If I may just point out that many of these same people had protested for two years straight in their respective cities against COVID lockdowns and vaccine mandates, only to be either utterly ignored or arrested for having a "public gathering". When the state effectively bans freedom of expression by banning protests in the name of public health, it was only a matter of time where things would escalate. And escalate they did.
If the government had been sane and actually followed science (like not locking down societies and implementing pointless vaccine mandates), the convoy would not have been necessary and would not have occurred.
Sadly, folks like yourself refuse to see it that way. After all, you were likely all in favor of lockdowns and vaccine mandates.
Just wait until the state impacts your own personal life in the same way the state did theirs and you, along with many others, don't like it. What logical end do you think you'll reach?
Just be thankful it did not end of violence. That you had a group of peaceful and loving Canadians protesting in that very fashion (I'm sorry, but trucks and horns blaring are not violence) is a truly remarkable thing.
You'll never see a more beautiful and peaceful protest ever again in your life. I can guarantee it.
Thanks for your comment. We had anti-vax protesters here where i live as everywhere. Good for them. But when you are in a minority position, you don't get to have your way. That's democracy.
One more thing, i would ask that you not use language like "folks like you". You don't know me and it's dismissive.
Also, isn't it just grand to ask me not to use language like "folks like you" when you're essentially forgiving (and possibly endorsing) two years of othering a whole group of people in the name of "public health".
To my understanding, the reason democracies are supposed to have constitutions is to avoid the very concept of mob rule, you know, protecting minorities and their positions.
Democracy isn't supposed to be mob rule, because that inevitably leads to tyranny. Something that was ever present during the COVID Insanity
I agree basically that the WHO and virtually every country succumbed to something like brainwashing or delusion. They're hardly a mob though, too organized, but the decisions were for sure draconian and opposing views and science were suppressed. We could have followed Sweden or Brazil. Still, nobody was about to change course because of a bunch of trucks, however obnoxious. Really, to make a difference it had to escalate and I personally found that prospect more frightening than just going along with things. There was also serious money flowing into the convoy coffers, from who knows where and without any accountability. Anyway. I can't stand the government we have but don't see an alternative less scary. I appreciate this conversation.
When people go along with something and want to other a whole group of people, that's a mob.
Also, I just need to ask then based on your argument: how far were you willing to let the othering of a whole group of people go before standing up and saying that's enough?
Because the reality is that a whole group of people saw that things had reached an unacceptable point and saw their own lives being destroyed was a truly frightening thing for them. Like, things were escalating already. How far would you have allowed it to go before saying that's enough?
If I may just point out that many of these same people had protested for two years straight in their respective cities against COVID lockdowns and vaccine mandates, only to be either utterly ignored or arrested for having a "public gathering". When the state effectively bans freedom of expression by banning protests in the name of public health, it was only a matter of time where things would escalate. And escalate they did.
If the government had been sane and actually followed science (like not locking down societies and implementing pointless vaccine mandates), the convoy would not have been necessary and would not have occurred.
Sadly, folks like yourself refuse to see it that way. After all, you were likely all in favor of lockdowns and vaccine mandates.
Just wait until the state impacts your own personal life in the same way the state did theirs and you, along with many others, don't like it. What logical end do you think you'll reach?
Just be thankful it did not end of violence. That you had a group of peaceful and loving Canadians protesting in that very fashion (I'm sorry, but trucks and horns blaring are not violence) is a truly remarkable thing.
You'll never see a more beautiful and peaceful protest ever again in your life. I can guarantee it.
Thanks for your comment. We had anti-vax protesters here where i live as everywhere. Good for them. But when you are in a minority position, you don't get to have your way. That's democracy.
One more thing, i would ask that you not use language like "folks like you". You don't know me and it's dismissive.
Also, isn't it just grand to ask me not to use language like "folks like you" when you're essentially forgiving (and possibly endorsing) two years of othering a whole group of people in the name of "public health".
Give me a break
To my understanding, the reason democracies are supposed to have constitutions is to avoid the very concept of mob rule, you know, protecting minorities and their positions.
Democracy isn't supposed to be mob rule, because that inevitably leads to tyranny. Something that was ever present during the COVID Insanity
I agree basically that the WHO and virtually every country succumbed to something like brainwashing or delusion. They're hardly a mob though, too organized, but the decisions were for sure draconian and opposing views and science were suppressed. We could have followed Sweden or Brazil. Still, nobody was about to change course because of a bunch of trucks, however obnoxious. Really, to make a difference it had to escalate and I personally found that prospect more frightening than just going along with things. There was also serious money flowing into the convoy coffers, from who knows where and without any accountability. Anyway. I can't stand the government we have but don't see an alternative less scary. I appreciate this conversation.
When people go along with something and want to other a whole group of people, that's a mob.
Also, I just need to ask then based on your argument: how far were you willing to let the othering of a whole group of people go before standing up and saying that's enough?
Because the reality is that a whole group of people saw that things had reached an unacceptable point and saw their own lives being destroyed was a truly frightening thing for them. Like, things were escalating already. How far would you have allowed it to go before saying that's enough?
Haha good question. Pretty far. Curfews. Bank account freezes. I don't know. Maybe I should buy a truck. :)
Wow, trying to make a joke out of ruining people's life. You truly are the salt of the earth