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The trick is to categorize protestors as "domestic terroists", despite having not done any extreme violent actions, as the Canadian government seems to be doing
by anonporridge 5y ago
The 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.