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> On the other hand, I’ve heard the protests have caused millions in trade to be shut down which I would not consider a peaceful act.

Since when did economic disruption become violence? I just don't understand. It makes zero sense to redefine violence to mean "something that inconveniences me, that I disagree with", Where does that end?

When next the liberals want to protest something - an oil pipeline for instance (economic disruption) - would that also be called violence?



> When next the liberals want to protest something - an oil pipeline for instance (economic disruption) - would that also be called violence?

Just so it's clear, there were environmental protests that _were_ cleared out for the same economic disruption reasons. There were concerns that it was not the right thing to do and too aggressive at the time, but I believe in retrospect that many consider it to have been the right course of action.

https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/what-you-need-to-know-about-th...




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