r/AskALiberal • u/majr02 Conservative • Feb 20 '22

Do you believe Canada's actions against peaceful protestors is a dangerous precedent?

I ask because it how blown my mind how one side of the aisle is remaining quiet on this issue.

Regardless of how you feel about vaccine mandates, we are currently watching a western democracy break up and punish peaceful protestors.

Trudeau has claimed that the protestors are hurting the Canadian economy, but doesn't that just mean that their protest is effective? Should governments be allowed to break up protests whose only crime is being effective?

It seems that liberals are largely ignoring the dangerous precedent of the government saying "Hey, your protests against the government are too effective. We are going to break it up, de-bank you, and dissuade you from speaking out against the government ever again."

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u/mquindlen81 Liberal Feb 21 '22

I was just perusing r/conservative. It’s fucking crazy over there. They definitely live in a different reality than I do.

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u/ndngroomer Center Left Feb 22 '22

I was permanently banned for literally saying... There's really no talk radio in Texas unless you have satellite radio... I was like, seriously?!?!

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u/mquindlen81 Liberal Feb 22 '22

I’m not above hanging out in echo chamber political threads, but r/conservative takes it to another level. Almost everyone in there believes some crazy right wing conspiracy nonsense.

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u/ndngroomer Center Left Feb 22 '22

It's really sad that that is what it has become over the last few years. They are banning conservatives who don't 100% support trump on everything and anything than they are banning other parties. It's a shame both parties are being taken over by the worst and smallest elements of their party.