In the words of AOC ... "The whole point of protesting is to make ppl uncomfortable.

Activists take that discomfort w/ the status quo & advocate for concrete policy changes. Popular support often starts small & grows.

To folks who complain protest demands make others uncomfortable... that’s the point."

5 dayw of sleep deprivation torture goes beyond "uncomfortable".

What do you think the people who lived and worked in several US cities felt when those cities experienced actual violence in 2020?

Perhaps you suffer from a false dichotomy. "You are not immune to propaganda."

Also the soup kitchen harrassed by the protesters for food.

“Allegedly”

We'll see right?

But regardless, I would say the protest has been "firey, but mostly peaceful".

>Then there's revenue loss for the businesses forced to shut down and wage loss for their employees.

What about the losses because of lockdowns? Who will pay for those?

The ironic thing is that's exactly why the protesters are protesting!

Are you being serious?

You hold the same views about the BLM riots right? All the money donated should be seized and given to people in cities where the riots took place?

As an outsider this movement looks mostly peaceful and legit. Sometimes you have to endure some protests to get an idea/movement through. I respect them and hope their voice is heard. Canadian truckers are fighting for Canadians rights and freedoms.

Still, violent rioters are everywhere. Sadly, in Europe we're already used to them. Any excuse is valid for them to destroy public property. Some of them are "professionals" and travel to any protest in Europe just to vandalize and destroy. Some of them get detained and identified.

Even if GoFundMe don't want to support this campaign they should refund all the unpaid donations back to the respecting patrons quickly with an apology.

In Europe several countries are already removing all restrictions and allowing people to live like it's 2019 again (Denmark[1], Finland [2], UK[3]...). Even in my southern European country are slowly removing them.

COVID-19 is evolving from a pandemic to an endemic disease. Stop pretending that countries will be able to remove all traces of it. We'll have to live with it from now and on.

Things like vaccination passes have been proven useless against the latest variants (Delta, Omicron). Vaccinated and non-vaccinated spread the virus the same. And also both groups get sick of Omicron (even if this variant is "milder" I don't recommend going through it).

Outdoor masking makes no sense since transmission at open spaces is really low. Only indoors or in dense crowds (concerts, really busy streets) masks make sense and work. But... Only the FFP3 or FFP2/KN95 [4] have a good protection (cloth, surgical masks have only a little effect). And that protection is limited in time.

Oddly enough, countries like Canada, Australia, New Zealand instead of removing all measures seem to double down on them.

[1] https://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/europe/denmark-eases-c...

[2] https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/finnish-government-remo...

[3] https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/uk-pm-johnson-drops-covid-1...

[4] https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/q-a-what-...

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