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They were violating the law, and using the funds in the accounts to further the law breaking. They call it civil disobedience. People seem to forget part of c
by lokar 3y ago
They were violating the law, and using the funds in the accounts to further the law breaking.
They call it civil disobedience. People seem to forget part of civil disobedience is going to jail and paying a fine. That’s always been the deal.
- sokoloff 3y agoCivil disobedience carrying a negative of some kind for the protester is a significant part of my respect for people doing it. If it was entirely painless, it would have a lot less effect I think.
- matthewrobertso 3y agoUnbanking someone isn't the same as charging them a fine.
- tick_tock_tick 3y ago> People seem to forget part of civil disobedience is going to jail and paying a fine. That's not even vaguely what happened here and it's well beyond arguing in bad faith to attempt to trivialize it to such. The goal of freezing the accounts was to make the truckers unable to buy food or pay rent to force a near immediate end. If the civil disobedience starts being evictions and starving protests are going to become a thing of the past.
- xvector 3y agoThere is a massive difference between freezing someone's funds, and having them simply pay a fine