Support moves a bit slower than hate on the internet, at least in the case of a road rage incident in Kelowna where a man hurled racial slurs at a family.

On Mother’s Day, Sam Singla was going to the Bohemian Cafe in Kelowna with his family, and he had gone ahead to get a table. His son rode with his parents to meet him there, but on the way they were victims of a racist road rage incident.

A video of the incident went viral and Singla ended up getting calls from Members of Parliament.

Singla said no one’s car was even damaged. The man in the pink shirt just made a U-turn in front of his parents, parked, got out of his car and started hurling abuse at his parents while his son was there.

“It was just the horrific language he used,” Singla said.

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The video went viral shortly after the incident and Singla was shocked to see people endorsing the hatred.

“Online comments at first were calling him a hero, a patriot, a defender of all rights in Canada. People were calling him to be the next prime minister, the next MP. People were saying, ‘I want to buy this guy a beer,’” he said.

Then came support from the community, including local MP Dan Albas and then federal Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre.

“There is no version of Canada where this is acceptable. None. I’m thinking of that family today and hoping they’re safe. This kind of behaviour needs to be called out every single time,” Albas said in a statement on social media.

Singla said Albas’ post had terrible comments directed at him for supporting the family.

“Dan Albas, our local MP here, condemned the post, and he got the worst comments. Calling him a traitor and a panderer. I’m really proud of Dan for standing up for what’s right,” he said.

“Pierre Poilievre also called me, there’s actually generally been a lot of support from the community, and it’s been really positive.”

Singla said the family doesn’t want to track the man down or expose him in any way, they want him to get help because he must be struggling with something.

“I don’t like to kick people when they’re down. We just hope as a family that he can get the help that he needs,” he said.

“He needs love and compassion. Maybe he needs to deal with his biases and see a psychiatrist or a counselor. I don’t offer any of these services.”

While people are entitled to speak their mind, Singla said this was an awful experience for his son.

“I’m a free speech absolutist, and I believe there’s a right to free speech, but speech like this is very traumatic, especially to my son who’s five years old and is wondering why Spider-Man didn’t show up when a bad guy showed up,” he said.

He said this hasn’t jaded his family’s perspective on the wider community.

“I don’t think he represents the average Canadian,” he said.