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Here in Canada, many of those same voices are now begging the Ottawa police to take on a _more_ violent and confrontational approach in response to the ongoing
by honkdaddy 5y ago
Here in Canada, many of those same voices are now begging the Ottawa police to take on a _more_ violent and confrontational approach in response to the ongoing protest. The hypocrisy is absolutely surreal to me.
- shakes_mcjunkie 5y agoIs it really surprising that all kinds of different people are a part of a political movement? You would find this same kind of diversity of thought in any group of people.
- honkdaddy 5y agoNo that's definitely true, I should have been more specific. In my case, I was referring to some past acquaintances who are very vocal about their views on social media. Specifically, the perspective I'm bothered by, is that of being pro-police intervention when it's for a cause you don't support, but calling to defund the police when they're disrupting a protest you _do_ support.
- shakes_mcjunkie 5y agoGotcha, thanks for clarifying.
- ImPostingOnHN 5y agoI'm sure you could find some folks in the world who would support that for any protest, but most just want the Ottawan ones to stop honking, stop blocking, stop whining, achieve their political ends via democratic means, vs. by force, and suck it up when they're unable to convince enough people to subscribe to their newsletter.