FRINGE - I think this is where Turdo got the term.
This Peter Smith of the Canadian Anti-Hate Network seems to use the word “FRINGE” a lot (and QAnon too)
'So many angry people': Experts say online conversation around trucker convoy veering into dangerous territory
*Published Tuesday, January 25, 2022 8:03PM EST
Peter Smith, a journalist working with the Canadian Anti-Hate Network, said he’s seeing a lot of similarities between this latest convoy and a similar truck convoy from 2019 that was meant to protest federal pipeline policies.
“Right from the start, the largest groups … have been organized and managed by people who have connections to those types of groups like the Yellow Vests, the separatist Western movements,” he said. “So right from the start, this began as part of *fringe politics.”
https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/so-many-angry-people-experts-say-online-conversation-around-trucker-convoy-veering-into-dangerous-territory-1.5754580
Trudeau decries 'fringe' views of some in trucker convoy, as police prepare for its arrival in Ottawa
*Published Wednesday, January 26, 2022 3:13PM EST
https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/trudeau-decries-fringe-views-of-some-in-trucker-convoy-as-police-prepare-for-its-arrival-in-ottawa-1.5755674
Peter is the former online editor at Daily Hive, a freelance writer based in Toronto, and the host of The Unusual Show podcast. Currently focusing on legal cannabis, fringe movements, and politics, his career in media has ranged from tv & film production and documentary research to journalism and investigations.
https://dailyhive.com/author/peter_smith
He gets quoted a lot…
https://halifax.citynews.ca/national-news/canada-not-immune-to-qanon-as-pandemic-fuels-conspiracy-theories-experts-say-3175270
https://pressprogress.ca/3-things-you-need-to-know-about-the-far-right-protests-targeting-canadian-hospitals-and-justin-trudeaus-campaign-events/