You nicely ignored the 1 in 5 who do support the convoy.
Like I said, millions of Canadians.
Re:Trudeau Invokes Emergencies Act
by MisterBastahrd on Tuesday February 15, 2022 @02:29AM
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In democracies, we tend to ignore things when they only get 20% support, and that's if nobody is actively being harmed.
I hope that the convoys are not only completely cut off from economic support, but also that the people driving those trucks are identified and prevented from ever crossing the border into the US. Truck driving is a decent job. Be a shame if some of them were forced to earn a living doing something else from now on.
In democracies, we tend to ignore things when they only get 20% support, and that's if nobody is actively being harmed.
This is a terrible understanding of Canada's system and the Charter of Rights and Freedoms (including the ones that Trudeau just suspended with the Emergencies Act).
It's not hard to understand how authoritarian systems come about - it's people like you who gladly support them as long as the enemy is someone you agree is bad.
Yikes.
Plenty of people are sympathetic if a starving man breaks into a store to steal some food. That isn't the same thing as being supportive of breaking and entering or theft.