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A liberal protesting organization would have used bicycles and would thus have been legal.

cempaka 2y ago
A good parallel is the U.S. campus protests in opposition to military aid for Israel's Gaza campaign, which were violently dispersed. You can find lots of instances of mostly right wingers saying they should never be able to get a job again and such.
- orochimaaru 2y ago
  That was Bill Ackman. There were also right wingers like Candace Owens who took a stand against it. It’s inaccurate to say that every person on the right was agreeing with that statement.
labster 2y ago
Not if the squeezed their bike horns and rang their bells at all hours of the night, and threatened the locals.
zahlman 2y ago
No, they would have been mainly on foot. I know this because it's actually happened, repeatedly, with BLM, in both Canada and the US. One random Canadian example: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/black-lives-matter-protest-blocks-traffic-on-allen-expressway-1.3170307 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/black-lives-matter-pr... Blocking traffic is still blocking traffic, though. In Canada, the "notwithstanding clause" essentially means no rights are absolute. Intentionally blocking traffic on highways here is generally illegal, insofar as people have a lawful right to drive there normally; see e.g. https://mtplaw.com/legal-news/arrests-for-blocking-a-highway-and-an-appeal-due-to-a-failure-to-disclose-evidence/ https://mtplaw.com/legal-news/arrests-for-blocking-a-highway... - and generally there will be clear evidence that such blockages are intentional. Also relevant: https://edmonton.ctvnews.ca/can-protesters-be-charged-for-blocking-traffic-here-s-what-the-law-says-1.4629594 https://edmonton.ctvnews.ca/can-protesters-be-charged-for-bl... ; https://ccla.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Know-Your-Rights-Protesters.pdf https://ccla.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Know-Your-Rights... (PDF from the Canadian Civil Liberties Association).

A good parallel is the U.S. campus protests in opposition to military aid for Israel's Gaza campaign, which were violently dispersed. You can find lots of instances of mostly right wingers saying they should never be able to get a job again and such.

orochimaaru 2y ago
That was Bill Ackman. There were also right wingers like Candace Owens who took a stand against it. It’s inaccurate to say that every person on the right was agreeing with that statement.

labster 2y ago

Not if the squeezed their bike horns and rang their bells at all hours of the night, and threatened the locals.

zahlman 2y ago

No, they would have been mainly on foot. I know this because it's actually happened, repeatedly, with BLM, in both Canada and the US. One random Canadian example: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/black-lives-matter-protest-blocks-traffic-on-allen-expressway-1.3170307 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/black-lives-matter-pr... Blocking traffic is still blocking traffic, though. In Canada, the "notwithstanding clause" essentially means no rights are absolute. Intentionally blocking traffic on highways here is generally illegal, insofar as people have a lawful right to drive there normally; see e.g. https://mtplaw.com/legal-news/arrests-for-blocking-a-highway-and-an-appeal-due-to-a-failure-to-disclose-evidence/ https://mtplaw.com/legal-news/arrests-for-blocking-a-highway... - and generally there will be clear evidence that such blockages are intentional. Also relevant: https://edmonton.ctvnews.ca/can-protesters-be-charged-for-blocking-traffic-here-s-what-the-law-says-1.4629594 https://edmonton.ctvnews.ca/can-protesters-be-charged-for-bl... ; https://ccla.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Know-Your-Rights-Protesters.pdf https://ccla.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Know-Your-Rights... (PDF from the Canadian Civil Liberties Association).