At first I didn’t understand what you were describing, a “new dissident group” going to Ottawa for the January 29th Freedom Rally.
Then aha! . . . you were describing a group that will be there to offer an alternative to the message of the Freedom Convoy. Which is to say, they will be there in support of the Government narrative.
I told you, “No. WE are the dissidents!”. We are opposed to the Government’s taking away of our Constitutional Rights. AND their complete disregard for The Rule of Law (habitual) is not to be tolerated.
You asked “What do you call THEM, if not dissidents?” I told you I don’t know. Which is not true.
If I reply in a language that I understand, but you don’t, I may as well not speak. Here’s the thing: the words used “depend on who’s using them.”
I start from here: 2010-09-13 RCMP identify coup d’etat as threat to Canada, Ottawa Citizen.
“Military historian Edward Luttwak says, “A coup consists of the infiltration of a small, but critical, segment of the state apparatus, which is then used to displace the government from its control of the remainder”, thus, armed force (either military or paramilitary) is not a defining feature of a coup d’état.”
I know that to be the case in Canada. And so my language is: we have a corporatocracy in Canada.
I am therefore a “freedom fighter” (among other possible terms). The illegitimate Government (corporatocracy) in Ottawa DEFINITELY does not acknowledge me with that name!! Listen to how Justin Trudeau describes the Freedom Convoy.
Excerpt from Trudeau’s January 26th Press Conference: (Sandra: I don’t have it at my fingertips at the moment)
If these “freedom warriors” were in some other country,
in a country whose ruling regime supports American hegemony in their country,
the rising up might be described by Canadian media and officials as insurgency. There would be “ insurrection” in that country.
But the language evolves to suit the times. Today they will use “Terrorists” – – it strikes more fear.
So what words describe those other “dissidents”? What is the opposite of “dissident”? A quick search says “conformist“.
I think that would be the case, IF the coup d’état has not been acknowledged. Which, of course, the Government will not do.
As it is, the people you describe who are going to Ottawa to fight on the Government’s side, the side of the Corporatocracy, are going there to “counter insurgency” (us).
You may find helpful, written in 2010, but still valid:
Democracy overtaken by Corporatocracy = coup d’état. Citizens fight to regain democracy = Revolution (insurgency). Corporatocracy fights to hold on = counter insurgency.
Sandra Finley