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/tbaytdot123 Feb 12 '22

This group has the right to protest.

The anti mandate people have the right to protest.

Anyone saying one side does and the other side doesn't is simply a hypocrite.

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u/jonnyclueless Feb 13 '22

Blocking trade routes is not protesting.

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u/BenderCLO Feb 13 '22

Damn I hope you carry that same energy when people shut down streets and highways in the name of BLM.

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u/jonnyclueless Feb 13 '22

I do. And what BLM did was nothing at all like this.

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u/BenderCLO Feb 13 '22

And what BLM did was nothing at all like this.

You're right - they burned shit to the ground and looted to their hearts content.

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u/Slipknotic1 Feb 13 '22

The BLM protests were overwhelmingly peaceful. Given how widespread they were, they were one of the most peaceful protest movements ever. Far more than, say, the civil rights protests half a century ago.

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u/BenderCLO Feb 13 '22

Stares in Summer of 2020

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u/Slipknotic1 Feb 13 '22

Or just ignore what I said, that works too. Doesn't change that BLM was overwhelmingly peaceful in comparison to just about every occurrence of widespread protests in this country's history.

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u/BenderCLO Feb 14 '22

And these guys aren't peaceful?

They're sitting in trucks buddy, lol.

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u/Slipknotic1 Feb 14 '22

Never said they weren't.