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> "Protesting is not and will not be illegal." The trick is to categorize the protest as something else.
by BitwiseFool 5y ago
> "Protesting is not and will not be illegal."
The trick is to categorize the protest as something else.
- not2b 5y agoA "protest" that prevents people from crossing a border or shuts down a city isn't a protest. It is hostage-taking. The US First amendment has some good language on this: the people have a right to peaceably assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances. Imposing a blockade does not qualify. If they just sit in front of Parliament and hold up signs and shout, but don't impede anyone going about their business, then they have a right to make their voices heard. But what about (some other protest)? Civil rights protesters are usually ordered to disperse after a short time and get arrested if they don't. Sometimes they engage in civil disobedience, but they can be arrested if they do that.
- anonporridge 5y agoThe trick is to categorize protestors as "domestic terroists", despite having not done any extreme violent actions, as the Canadian government seems to be doing here.
- slothtrop 5y agoThe govt didn't coin that, the public did, by virtue that protesters are terrorizing the residents. Harassment, 100+db horns at night, vandalization, etc.
- anonporridge 5y ago> The govt didn't coin that https://twitter.com/FrischReport/status/1493344853421436946 https://twitter.com/FrischReport/status/1493344853421436946 They are using terrorism financing laws to execute this.
- slothtrop 5y agoGood.
- anonporridge 5y agoFirst they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a socialist. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out— because I was not a trade unionist. Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—because I was not a Jew. Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me.
- mdoms 5y agoA common misconception is that anyone who terrorises someone is a terrorist. It's an understandable mistake but it's wrong. Terrorism has quite a specific definition.
- mostertoaster 5y agoSo Trudeau is a terrorist for terrorizing those who simply don’t want to get vaccinated.
- slothtrop 5y agoLet's see it: 1. The use of violence or the threat of violence, especially against civilians, in the pursuit of political goals. 2. Resort to terrorizing methods as a means of coercion, or the state of fear and submission produced by the prevalence of such methods. 3. The act of terrorizing, or state of being terrorized; a mode of government by terror or intimidation.