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Originally Posted by Fading Isle
My wife and I lived in Centretown at the time and by week three we had barely slept and were losing it. We booked and room in Smiths Falls for the last 5 days, because we just couldn't take it anymore. If anyone says, "oh it can't have been that bad", "protests happen in Ottawa all the time" or "whatabout xyz?", I have zero respect for them, because that shows zero respect for me, my wife or the people of Ottawa. The merits of a group deliberately targeting residential neighbourhoods for sustained harassment is not a subject I want to hear any amount of debate on.
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I am somewhat more sympathetic to convoy than most here but clearly this was not like any other protest in any way.
That said while whataboutism isn't always helpful but many actually violent protests have been condoned and given their way in Canada. One where people and property were attacked with axes during these protests. I'm fine with the new precedent though predict there will be a lot of people on both sides arguing against similar treatment by the next Con government of environmental or aboriginal illegal protests.
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