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That seems to be the comparison you want to make, not me. Remember, I started with dissolution!
by JamisonM 5y ago
That seems to be the comparison you want to make, not me. Remember, I started with dissolution!
- rayiner 5y agoYes, and then you used the word “coup.” > I was being overly generous in my language by implying that they were just calling for the government to voluntarily resign when in fact they are asking for a non-constitutional coup. People use words to invoke the associated connotations. When people accuse truckers of asking for a coup, they are deliberately drawing a comparison to this: https://www-gannett--cdn-com.cdn.ampproject.org/i/s/www.gannett-cdn.com/presto/2021/09/07/USAT/fc80019e-4a6e-4003-b91f-adb5c8bfb0ed-AFP_AFP_9MB2ZY.jpg https://www-gannett--cdn-com.cdn.ampproject.org/i/s/www.gann.... It’s an attempt to demonize and dehumanize political opposition. By drawing a comparison to armed insurgents, the point is to justify disproportionate government responses. This tactic is common in Bangladesh for that purpose. Sad to see it happening in North America.
- JamisonM 5y agoYou should read and listen to the statements of the leadership of the protest, they have in many instances called for a coup, they largely haven't threatened to do it themselves but they have called for it believing that the military will "side with them". And again, I am being as generous as I can be, here is a supercut of Pat King again and again saying there needs to be violence to reach his political ends. https://twitter.com/Peterlad21/status/1489600404681756672?t=YIPkG65FzQFxJP0SJIKYew&s=19 https://twitter.com/Peterlad21/status/1489600404681756672?t=... It is what it is.