45:39.920 We'll see you next week.

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