Comment The Convoy demonstration was partly a drunken mess, but laughing at it is a breeze too

Fortunately, Korona is starting to subside, because otherwise there could be even more difficult times ahead, writes Laura Saarikoski, CEO of HS.

Convoy Watching the Finland 2022 demonstration in Finnish channels and on the spot gave a special picture of the Korona-era mental landscape. Some protesters on Telegram and Facebook’s Convoy channels seemed to expect that when they block Mannerheimintie, the government will resign, interest rate restrictions will be lifted and the price of gasoline will fall.

The reality turned white on the spot. Where the trucks, where the trucks, were asked in the Some on Saturday, when the police had emptied Mannerheimintie at night, and the expected truck hike had not appeared in front of the Parliament House. The police did not let the heavy equipment into the center, and there did not seem to be as many like-minded people as had imagined.

Part of the demonstration went to the top right away. I visited the spot myself on Friday and Saturday. In the evening, people fluttered back and forth, waving Finnish flags in heavy snowfall. The national anthem is played from the mother-in-law. Someone opposed “forced vaccinations,” another advocated love with a big sheet. A container sauna had been brought to the site. Part of the gang was drunk.

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Later, alcohol or adrenaline turned aggressive as some protesters began to harass journalists. It is exceptional and reprehensible in Finland.

Part the protesters kept discipline and order, or at least tried. In the Somek channels, the organizers warned against committing violence or lawlessness. Someone complained that the needs were made for the park. Others said they were tired of others drinking and mingling and leaving home. “Should I have asked for a little help even from Elokapina, they still know how to organize a street takeover?” one criticized.

Critics of the protest were suspected of being trolls. Where the trucks, was still asked. I don’t know, replied the organizer.

Convoyn it was easy to laugh at the shuffle, and so it really was. But the laughter has a bit of an echo.

“There are reasons for people’s political activism that are worth looking into. The intensified political movement of the Corona period may have long-lasting effects on social cohesion, ”wrote a political scientist Johanna Vuorelma On Twitter.

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No one was equally embarrassed by the protested cultural people who gathered Senate Square on Thursday. There may not have been a poop in the park, but the same restrictions were opposed. The measure seems to fill up a bit in all circles.

Fortunately, Korona is starting to subside, because otherwise there could be more difficult times ahead. The direction shown by Convoy Finland is the same as in the United States, albeit on a smaller scale: if you feel cramped, you will begin to believe in the truth of your own district, which will be developed in a common echo chamber. Soon the entire echo chamber believes the media is the enemy, the government is part of an international conspiracy and Donald Trump won the election.

Yes, those trucks will be coming soon.

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