Canada

The Big Three news outlets in Canada pretty much ignored this story until the Kamloops local paper and social media picked it up. Now they're all over it, pretending they were there first.

And they're all missing the crucial point.

Second Sons are working very hard to stick to the rule of law, while instilling fear. They're showing up in groups like this in smaller communities. They're not in Calgary or Toronto or Vancouver, they're north of Edmonton, or Orillia or Millarville.

They show up, dress to intimidate, act to intimidate, but don't actually threaten. They post overt dogwhistle slogans, "Je me souviens d'un Quebec blanc" or "Indian trucks kill canucks") which they could plausibly explain away as something else, if forced to stand on trial.

They're getting bolder, which means they're going to try to goad their victims into acting. They'll obey the RCMP or local police (if the force is sufficient) without hesitation because as long as they keep showing up, as long as they keep scaring people, as long as they are able to avoid consequences for their actions, they'll be able to hurt some people and recruit others.

They need to be driven out by the people every time they show their...well not faces, but cowardly masks. They need to be not shot or injured, but maybe detained until the police can unmask and identify them by name.

We need to publish their names. We need (and I can't believe I would ever say this) to doxx them - to make them fear for their lives if they keep threatening society.

We need to break the back of their movement, and the media isn't helping one goddamn bit.