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And it's a bit hollow. Watching Canadian police break up protests and then start hugging protestors [1] afterwards shows how they use kid gloves in this situati
by theossuary 5y ago
And it's a bit hollow. Watching Canadian police break up protests and then start hugging protestors [1] afterwards shows how they use kid gloves in this situation. A far cry from how they've treated pipeline protestors and the like. They're purposefully failing to manage this protest, and simultaneously using it as an excuse to demand more power. I think it's pretty obvious the next left-wing protest in Canada is going to be much worse.
I haven't seen any left leaning groups cheering this on; but there's too much irony to ignore. Akin to watching Capital rioters worry about getting prosecuted under the rules Trump and the DOJ put in place to harshly prosecute BLM protestors.
Here's a podcast covering the actual common sentiment of the left [3].
[1]: https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/police-hug-protesters-as-they-roll-out-from-coutts-alberta-border-crossing https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/police-hug-protesters-a...
[2]: https://apnews.com/article/state-courts-violent-crime-arson-violence-crime-cbca8672a70f9f170a086a7a252a751e https://apnews.com/article/state-courts-violent-crime-arson-...
[3]: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1119-it-could-happen-here-30717896/episode/canadian-freedom-convoy-part-1-origins-92922668/ https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1119-it-could-happen-here-307...
- klyrs 5y agoIndeed; any other blockade of the nation's capitol would have been violently broken up 3 weeks ago. That the federal government needed to declare this a national emergency to prompt the police to act is, itself, quite telling. The indigenous activists I've heard speak of this express hope that future protests will be treated with such honor, grace and respect.