当地时间周一,加拿大总理、自由党领导人贾斯廷·特鲁多(Justin Trudeau)在安大略省参加竞选活动时被一些碎石砸中。
据加拿大广播公司报道,当时,愤怒的抗议者们包围了巴士,特鲁多正在上车时遭到微小物体的投掷,戴着口罩的他显得非常震惊。
As?Trudeau went to get on the bus, which was surrounded by angry protesters, small objects could be seen thrown in his direction. A masked Trudeau looked startled before he went into the vehicle.
随后,特鲁多在竞选飞机上向记者证实自己是被碎石击中,但他表示自己没事。“这有啥?”“几年前还有人向我扔南瓜子呢。”
When asked if he was certain he was hit by the rocks, Trudeau responded, "Does that matter?"
"There were little bits of gravel and I may have been hit,"?he said, shrugging it off. "I had someone throw pumpkin seeds at me a few years ago."
据加拿大环球新闻网报道,这次特鲁多遭袭的原因是,当地的抗议者对疫情防控措施和疫苗接种要求感到愤怒。他们在集会现场对特鲁多大喊大叫,并进行侮辱。
Many of the protesters in London appeared angry about COVID-19 health measures and vaccination requirements, and yelled slurs and insults at Trudeau.
据悉,随行的一些媒体人士被碎石击中,但没有人受伤。
对此,加拿大保守党领袖艾琳·奥图尔(Erin O"Toole)发推文称,这一事件“令人作呕”,并“以最强烈的措辞”谴责这些行为。奥图尔表示,“政治暴力从来没有正当理由,我们的媒体必须免受恐吓、骚扰和暴力。”
针对特鲁多的抗议活动自上个月来就已经展开。在特鲁多的整个竞选过程中,一直有抗议者追随。
自由党因此被迫取消或推迟了部分活动:8月27日特鲁多在博尔顿市的竞选活动因遭到抗议被迫取消。8月29日在安大略省剑桥市的竞选集会再次遭到民众抗议,特鲁多的竞选演说被抗议者打断。
观察员表示,在这些抗议活动中,并没有看到有任何集中的团体进行推动。抗议者的组织具有较强的临时性,抗议活动的愤怒程度更高,他们使用的语言也比一般的政治抗议活动更加污秽。
Observers say they don"t see any centralized group driving the protests. Their organization is more ad hoc.?The protests themselves feature a more palpable level of anger and the use of language more obscene than is typical of political protests.
对此,特鲁多表示,要以“同情心”来应对愤怒(to meet "anger with compassion")。
他认为,人们有权利对口罩和疫苗政策感到愤怒,但“这是他们强加给别人的选择”,这些抗议者正在“危及”其他人的生命。
Trudeau acknowledged people had a right to be angry about masks and vaccine mandates, but added, "It"s a choice they"re imposing on others," and said the protesters are "endangering" other people"s lives.
特鲁多还表示,不会让“反免疫者的暴徒”左右他的政策,其中包括对一些工人和大多数国内旅行者强制接种疫苗。
是的,这个国家有一小部分边缘分子很愤怒,他们不相信科学,用种族主义和歧视女性的攻击进行抨击。但是他们并不能代表绝大多数加拿大人,我不会允许那些声音,那些特殊利益集团,那些抗议者——我甚至不想称他们为抗议者,那些反疫苗暴徒在国家如何度过这场大流行的问题上发号施令。
"Yes, there is a small fringe element in this country that is angry, that doesn’t believe in science, that is lashing out with racist, misogynistic attacks," Trudeau said.
"But Canadians, the vast majority of Canadians, are not represented by them, and I know will not allow those voices, those special interest groups, those protesters — I don’t even want to call them protesters, those anti-vaxxer mobs — to dictate how this country gets through this pandemic."
特鲁多遭碎石袭击的事情在社交媒体上引发热议。很多网友认为,即使不喜欢特鲁多,也不能向他扔石头。
今天,反疫苗接种者的抗议者向加拿大总理投掷石块。如果这是在美国,这些人向总统扔石头,他们会被特勤局立即干掉。
不管你喜不喜欢特鲁多,这么做都不对!
我们想要的只是意见的统一。如果你谴责“黑人的命也是命”抗议活动中焚烧城市的行为,那你同样谴责扔石头的人听起来就不会那么空洞。向特鲁多扔石头是错误的!