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And when other protests like BLM caused huge public disruption during a pandemic the government did nothing. It was entirely a political response. In a free so
by logicchains 1y ago
And when other protests like BLM caused huge public disruption during a pandemic the government did nothing. It was entirely a political response.
In a free society people should be able to protest whatever in public without getting arrested and debanked. Otherwise you might as well be one of those authoritarian countries where protesting requires a permit.
- dleslie 1y agoDifferent country, different Government, different protests. BLM was a nothingburger in Canada. The most similar protests to that would have been the Wet'suwet'en solidarity protests. Those lasted a few weeks and were ultimately resolved peacefully, for the most part. An important thing to consider is that the protestors weren't interested in toppling the Government; they simply wanted the Government to hear them. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_Canadian_pipeline_and_railway_protests#Rail_disruptions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_Canadian_pipeline_and_rai...