>These freedom convoys are protesting in an illegal way "Illegal" is whatever the government decides. In Canada, they have written broad laws to make most form

>These freedom convoys are protesting in an illegal way "Illegal" is whatever the government decides. In Canada, they have written broad laws to make most forms of protest illegal. I am annoyed by protests for things I don't care about (or even dislike), but I acknowledge that protest has an extremely important place in democracy. It has been the force for positive change throughout history. To acquiesce to the de facto position that protesting should be illegal - and that is the effective message here - underscores a profound lack of understanding of the importance of the deeply democratic act. I can't recall the exact Monty Python line, but the sentiment seems appropriate now: "you may protest in the designated protesting square in the fenced section behind parliament. Just don't make any noise." To quote the infamous American Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, "the whole point of protesting is to make ppl uncomfortable."