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Justice matters.

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52. Put yourself in their shoes much?? How insensitive! Colateral damages, I guess...
Mon Feb 21, 2022, 11:11 AM
Feb 2022
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



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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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
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