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In reply to the discussion: Tweet from Bob Rae the Canadian ambassador to the UN [View all]Justice matters.
(7,708 posts)52. Put yourself in their shoes much?? How insensitive! Colateral damages, I guess...
Complaints range from idling trucks that impede traffic and makeshift wooden structures in city parks to lost income and fears of harassment and even violence.
Stuart, a chef at a downtown restaurant, told the BBC his work had been disrupted because food and alcohol deliveries could not make it past the blockade of trucks and police cordons.
He said: "I have no doubt that the vast majority are peaceful. But, as was seen last year with protests in the US, a small minority of people with bad intentions can very easily and quickly escalate the situation."
Monica Chohan, an Indian-Canadian lawyer living in central Ottawa, said: "There were men walking in groups in front of our house with 'Make Canada Great Again' hats. I just started to feel like I don't want to go and put myself out there. There's a feeling of unease."
There is "a sense of lack of safety for anyone who is not Caucasian, straight or on board with the protests", said Jessica Seguin, who fears for her child, who identifies as transgender.
https://ca.style.yahoo.com/fear-loathing-ottawa-more-protests-220756585.html
Stuart, a chef at a downtown restaurant, told the BBC his work had been disrupted because food and alcohol deliveries could not make it past the blockade of trucks and police cordons.
He said: "I have no doubt that the vast majority are peaceful. But, as was seen last year with protests in the US, a small minority of people with bad intentions can very easily and quickly escalate the situation."
Monica Chohan, an Indian-Canadian lawyer living in central Ottawa, said: "There were men walking in groups in front of our house with 'Make Canada Great Again' hats. I just started to feel like I don't want to go and put myself out there. There's a feeling of unease."
There is "a sense of lack of safety for anyone who is not Caucasian, straight or on board with the protests", said Jessica Seguin, who fears for her child, who identifies as transgender.
https://ca.style.yahoo.com/fear-loathing-ottawa-more-protests-220756585.html
So you stand for the confederate and nazi flags... noted (and blocked soon)...
Never thought I woud see such BS on DU...
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A demand from a fringe minority to overthrow a Liberal government or...
Justice matters.
Feb 2022
#5
The primary demand was for the removal of vaccine mandates/covid restrictions.
PoliticAverse
Feb 2022
#25
Put yourself in their shoes much?? How insensitive! Colateral damages, I guess...
Justice matters.
Feb 2022
#52
The protest name "Occupy Wall Street" did not mean blockade. "While some smaller
txwhitedove
Feb 2022
#12
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
An "illegal blockade" like the farmers' protest in India that Trudeau supported. n/t
PoliticAverse
Feb 2022
#28
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