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Kali

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41. here are a couple

Sun Feb 20, 2022, 10:44 PM

Feb 2022

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/migrant-protesters-occupy-u-s-mexico-border-bridge-close-crossing-n1064786

even though I put US Mexico bridge protest in the google machine it is returning mostly US Canada results, I assume due to recent news. will post more if I find them.

edit - this is a better one https://www.vice.com/en/article/gyz39w/what-life-is-like-for-the-migrants-who-occupied-a-us-mexico-bridge-in-protest

hereis a recent one, not about migration and just a few hours - https://www.kgns.tv/2021/04/09/laredo-port-closes-amid-protest-in-nuevo-laredo/

and I also have a recollection of blockages by protesting truckers a number of years ago as well, but the details are foggy. I think it was over allowing Mexican trucks to operate on this side.

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Tweet from Bob Rae the Canadian ambassador to the UN [View all] AZProgressive Feb 2022 OP

No wonder he is a diplomat. Chainfire Feb 2022 #1

Excellent summation. hlthe2b Feb 2022 #2

"An occupation is not a protest" - really? PoliticAverse Feb 2022 #3

A demand from a fringe minority to overthrow a Liberal government or... Justice matters. Feb 2022 #5

Well said, TY! Cha Feb 2022 #18

The primary demand was for the removal of vaccine mandates/covid restrictions. PoliticAverse Feb 2022 #25

One of the stated demands by the leaders of this so-called luvtheGWN Feb 2022 #34

What??? LiberalLovinLug Feb 2022 #46

They honked their horns for 24 hours a day for weeks. Swede Feb 2022 #49

Put yourself in their shoes much?? How insensitive! Colateral damages, I guess... Justice matters. Feb 2022 #52

They are peaceful protests. 20% the intrusion on peoples' lives judesedit Feb 2022 #9

The protest name "Occupy Wall Street" did not mean blockade. "While some smaller txwhitedove Feb 2022 #12

TY! Cha Feb 2022 #17

"All day, all week, shut down Wall street"... PoliticAverse Feb 2022 #24

That line got me too... druidity33 Feb 2022 #23

I'm an old civil libertarian, I kinda like protests even the ones whose goals I disagree with. n/t PoliticAverse Feb 2022 #26

It was coup against a recently elected government, they wanted to be part of this new government. Swede Feb 2022 #48

I love the precise use of the language... blue sky at night Feb 2022 #4

He got that right malaise Feb 2022 #6

Absolutely! judesedit Feb 2022 #7

I loved this response... Native Feb 2022 #8

Wow.. TY! That kid is Brilliant! Cha Feb 2022 #21

I disagree with a couple of those Kali Feb 2022 #10

This country (the U.S.A.???) is NOT Canada sdfernando Feb 2022 #13

yes, Kali Feb 2022 #14

Thank You! Amb Rae knows Cha Feb 2022 #20

An "illegal blockade" like the farmers' protest in India that Trudeau supported. n/t PoliticAverse Feb 2022 #28

Trucks are not protesters Hiawatha Pete Feb 2022 #29

Farm tractors are though? n/t PoliticAverse Feb 2022 #30

I don't give a flying fuck about your whataboutisms. Hiawatha Pete Feb 2022 #31

Of course not because it refutes the trucks aren't protests. PoliticAverse Feb 2022 #32

It refutes nothing. It's a lot harder to use farm tractors as weapons due to their much slower speed Hiawatha Pete Feb 2022 #33

I see, you think trucks are weapons. n/t PoliticAverse Feb 2022 #35

P.S. "That's Not the Way Democracy Works".. Cha Feb 2022 #22

But what is being occupied determines wnylib Feb 2022 #36

pretty sure there were some international brigdes blocked between the US and Mexico Kali Feb 2022 #38

When? Got a link? wnylib Feb 2022 #40

here are a couple Kali Feb 2022 #41

Do you see an equivalency between wnylib Feb 2022 #43

I am not comparing motivation or judging causes claimed, just the actions. Kali Feb 2022 #44

Not only different causes, but completely wnylib Feb 2022 #45

a tasty and refined distillation - cheers🍸 bringthePaine Feb 2022 #11

Former Ontario NDP Premier KurtSteiner Feb 2022 #15

Yes, he was Premier of Ontario. roamer65 Feb 2022 #39

Brilliantly stated! Rt TY & Amb Bob Rae! Cha Feb 2022 #16

Yes, and Canadians aren't divided; the vast majority of us support science Cha Feb 2022 #19

Canadian friends KurtSteiner Feb 2022 #54

And, that's what the Obstructionist Cha Feb 2022 #55

I can understand ymetca Feb 2022 #27

+1000. wnylib Feb 2022 #37

agree Kali Feb 2022 #42

k&r BSdetect Feb 2022 #47

In a just world maxrandb Feb 2022 #50

VIRAL message. 21.2K Retweets 2,010 Quote Tweets 68.5K Likes L. Coyote Feb 2022 #51

Try telling right-wingers that, though peppertree Feb 2022 #53