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0 pointscardy314y ago0 comments

But they aren’t being peaceful in Ottawa. They tried to burn down a condo building last night and have terrorized residents there for weeks now.

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perfopt4y ago

Nor were they peaceful in India. In addition to the violence against police a woman in the group was raped. A man was killed brutally.

The right to protest ends when it infringes on other's rights to go about their daily life. Occupying highways and roads for months on end is not a peaceful protest.

Canadian politicians, including some in the cabinet, supported violent protests in India. Canadian citizens fueled money to the protests in India.

InvertedRhodium4y ago

> Occupying highways and roads for months on end is not a peaceful protest.

What is inherently violent in those actions?

lwansbrough4y ago

Non-peaceful does not imply violence.

Most everyone is willing to tolerate a couple days of protests. Where it gets beyond peaceful is when you’re making a huge amount of noise at all hours of the day for weeks on end. That isn’t peaceful, it’s obviously disruptive to the point of intolerability. It’s abusing our willingness to tolerate protest.

InvertedRhodium4y ago

> Non-peaceful does not imply violence.

What, specifically, about this protest is not peaceful - in the context of protests?

> Most everyone is willing to tolerate a couple days of protests.

If you only protest so long as people are willing to tolerate it, I don't see the point of protesting at all. Could you imagine how society would look today if emancipation protestors packed it up and went home after a few days?

> That isn’t peaceful, it’s obviously disruptive to the point of intolerability.

If being disruptive isn't the point of a protest, what is?

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haltingproblem4y ago

They were not being peaceful in India either - the "farmers" attacked and beat up police, tore down the national flag and hoisted their own, blocked a major highway for months, there were rapes at the protest site, etc. etc.

walkhour4y ago

Every protest will have that one percent of idiots that will make it violent. Whether you ignore them or obsess over them tells more about you than about the protest.

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perfopt4y ago

Nor were they peaceful in India. In addition to the violence against police a woman in the group was raped. A man was killed brutally.

The right to protest ends when it infringes on other's rights to go about their daily life. Occupying highways and roads for months on end is not a peaceful protest.

Canadian politicians, including some in the cabinet, supported violent protests in India. Canadian citizens fueled money to the protests in India.

InvertedRhodium4y ago

> Occupying highways and roads for months on end is not a peaceful protest.

What is inherently violent in those actions?

lwansbrough4y ago

Non-peaceful does not imply violence.

InvertedRhodium4y ago

> Non-peaceful does not imply violence.

What, specifically, about this protest is not peaceful - in the context of protests?

> Most everyone is willing to tolerate a couple days of protests.

> That isn’t peaceful, it’s obviously disruptive to the point of intolerability.

If being disruptive isn't the point of a protest, what is?

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haltingproblem4y ago

walkhour4y ago

Every protest will have that one percent of idiots that will make it violent. Whether you ignore them or obsess over them tells more about you than about the protest.

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