Re: trudeau
Reply #17 –
Interesting. Without context, the line between being a nazi and actively fighting what one perceives as one seems to be a very, very fine line.
Some of the comments about government authoritarianism is quite shocking.
People have the right to protest against what they're witnessing is a government disservice.
Here we see people advocating for frozen bank accounts, loss of livelihoods and potentially lives.
When I watch a movie like the pianist, which action resembles a Jewish person being ostracised? Is it right to do that, and if you're advocating for government action resembling this, then careful you aren't standing on the wrong side of history later. Most government actions are not fully understood whilst injustice is being done until much later and I see people almost advocating for gulags to become the way to deal with recalcitrant citizens.
Very interesting to see the psychology at work.
Yes, there’s no doubt that people have the right to peaceful protest in liberal democracies. However, there’s a difference between peaceful protests and gatherings that use force, disruption of other folks’ lives and livelihood and/or threats to promote a particular belief or beliefs.
People can carry placards, hire skywriters, perform street theatre, march through the streets (within reason), flood social media, call talkback radio, place ads in the media, write to politicians, vote against the government, stand for parliament, etc, etc. Blockading streets and/or denying others the use of infrastructure, public places or the freedom to go about one’s legitimate interests is going too far.
It doesn’t matter whether it’s freedumbers, anti-vaxxers, extinction rebellion, or the folk who don’t like what’s happening at the Collingwood children’s farm; protest all you like but comply with the law.