Wrong Side of History

Wrong Side of History

Why Emperor Trudeau has to crush the truckers

The Freedom Convoy attracts more condemnation than the 2020 BLM protests

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Ed West
Feb 22, 2022
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A few years back Netflix’s sexy-history docudrama Roman Empire told the story of Commodus, the infamous late second century ruler whose reign is seen as signalling the start of the decline and fall of Rome. Commodus was only made emperor because his father had the job, and he would become notorious for dressing up, in this case as a gladiator; indeed, h…

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