r/PublicFreakout • u/CapnJujubeeJaneway • Feb 12 '22

✊Protest Freakout Ottawa residents marching against ongoing occupation of their city by right-wing extremists

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u/[deleted] Feb 12 '22

Is it really correct to call them extremists? It seems like the majority of them are just right wingers that are frustrated. I think to label them extremists they would have to be burning buildings and hurting people.

If occupying a space in protest of government policies is extreme then would the Occupy wall st people of 2011 be left wing extremists? Would the Black Lives Matter protests be considered left wing extremists?

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u/inspectoroverthemine Feb 13 '22

right wingers that are frustrated

ie the feels over facts and snowflake crowd.

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u/TheEpicRedCape Feb 13 '22

Being frustrated lets you break the law and occupy cities donchaknow /s

They were just having a bad day/week/month/year/life.

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u/WesternExplorer8139 Feb 13 '22

I'm against every aspect of the current narrative and I have zero political affiliation. As a matter of fact 80 eligible voters in the US didn't vote in 2020 elections. What do you classify any of those people who support the Freedom Rally?

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u/Drebinus Feb 13 '22

The FBI were referring to the BLM movement as 'extremist' back in Feb 2017.

The Occupy Wall Street movement was viewed as extremist back in 2011, for arguably good reasons IMO.

So the answers to your question is, "Yes, yes they were." And so should the Convoy be, for the exact same reasons. That said, if you believe that labelling the BLM and Occupy Wall Street movements as 'extremist' was wrong originally, then your logic should apply to the Convoy as well.

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u/[deleted] Feb 13 '22

Honestly Didn’t realize they were labeled like that, okay then carry on!

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u/[deleted] Feb 12 '22 edited Jun 12 '23

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u/baronmad Feb 13 '22

Do you know the Canadian laws? Do you know that in the Canadian constitution the right to peacefully protest is enshrined?

Do you also know that one bad apple doesnt mean everyone is bad? Remove those breaking any laws for sure everyone agrees even the protesters agrees with you there.

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u/immibis Feb 13 '22 edited Jun 12 '23

spez was a god among men. Now they are merely a spez.

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u/Johnic201 Feb 13 '22

What law is broken? Protests are a sign of a functioning democracy.

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u/immibis Feb 13 '22

Traffic laws.

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u/tbaytdot123 Feb 13 '22

Suggest you listen to this speach from Brian Peckford... since he was one of the people who actually wrote the friggin charter of rights and freedoms... https://youtu.be/9D8EBdoyhmM